ALL IN THE TIMING to Open This Weekend at Long Beach Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2017 On September 2, The Studio Theatre presents All in the Timing by David Ives. In 1990 the New York Times described the show as hilarity spun from words. It is just as true today as it was then....
WHITE GUY ON THE BUS Comes to CST
by Stephi Wild - May 08, 2019 Carpenter Square Theatre presents "White Guy on the Bus" May 17-June 1. Bruce Graham's drama takes the audience for a ride that starts easily enough, but then makes an unexpected turn into rough territory. All performances will be held at the theater, located at 800 W. Main in downtown Oklahoma City...
Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A TENOR Comes to The Long Beach Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2019 Ken Ludwig's Lend me a Tenor is one of the best modern American farces to hit the stage. A madcap mix of mistaken identity, drugged-induced confusion, lustful shenanigans, and operatic impersonation, it's received several nominations including best new comedy, best play and best revival. It's a show...
Don't Try the Wine at Long Beach Playhouse's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2017 In 1941, Joseph Kesselring offered this sage advice: If you are a lonely, elderly gentleman steer clear of the old Victorian rooming house that Abby and Martha Brewster run - it may be your last room on Earth!...
Two-for-One Tickets on Sale Today for NYC & Company's Off-Broadway Week
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017 NYC & Company, New York City's official destination marketing organization, encourages theatergoers to purchase NYC Off-Broadway WeekSM tickets, on sale today at 10:30 a.m....
Agatha Christie's BLACK COFFEE Comes to Long Beach Playhouse
by Julie Musbach - January 04, 2018 In 1930, Agatha Christie wrote Black Coffee as a play featuring her master sleuth Hercule Poirot. In this seldom seen and intricately crafted mystery, Christie weaves scientific discoveries, international espionage, and unimaginable murder together to give the audience a night of unraveling the knot...
Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A TENOR Comes to The Long Beach Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2019 Ken Ludwig's Lend me a Tenor is one of the best modern American farces to hit the stage. A madcap mix of mistaken identity, drugged-induced confusion, lustful shenanigans, and operatic impersonation, it's received several nominations including best new comedy, best play and best revival. It's a show...
Hot Jazz Series Continues with LOVE IN 4 HANDS
by Julie Musbach - January 12, 2018 Paolo and Stephanie met at a piano festival in Boswil (near Z rich), Switzerland, in 2008 and started to collaborate on a four-hands piano project dedicated to classic jazz, preparing arrangements of songs from the swing era, as well as drawing from the ragtime and blues repertoire....
COMBOY VERSUS SAMURAI Opens at Long Beach Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2017 ]The Long Beach Playhouse is pleased to present Cowboy versus Samurai in its Studio Theatre. It's the story of an Asian American High School English teacher, his two friends, one who is also Asian American and one a 'cowboy' and a beautiful Asian American colleague with a preference for dating white...
CABARET to Open This Weekend at Long Beach Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017 On October 14, the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre closes its 2017 season with the musical Cabaret....
London's Best Pre-Theatre Outdoor Places To Eat and Drink
by Marianka Swain - May 06, 2019 We kicked off our new London Theatre Guides series with transport advice: how to travel to and navigate the West End. Check it out here! Another key part of a great theatre experience is knowing the best bars and restaurants where you can meet up for a pre-show cocktail or snack. In honour of our re...
Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Season Opens with DRACULA
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2017 'The last I saw of Count Dracula was...a red light of triumph in his eyes' Dracula at the Long Beach Playhouse Sept. 23 - Oct. 21, 2017 Long Beach, CA. As autumn begins our thoughts turn to the holiday most revered by children and by adults who refuse to grow up: Halloween. And what is Halloween w...
EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Opens at the Long Beach Playhouse
by Julie Musbach - April 23, 2019 The Long Beach Playhouse opens its 2019 season with Lauren Gunderson's play entitled Exit, Pursued by a Bear. In the play Nan is trapped in an unhappy marriage with a man named Kyle. A fan of Shakespeare, she and her best friend, Simon, along with a stripper named Sweetheart, decide recreating drama...
