Georgia Stitt Plays El Portal June 2May 31, 2007Composer and musical director Georgia Stitt will present the West Coast premiere of her recent CD, 'This Ordinary Thursday,' with a live performance at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre on June 2...
'Mamma Mia!' Returns to OCPACMay 31, 2007The popular ABBA tunefest, Mama Mia! will return to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement beginning August 7 and running through the 19th...
L.A. Arts Town Hall Set for June 16May 29, 2007The Center for Cultural Innovation has announced that the 2007 Los Angeles Arts Town Hall will take place June 16 at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo...
'Fully Committed' at Hermosa Beach Playhouse May 29May 29, 2007The off-Broadway play, Fully Committed, will be presented by the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, with previews beginning May 29. Starring Ted Escobar, the production is directed by Stephanie Coltrin...
Quest Theatre's Jim Alexander DiesMay 29, 2007The Quest Theatre Company in Los Angeles lost their Artistic Director and CEO, as they announced the tragic passing of Jim Alexander, due to sudden heart failure, over the Memorial Day holiday weekend...
'Spelling Bee' Originals Still Super SillyMay 29, 2007Producer David Stone sought to capture magic in a bottle twice with his Tony Award winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, reuniting the entire original cast for the show's Los Angeles premiere, and judging Sunday's opening performance, his plan was a S-U-C-C-E-S-S...
Jason Alexander Honors Hollywood Bowl LeaderMay 27, 2007Stage and screen star Jason Alexander, who was recently announced as the new artistic director for Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles, will honor Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Founding Director John Mauceri at the 2007 Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Concert on June 22...
'Bug' Extends at Coast PlayhouseMay 25, 2007The Lost Angels Theatre Company will extend their production of Tracy Letts' Obie award-winning play Bug through July 8, currently in its Los Angeles premiere at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood...
'Yellow Face' Hwang's Lingering GrudgeMay 23, 2007Yellow Face often blurs the lines between fact and fiction, with many of Hwang's personal travails making their way into the play, yet never fully emphasizing what is truth. Even with such ambiguities, the play is a scathing rebuke of minority critics, especially journalists, which get their fair share of ridicule throughout the work...
Cabrillo Presents 'Beauty and the Beast'May 23, 2007Just as the long-running Disney musical Beauty and the Beast comes to a close on Broadway, now in its 13th year, Cabrillo Music Theatre announces the family-friendly musical will round out its 2007 season beginning July 27 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Countrywide Performing Arts Center...
Rex Smith Stars in MTW's 'Penzance'May 23, 2007Walt Disney's trilogy of 'Pirate' films is not the only swashbuckling game in town. Stage and screen star Rex Smith will return to a show he made famous both on Broadway and film, The Pirates of Penzance, in Musical Theatre West's presentation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic beginning June 30...
Malick to Direct 'Burning Desire' at HayworthMay 22, 2007The Hayworth Theatre will welcome the Lou Diamond Phillips' original play Burning Desire on June 18 launching the new Bruno Kirby Reading Series. Burning Desire will be directed by Wendie Malick featuring Michael Urie, Amy Smart and Lauria...
Kirk Douglas Announces 'Little Sheba' CastMay 22, 2007Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre has announced that Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg will replace previously announced Bruce Davison in the final production of their 2006-2007 season, Come Back, Little Sheba, opening June 24 at the Culver City location...
Photo Flash: South Coast Rep's 'Hamlet'May 22, 2007South Coast Repertory tackles William Shakespeare's Hamlet in its final production of their 2006-2007 Season with Tony Award winning director Daniel Sullivan helming the English classic, which begins previews May 25...
Graae's Fully Exposed 'Anatomy'May 22, 2007Although Graae's Anatomy is making its West Coast debut at the El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles is no stranger to the musical and often comedic styling of star Jason Graae. And that is Graae, like 'blah,' not like that hit ABC show about dysfunctional doctors in Seattle...