A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Nobody does William Shakespeare with more originality and flair than A Noise Within, case in point their dazzlingly designed and prodigiously performed re-envisioning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
There’s probably never been an engagement party anywhere near as drama-packed as the one now occurring nightly in Westwood as the Geffen Playhouse treats Angelinos to the West Coast Premiere of Samuel Baum’s gasp-aloud, plot-twisty The Engagement Party.
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TACOS LA BROOKLYN
Friday, October 13th, 2023
A 20something Korean-American taco stand owner finds himself on the receiving end of a Chicana influencer’s social media campaign against gentrification in Joel Ulloa’s hilarious, conversation-starting culture-clash comedy Tacos La Brooklyn, thrillingly staged at the Los Angeles Theatre Center by Latino Theater Company in association with East West Players.
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LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Star power lights up the El Portal stage in Love Among The Ruins, as delectable an evening or afternoon of live theater as any playgoer could wish for.
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LIFE SUCKS
Sunday, October 8th, 2023
Uncle Vanya has probably never made audiences laugh as loudly and as often as he and his fellow Chekhovians do in Aaron Posner’s Life Sucks, the Stupid F***ing Bird playwright’s contemporary take on a 124-year-old Russian classic, now getting a fabulous Interact Theatre Company Los Angeles Premiere at the Broadwater Mainstage.
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HADESTOWN
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
A nearly brand-new cast makes Hadestown’s two-week return to the Ahmanson not only a must-see for anyone who thrilled to the Best Musical Tony winner last year, but also a thrilling introduction to Anaïs Mitchell’s electrifyingly original musical smash for those discovering it for the first time.
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FOLLIES (CONCERT VERSION)
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
With a now basically unaffordable original Broadway cast of 47 (and opulent sets and costumes to match), Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Follies turned out to be the ideal rarely-staged gem for Musical Theatre Guild to introduce audiences to its best-ever new space at Santa Monica’s The Broad Stage, a one-night-only concert version that more than earned Sunday’s extended standing ovation.
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
An English teenager on the autism spectrum sets off on the most remarkable of coming-of-age journeys in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, ingeniously directed, gorgeously designed, and excitingly performed by some of Chance Theater’s best and most popular stars (and one very impressive newbie).
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