KIMBERLY AKIMBO
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
It only took me only seconds to fall madly in love with Kimberly Akimbo at the Pantages. No wonder then that David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori’s tuneful, touching adaptation of the former’s outrageously funny, deeply moving play of the same name won five 2023 Tonys including the big one, Best Musical.
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AMERICAN IDIOT
Thursday, October 10th, 2024
The Mark Taper Forum is back in business with an American Idiot revival so spectacular, the sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll-packed musical extravaganza ought to follow in the footsteps of Deaf West’s Big River and Spring Awakening and become a Broadway must-see.
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GLORIA
Monday, October 7th, 2024
Everyone’s out for their fifteen minutes of fame in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ripped-from-today’s-headlines gut-puncher Gloria, now being given an electrifying Orange County premiere at Chance Theater.
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Monday, September 30th, 2024
Star turns don’t get more stunning than the pair delivered by Kim Huber and Valerie Larsen in Musical Theatre Guild’s spectacular one-night-only concert staged reading of Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s The Light In The Piazza.
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JANE AUSTEN IN 89 MINUTES
Monday, September 30th, 2024
Jane Austen fans are guaranteed to go gaga for Jane Austen In 89 Minutes, Syrie James’s deliciously clever retelling of every single novel Jane ever published, now getting a scintillatingly performed World Premiere production at Theatre 40.
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3 FACES OF STEVE: SONDHEIM IN CONCERT
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
It’s Stephen Sondheim heaven at the Odyssey as 3 Faces Of Steve: Sondheim In Concert treats musical theater lovers to over two dozen of the Broadway legend’s greatest hits, with some lesser-known ditties thrown in to spice up the mix.
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WAITRESS
Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
The winningest Broadway musical romcom since Elle Woods stole hearts in Legally Blonde finally gets its Southern California regional theatre premiere as La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment treat SoCal audiences to Waitress.
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PASCAL AND JULIEN
Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
A boy in search of a father. A man who wants nothing more than to be left alone with his crossword puzzles. A year of unexpected changes in both their lives. This is Daniel Keene’s Pascal and Julien, the magical U.S. Premiere from the 24th Street Theatre.
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