DESERT RATS
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
It isn’t just aspiring kidnappers who owe it to themselves to check out Nate Rufus Edelman’s Desert Rats for a primer on what not to do when abducting a high school cheerleader but anyone seeking L.A. theater at its entertainingly edgy best.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019
A socially challenged teen experiences unexpected life changes when a well-intentioned self-esteem-building exercise backfires in the extraordinary, multiple Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen, now bringing audiences to tears (and to their feet) at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
A salacious Santa’s unspeakable indiscretions aren’t nearly so laughable in a #metoo era as they were when Jeff Goode premiered The Eight: Reindeer Monologues twenty-five Christmases ago, just one reason his quarter-century old collection of R-rated solo confessions proves even more powerful and relevant than when it debuted in 1994, a dark comedy gone darker than ever as its ingeniously staged, splendidly performed Crown City Theatre Company debut makes abundantly clear.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Ralphie Parker’s back for a second December at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, still wishing and hoping to find a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle BB gun under the tree, still providing audiences of all with A Christmas Story sure to both touch the heart and tickle the funny bone.
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SCISSORHANDS
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
The magic and wonder and humor and heart of a Tim Burton movie classic come to haunting musical life as Rockwell Table + Stage and The Fuse Project debut Scissorhands, the ideal holiday alternative for those who prefer their Christmas season entertainment with an edge.
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THE WONDERFUL WINTER OF OZ
Saturday, December 15th, 2018
The Yellow Brick Road leads to Pasadena this week and next as Lythgoe Family Panto debuts its latest kids-friendly holiday musical spoof, a seasonally retitled The Wonderful Winter Of Oz.
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY
Friday, December 14th, 2018
There’s more than one Christmas miracle in store for the cast and characters of Theatre Unleashed’s It’s A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, Jim Martyka’s double-your-pleasure adaptation of the holiday perennial.
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LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Forget about streaming it on Netflix for the umpteen December or pulling out your much viewed DVD for another annual look-see. Instead, run, don’t walk to Beverly Hills for The Wallis & For The Record’s Love Actually Live.
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