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THE SEAGULL Comes to the Odyssey Theatre in January

The Seagull, one of Chekhov’s most popular plays and a favorite among actors, will return with a vital new production directed by Chekhov expert and actor Bruce Katzman.
Barker Room Rep to Present the World Premiere of MONIECE CLARK in September

Barker Room Rep will present the world premiere of Moniece Clark, a new play written by LaShea Delaney and directed by Mark Sitko, taking place at The Broadwater, September 15 through October 2.
East West Players to Present the World Premiere of THE GREAT JHERI CURL DEBATE in September

East West Players will present the world premiere of The Great Jheri Curl Debate. Written by Inda Craig-Galván and directed by Scarlett Kim, The Great Jheri Curl Debate performs September 15 through October 9, press night is September 17. 
Photos: First Look at Hero Theatre's Revival of TEA

Five Japanese women learn to adjust to a new life in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands following World War II. Hero Theatre presents a revival of Tea, Velina Hasu Houston’s powerful, lyrical exploration of the immigrant experience that has become a modern classic in its nearly four-decade history of production.
Hero Theatre Revives TEA By Velina Hasu Houston For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Five Japanese women learn to adjust to a new life in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands following World War II. Hero Theatre presents a revival of Tea, Velina Hasu Houston's powerful, lyrical exploration of the immigrant experience that has become a modern classic in its nearly four-decade history of production.
BWW Review: BREATHE Takes Philicia Saunders on a Life-Changing Journey

Like most solo productions, Philicia Saunders’ BREATHE comes from her own experiences. Unique to her telling however is the method by which she relates that story. Necessitated by a global pandemic that has forced audiences to view theatrical productions from behind a computer screen, Saunders has employed a variety of media to raise engagement with her personal tale.
BREATHE., New Virtual Live Theater Multimedia and Interactive Performance, to Premiere This Week

With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of Breathe., a live-streamed multimedia form of art activism and interactive theater event fusing live performance, cinema, and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these challenging, yet galvanizing times.
Discover One Black Woman's Awakening In BREATHE

With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of Breathe., a live-streamed multi-media and interactive theater event, a form of art activism – fusing live performance, cinema, performance art and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these challenging, yet galvanizing times.
Heidi Duckler Dance Presents ILLUMINATING THE CHANDELIER Livestreamed Premiere April 30

Los Angeles-based dance company, Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents Illuminating the Chandelier through Zoom video streaming on April 30th at 5PM PST. 
Heidi Duckler Dance Presents Illuminating The Chandelier

Los Angeles-based dance company, Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents Illuminating the Chandelier through Zoom video streaming on April 30th at 5PM PST. 
BWW Review: SWEET LAND Site-Specific Opera by The Industry at LA State Historic Park

The Industry is presenting its site-specific world premiere of SWEET LAND at the LA State Historic Park near downtown Los Angeles, with the city's skyline seen prominently during the outdoor production. With Music by Du Yun and Raven Chacon, Libretto by Douglas Kearney and Aja Couchois Duncan, the production directed by Cannupa Hanska Luger and Yuval Sharon, unravels narratives surrounding American identity on the site when a new Arrivals ship runs aground on the shore and they encounter a community of The Hosts, those natives to the land. The story is an important one to be told about the history of invaders who have taken over land where indigenous people live, even in our own backyard, and destroyed not only the land but the people who loved it.
Hero Theatre Announces Full Company Of TEA

Hero Theatre has announced the full company of Velina Hasu Houston's Tea, directed by Rebecca Wear. The play will run from April 10 through May 17, 2020 at the Atwater Village Theatre complex.
Jaclyn Backhaus' MEN ON BOATS Comes to Son Of Semele

Son of Semele Ensemble announces its upcoming production of Men On Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, to be performed at the Son of Semele Theater from July 6 - 28, 2019. Ten intrepid pioneers plunge into uncharted waters in a dramatic tale that's both heroic and comic.
Heidi Duckler Dance Presents A BELA E A FERA SALON: An Evening Of 3 Clarice Lispector Short Stories In Dance

Heidi Duckler Dance presents three Clarice Lispector short stories, Such Gentleness, A Bela e a Fera and the premiere of Duckler's new dance film, The Sound of Footsteps on Sunday, July 22 and July 29 at 7:00pm at The Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave, Ste 1100B, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
Heidi Duckler Dance Presents A Bela E A Fera Salon: An Evening Of 3 Clarice Lispector Short Stories In Dance

Heidi Duckler Dance presents three Clarice Lispector short stories, Such Gentleness, A Bela e a Fera and the premiere of Duckler's new dance film, The Sound of Footsteps on Sunday, July 22 and July 29 at 7:00pm at The Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Ave, Ste 1100B, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
Photo Flash: Inside Opening Night of A MAP OF VIRTUE at Atwater Village Theatre

The West Coast premiere of Erin Courtney's play, A Map of Virtue, opened in Los Angeles this past weekend at the Atwater Village Theatre on November 4th to a SOLD-OUT crowd
BWW Reviews: THE MAX FACTOR FACTOR - A Frothy Farcical Mixture of Frivolity Features Some Fine Phenomenal Performances

The Max Factor Factor boasts precision dancing and gorgeous harmonies amidst well-timed madcap shtick.
New Musicals Inc. Presents THE MAX FACTOR FACTOR, Now thru 8/31

It's 1936; the golden age of Hollywood, and two rival movie studios are in a heated battle for survival when their opposing leading men fall in love. Reminiscent of screwball comedies of the past, this new musical takes place in a world of artifice, backstabbing, lavender weddings, double-crossing starlets, and a moral crusader from the Legion of Rectitude, making it increasingly more difficult for the leading men to hold on to the one real thing each has ever found. It's funny, charming, romantic, happily nostalgic, and very tuneful.
New Musicals Inc. Presents THE MAX FACTOR FACTOR, 7/26-8/31

It's 1936; the golden age of Hollywood, and two rival movie studios are in a heated battle for survival when their opposing leading men fall in love. Reminiscent of screwball comedies of the past, this new musical takes place in a world of artifice, backstabbing, lavender weddings, double-crossing starlets, and a moral crusader from the Legion of Rectitude, making it increasingly more difficult for the leading men to hold on to the one real thing each has ever found. It's funny, charming, romantic, happily nostalgic, and very tuneful.

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