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Pacific Conservatory Theatre Reveals 59th Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2023

PCPA Season 59 brings romantic misadventures, toe tapping live music, and uplifting stories all under the stars this summer! Learn more about the season lineup here!

​​​​​Over 200 Winners Crowned In MTCA Festival
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2022

On February 11, students from schools across the country returned to Orange County, California, to celebrate the magic of live theatre in the 2022 Musical Theatre Competitions of America (MTCA). The anticipated opportunity to take the stage in live performance again delivered an electric weekend of music, dance, and community, as students shared their joy to be back on stage doing what they love together.

MOSTLY NEW MUSICALS Will Feature A World Premiere Song By Marc Cherry And Gregory Nabours
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2019

Feinstein's at Vitello's newest monthly series debuts Monday 9.9.19 with the music of Gregory Nabours; including a world premiere collaboration with Marc Cherry, creator of the Emmy Award winning DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES! The evening will also feature other world premieres, plus songs from Gregory's musicals THE TROUBLE WITH WORDS, MARILYN! THE NEW MUSICAL, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, DOWN TO THE DARKNESS, and more!

Feinstein's At Vitello's Kicks Off MOSTLY NEW MUSICALS With Gregory Nabours
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2019

Feinstein's at Vitello's has announced a new monthly series featuring a diverse array of new musicals in concert in the heart of Studio City. Each month will showcase the work of one writer or writing team, or present a new musical in concert!

PORN AWARDS: THE MUSICAL Comes to Rockwell: Table & Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2018

Max Ziegfeld's Porn Awards: The Musical!, welcoming you to The Annual Golden Dick Awards, will hit Rockwell: Table & Stage Dec. 18 at 8 PM.

Alice Lee, Carly Sakolove, and More Star in PORN AWARDS: THE MUSICAL!
by Julie Musbach - Aug 17, 2018

Max Ziegfeld's Porn Awards: The Musical!, welcoming you to The 69th Annual Golden Dick Awards, will hit Rockwell: Table & Stage Aug. 27 at 8 PM.

BWW Review: OMG!!! UMPO CLUELESS Is Da Bomb, Y'All!!!
by Gil Kaan - May 13, 2018

Kate Pazakis, executive producer of the UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF series, continues to top herself and her uber-talented team of artists in their latest creation THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF CLUELESS. Director Jimmy Smagula ever-so-smartly runs his triple-threat cast of eight through a rapid succession of recognizable pop songs tautly strung together with Pazakis' very clever spoofs of the film's taglines.

Photo Flash: Jeff Goldblum Visits The Unauthorized Musical Parody of JURASSIC PARK
by Julie Musbach - Apr 16, 2018

Continuing its string of wildly successful productions from the UMPO Series, The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park stomps into Rockwell Table & Stage on January 25, 2018 with tickets selling fast with on this extended run. Star of the original film franchise, Jeff Goldblum stopped by to check out the prehistoric action, view the photos below!

Coeurage Theatre Company Announces 'Gathering Coeurage' Fundraiser
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2018

Kicking off its upcoming ninth season, Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's only Pay What You Want theatre company, has announced Gathering Coeurage, a special fundraising event that will offer a rare glimpse into the company's development process.

BWW Review: Pazakis' Dinosaurs & Company Hysterically Run Rampant in UMPO JURASSIC PARK
by Gil Kaan - Feb 10, 2018

Kate Pazakis, executive producer of the UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF... series ably does triple duty in her latest wildly entertaining, two-hour production of THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF JURASSIC PARK. For UMPO JURASSIC PARK, Pazakis not only produces and cleverly writes this enthralling, very witty musical homage to Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic film Jurassic Park; Pazakis joins her talented cast onstage singing her ass off as the dinosaur T-Rex.

Rockwell Table And Stage Announces The UMPO JURASSIC PARK For Extended Run
by Julie Musbach - Jan 16, 2018

Continuing its string of wildly successful productions from the UMPO Series, The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park stomps into Rockwell Table & Stage on January 25, 2018 with tickets selling fast with on this extended run. Get yours today before they go extinct.

Photo Flash: (mostly)musicals: No Place Like HOME at Upstairs At Vitello's
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2017

(mostly)musicals welcomed a full house of patrons and performers HOME to Upstairs at Vitello's on Monday, November 6, 2017 for their 26th edition, *no place like HOME*, a night of songs about the places we come from - and finding the places we belong. Scroll down for photos of the cast in performance!

Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with (mostly)musicals' NO PLACE LIKE HOME
by Julie Musbach - Nov 5, 2017

(mostly)musicals invites you to feel at HOME with a night of songs about the places we come from, and the places we belong: scroll down for photos of the cast in rehearsal!

(mostly)musicals Adds Performances From DeLEARious, Lesley McKinnell, And Broadway's Michael-Leon Wooley
by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2017

(mostly)musicals returns to Upstairs at Vitello's for their 26th edition, no place like HOME, on Monday, November 6th at 7:30pm!

Thespians Go Hollywood To Support Theatre Education
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2017

The second annual Thespians Go Hollywood event, supporting access and excellence in theatre education programs for underserved schools, takes place November 12 at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles, California. The event, produced by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and the International Thespian Society (ITS), is chaired by Krista Carson Elhai, EdTA board member and president of the California Educational Theatre Association.

(mostly)musicals Returns to Vitello's to Light Up the Night with INDEPENDENT MEANS
by BWW News Desk - Jun 26, 2017

(mostly)musicals will return to Upstairs at Vitello's (formerly the E Spot Lounge)  for their 24th edition, Independent MEANS, on Monday, July 3rd at 7:30pm. 

Photo Flash: (mostly)musicals Fills the E Spot Lounge with 'Happy' Songs for the New Year
by BWW News Desk - Jan 30, 2017

(mostly)musicals kicked off their 4th season in style with songsforaHAPPYnewyear at the E Spot Lounge on Monday, January 16. This was the company's 21st entry in a series of themed cabarets, and set a new attendance record. 'We were thrilled that so many people came out to Studio City to get HAPPY with us!' explains producer amy francis schott. Scroll down for pictures of the memorable night!

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Kicks Off the 2016/17 U.S. Bank Broadway Series at the Fox!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2016

The 2014 Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, will make its St. Louis premiere at the Fabulous Fox Theatre September 13 - 25, 2016. The First National Tour of the award winning musical comedy will not only kick off the St. Louis Broadway season brimming with award winning musicals, it will also celebrate one year of entertaining audiences around North America.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Comes to the Fabulous Fox This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2016

The Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, will play at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis September 13 - 25 in its First National Tour.

BWW Review: Outrageously Fun GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Hits 5th Ave
by Jay Irwin - Jul 15, 2016

When you're catching the touring production of a show you saw with it's original cast on Broadway, you hope that the folks on tour will be up to par at least somewhat. Such was my fear catching the touring company of the Tony Award winning Best Musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" currently playing at the 5th Avenue Theatre especially for one quite daunting role where the actor must play nine different people. Well, luckily the touring company was completely up to the task especially in that one role making for a hilarious and rousing evening that only did honor to my memory of the original.