The Marvelous Wonderettes

Laguna Playhouse Presents WINTER WONDERETTES, Previews 11/25-11/27, Runs 11/29-12/30

The Laguna Playhouse presents Winter Wonderettes, created and directed by Roger Bean. Previews will run November 24 through November 27. Opening night will be Sunday, November 29 and run though Wednesday, December 30. (more...)

Photo Flash: The Latch Key's Kid's Dead Celebrity Halloween Ball

MTV Icon and Performer Julie Brown (MTV's Just Say Julie, Earth Girls Are Easy) joined a slew of downtown, cabaret and Broadway artists at the St. Luke's Theatre on Thursday, October 29th at 8 pm for The Latch Key's Kid's Dead Celebrity Halloween Ball. (more...)

The Wonderettes return to Laguna Playhouse with Holiday Show 11/24 - 12/30

ORANGE COUNTY PREMIERE OF WINTER WONDERETTES FEATURES FESTIVE AND FUN RENDITIONS OF POPULAR HOLIDAY SONGS FROM THE ’50s AND ’60s: The weather outside isn’t too frightful, but the four lovely ladies known as The Wonderettes are anticipating cooler coastal temperatures when they return to The Laguna Playhouse in the Orange County Premiere of the joyful holiday show, Winter Wonderettes (created and directed by Roger Bean), that runs November 24 – December 30, 2009. Winter Wonderettes is set six months after the end of The Marvelous Wonderettes, which The Laguna Playhouse presented in the summer of 2008 before the show moved off-Broadway. This seasonal sequel finds the girls returning to their hometown for a holiday celebration with their family and friends, complete with great Wonderette renditions of classic holiday tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s. (more...)

Margaret O' Brien to Make Appearance at MTW's MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 11/7 - 11/8

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST is pleased to announce that Margaret O'Brien, who starred as Tootie Smith opposite Judy Garland in the classic MGM film Meet Me In St. Louis, will be in attendance at two performances of the stage adaptation at the beautiful Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Oscar® winner Ms. O'Brien will be at the Saturday, November 7, 2:00 PM and Sunday, November 8, 2:00 PM performances, and will be available at intermission and after the performance to meet audience members and sign photos in support of the non-profit organization, The Southern California Motion Picture Council. (more...)

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM Extends Again At Hudson Mainstage Theatre Thru 12/27

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS GOING TO BE "DREAM-Y" - David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to announce that the Ovation nominated (Best Musical Intimate Theatre, Best Featured Actor - Jim Holdridge), critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK, LA WEEKLY GO!) smash-hit world premiere production of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes) with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me) is EXTENDING AGAIN through SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. (more...)

Review - Broadway Originals at Town Hall

Those four Jews were in a room bitching again last Sunday afternoon. No, I don't mean The Marvelous Wonderettes. I mean Whizzer, Jason, Mendel and Marvin, also known as Stephen Bogardus, Jonathan Kaplan, Chip Zien and Michael Rupert. As any fan of neurotic, gay musical theatre will tell you, they were the quartet who first opened the 1992 Broadway production of Falsettos with William Finn's frenetic patter, "Four Jews in a Room Bitching." (more...)

The Wonderettes are returning to The Laguna Playhouse in the Orange County Premiere of the joyful holiday show, Winter Wonderettes (created and directed by Roger Bean), from November 24 - December 30. (more...)

'The Marvelous Wonderettes:' Forever Female at the Northlight Theatre

In the smallish pantheon of shows that followed in the footsteps of “Forever Plaid,” that early 90s ode to the boy bands of the 1950s and 60s that uses a small cast, one set and a “juke box” of Baby Boomer radio hits, many of them quite naturally feature girls. (“Beehive” comes to mind, as does the recent “Shout.”) And now comes “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” .... (more...)