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SEX WORK/SEX PLAY To Have New Jersey Premiere in April

SEX WORK/SEX PLAY, a stage play by Caytha Jentis, makes its New Jersey premiere at the Parsippany Arts Center on April 11th. This cross-generational social commentary comedy explores love, dating, and connection in our digital world.
Evelyn Rudie And Chris DeCarlo Celebrate Fifty Years At Santa Monica Playhouse

Fifty years ago this month, Evelyn Rudie and Chris De Carlo assumed their posts as Co-Artistic Directors of Santa Monica Playhouse. Under their stewardship, the sixty-three-year-old theatre has become a treasured cultural institution in the beachside community.
Review: ALEICHEM SHOLOM! Shares the Wit and Wisdom of his Yiddish Stories with Music and Laughter

ALEICHEM SHOLOM! The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem, a new musical written by the internationally acclaimed team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie with lilting songs by Ben Weisman, is now playing at the Santa Monica Playhouse. It follows the life of the beloved Yiddish story-teller and everyone is his entourage, especially his wife, spinning tales of his loves and losses, his fame and his failures, his travels, his travails and the tremendous joy and optimism that kept him going against all odds.
New Musical ALEICHEM SHOLOM: The Wit And Wisdom Of Sholom Aleichem To Debut At Santa Monica Playhouse

Santa Monica Playhouse presents the World Premiere of ALEICHEM SHOLOM! The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem -The fifth offering in the Playhouse Sholom Aleichem catalog of musicals, part of the Playhouse Jewish Heritage Project at Santa Monica Playhouse - opening Today, May 19th 2018
New Musical ALEICHEM SHOLOM: The Wit And Wisdom Of Sholom Aleichem To Debut At Santa Monica Playhouse

Santa Monica Playhouse presents the World Premiere of ALEICHEM SHOLOM! The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem -The fifth offering in the Playhouse Sholom Aleichem catalog of musicals, part of the Playhouse Jewish Heritage Project at Santa Monica Playhouse - opening Today, May 19th 2018
New Musical ALEICHEM SHOLOM: The Wit And Wisdom Of Sholom Aleichem To Debut At Santa Monica Playhouse

Santa Monica Playhouse presents the World Premiere of ALEICHEM SHOLOM! The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem -The fifth offering in the Playhouse Sholom Aleichem catalog of musicals, part of the Playhouse Jewish Heritage Project at Santa Monica Playhouse - opening Saturday, May 19th 2018
Lauren Langbaum to Join Rafa Reyes for A MEXICAN AFFAIR'S Cinco De Mayo Celebration

Convergences Theatre Collective is pleased to announce Lauren Langbaum will be joining the special Cinco de Mayo edition of A MEXICAN AFFAIR.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Convergences Theatre Collective's A MEXICAN AFFAIR

Convergences Theatre Collective is pleased to present a special Cinco de Mayo edition of A MEXICAN AFFAIR.
A MEXICAN AFFAIR to Unite Mexico and the USA through Music at The Metropolitan Room

Convergences Theatre Collective is pleased to announce the return of A MEXICAN AFFAIR, created and performed by Rafa Reyes (awarded cultural representative of Veracruz), with new arrangements by musical director Felipe Fournier (two-time Grammy Award nominee; one-time Latin Grammy Award nominee), and directed By Jeremy Williams (babel).
A MEXICAN AFFAIR to Return to the Metropolitan Room This August

After a successful Metropolitan Room debut in May, A Mexican Affair returns to New York today August 3rd and Thursday August 18th.
A MEXICAN AFFAIR to Return to the Metropolitan Room This August

After a successful Metropolitan Room debut in May, A Mexican Affair returns to New York on Wednesday August 3rd and Thursday August 18th.
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - AN EVENING WITH SHOLOM ALEICHEM Returns to Santa Monica Playhouse Tonight

In celebration of the production's 40th anniversary, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's yahrzeit (annual anniversary of his death), the award-winning Rudie-DeCarlo-Weisman 'AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - an evening with SHOLOM ALEICHEM,' the longest running Jewish musical in L.A. theatre history (4½ years in its initial run), returns to Santa Monica Playhouse for a limited run tonight, May 7, through May 29, 2016.
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - AN EVENING WITH SHOLOM ALEICHEM to Return to Santa Monica Playhouse, 5/7-29

In celebration of the production's 40th anniversary, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's yahrzeit (annual anniversary of his death), the award-winning Rudie-DeCarlo-Weisman 'AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - an evening with SHOLOM ALEICHEM,' the longest running Jewish musical in L.A. theatre history (4½ years in its initial run), returns to Santa Monica Playhouse for a limited run May 7- 29, 2016.
A MEXICAN AFFAIR Set for The Metropolitan Room This Friday

A Mexican Affair comes to The Metropolitan Room this Friday!
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - AN EVENING WITH SHOLOM ALEICHEM to Return to Santa Monica Playhouse, 5/7-29

In celebration of the production's 40th anniversary, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's yahrzeit (annual anniversary of his death), the award-winning Rudie-DeCarlo-Weisman 'AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - an evening with SHOLOM ALEICHEM,' the longest running Jewish musical in L.A. theatre history (4½ years in its initial run), returns to Santa Monica Playhouse for a limited run May 7- 29, 2016.

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