Tori Scott, Lexie Dorsett Sharp And @the.broadway.hotdog Star In 'The Beltress Power Hour' at The Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - March 19, 2019 Back by popular demand! Christopher Timson returns to The Green Room 42 with his hit show that combines two of your favorite things: Belting and Beer. The classic college drinking game comes to life in "The Beltress Power Hour" as NYC's fiercest divas get one minute to belt into the rafters! When th...
COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI to Bring Comedic Face-Off to Long Beach Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2017 What if the classic romantic comedy, Cyrano DeBergerac, was set in modern day Wyoming? What if the large-nosed protagonist was now an Asian American High School English teacher and his love interest was the beautiful new Asian American teacher with a preference for dating white guys? Will the eloque...
FENCES Comes to Long Beach Playhouse This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2017 On May 20, the Long Beach Playhouse presents August Wilson's Fences, a play that examines the effects of one man's regrets and resentment on his family. It is part of Wilson's ten-part 'Pittsburgh Cycle' which observes the African American experience across several decades....
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAY Comes to Long Beach Playhouse Studio
by Julie Musbach - July 09, 2018 In 1914, Long Beach leaders hired two bounty hunters to entrapgay men so the city could essentially blackmail and remove them with fines and public humiliation. Most men paid the fine and quietly slipped out of town. One man - a banker - committed suicide and two others sued the city. Playwright Tom...
Christopher Timson Returns to The Green Room 42 with Special Guests
by Julie Musbach - March 19, 2019 Back by popular demand! Christopher Timson returns to The Green Room 42 with his hit show that combines two of your favorite things: Belting and Beer. The classic college drinking game comes to life in "The Beltress Power Hour" as NYC's fiercest divas get one minute to belt into the rafters! When th...
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Brings Christmas Cheer to Long Beach Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - November 28, 2017 December is a month for honoring traditions, celebrating with family and friends and reminding ourselves that compassion and kindness never go out of style. Fortunately for all of us, 170 years ago Charles Dickens mixed those things together and created a story he called A Christmas Carol in ...
EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Coming Soon To The Long Beach Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2019 The Long Beach Playhouse opens its 2019 Studio Season with Lauren Gunderson's play entitled Exit, Pursued by a Bear. The play's subtitle is 'A Revenge Comedy.' It's a play that feels like a mashup between Shakespeare and the Coen Brothers. The protagonist, Nan, is trapped in an unhappy marriage with...
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Comes to the Long Beach Playhouse
by Julie Musbach - March 21, 2018 Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2004 novel Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. The book was adapted for the stage in 2011 by Rick Elice and provides a backstory for the characters of Peter Pan, Mrs. Darling, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook. The story centers ar...
Get Two-for-One Tickets to 23 Shows During NYC Broadway Week
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2017 NYC & Company, New York City's official destination marketing organization, announced NYC Broadway Week tickets are on sale to the public today beginning at 10:30am EST....
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Opens at the Long Beach Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2017 'Anyone who wears a tiara and sequins is always going to be the winner'...
'Two Cool' for School Slurpee' Drink Offer
by Marina Kennedy - August 12, 2018 7-Eleven stores are bringing back a popular promotion at the perfect time for friends to share a back-to-school beverage. The world's largest convenience retailer kicks off Share-a-Slurpee drink fun with a five-dayBuy One-Get One Free (BOGO) Slurpee drink event beginning 12:01 a.m. local time Mo...
PACK OF LIES Comes to The Long Beach Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2018 Set in the UK in 1960, Hugh Whitemore's Pack of Lies tells the story of the Johnsons, a nice middle aged English couple, and their best friends, the Krogers, who live next door. Imagine their surprise when a Scotland Yard detective asks to use their house to observe a Soviet espionage ring operating... |