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When Sara, a young teacher from the Midwest, leaves her boyfriend and family to take an inner city teaching assignment in the Bronx, she's befriended by traffic reporter Callie. After the two women unexpectedly fall in love, their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate. Learn more...

A winner of virtually every major L.A. theater award, the local musical phenomenon Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara continues at the Geffen's Skirball-Kenis Theater, with Oscar-winner Taylor Hackford directing. Inspired by the true story of swinging Vegas lounge act Louis Prima and Keely Smith, the show includes classic hits like "Embraceable You" and "Just a Gigolo." Learn more...

As a wonderful gift or an indulgent treat for yourself, you can't do much better than a full body massage package or a facial package at the serene Cote d'Azur Spa, located in Old Town Pasadena. It's sure to be an unforgettable experience. Learn more...

Someone is out to kill Charo and the only detectives/models ready for the case are the Angels. Join Kay Sedia, Chita Parol and Frieda Laye as they set sail for mystery, intrigue and lust on the love boat. Learn more...

Cirque Berzerk combines aerial acrobatics, clowning, and other traditional circus performances with punk rock and burlesque influences. Their psychedelic, psychotic, and distinctly adult performances have made them a hit; they return to the Los Angeles State Historical Park. Learn more...

Written and directed by Daisuke Tsuji, a former Cirque du Soleil clown, Monkey Madness mashes satire, clowning, pantomime, dance, music and puppetry together into a wild and grotesque theatrical event. The show follows a simple story about Monkey Boy, whose wish is to evolve into a human being, and the tribe of monkeys and apes that try to adapt to the new human culture. Learn more...

The acclaimed International Gem and Jewelry Show presents the most dazzling display of gems, jewelry, beads, accessories and minerals ever seen under one roof. The huge selection, along with special show pricing direct from worldwide designers and manufacturers, make this show a must for gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike. Learn more...

Hollywood Fight Club presents Clue. Based on the murderously funny cult film, which was itself based on the classic board game of the same name, Clue tells the story of six guests at a mansion, where one of them murders the man who has blackmailed them all. The only question is -- who? Learn more...

Enjoy a new take on Chekhov's classic comedy The Cherry Orchard at the outdoor amphitheater at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, terraced into the hillside of the rustic canyon. Re-set in 1970s Virginia during the aftermath of the civil rights movement, an old Southern family desperately clings to tradition in this newly updated version of The Cherry Orchard. Learn more...

Bill Pullman (Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping, Broadway's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?) and Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity series) star in David Mamet's gripping drama of a power struggle between a university professor and one of his students. Stiles reprises her role, after performing to rave reviews on London's West End. Learn more...

Theatre 40 presents the Los Angeles premiere of David Mamet's streamlined adaptation of the dark 1905 drama by British playwright Harley Granville-Barker. The Voysey Inheritance is a portrait of greed, centering on a family of financial planners who have been using a Ponzi scheme to defraud their clients and lead an extravagant lifestyle for two generations. Learn more...

The Grammy Museum celebrates the life and work of Michael Jackson with a display of Jackson's most iconic and elaborate wardrobe pieces, including the suit he wore on the cover of Thriller. The exhibit also includes video of some of Jackson's Grammy performances. Tickets also include admission to the full museum, with exhibits spanning the history of modern music. Learn more...

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's outdoor summer season continues with Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The bucolic Topanga Canyon hillside is the perfect setting for this whimsical story of love, mischief, matchmaking and magic in an enchanted forest inhabited by faerie folk, woodland creatures, and a donkey. Learn more...

Crown City Theatre Company presents The Apple Tree. Written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, the team behind Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me, this Tony Award-winning collection of three one-act musicals explores the temptations of love. The musicals are based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger?, and Jules Feiffer's Passionella. Learn more...

Zarek Saxton is one of Hollywood's biggest directors and he thinks he is making a movie that will change the world. Problem is, he was supposed to be making a slasher film. In steps the producer, who, thanks to an Insanity Clause in Zarek's contract, has the eccentric director confined to a psych ward for observation. Learn more...

The Actors' Gang presents Our Town. Known for their politically charged performances, the famed theater company unveils an incisive production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, whose portrait of small-town life in Grover's Corners has resonated with generations of Americans. Learn more...

Musical Theatre of Los Angeles and Canary Productions present Cabaret. Kander and Ebb's classic musical is set in 1930s Berlin, as the romantic intrigues of several performers at a seedy nightclub play out amid the backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power. The Met Theater will be transformed into the "Kit Kat Klub", and actors will serve as waiters throughout the production. Learn more...

Storybook Theatre's interactive, musical production of the beloved story The Pied Piper is aimed at boys and girls ages three to nine, and is filled with comedy, songs and audience participation. When the people of Hamelin hire the Pied Piper to rid their town of rats, they get more than they bargained for. Learn more...

Sam Shepard's most produced play tells the story of two brothers: Austin, an ambitious Hollywood screenwriter working on a potential million-dollar deal, and Lee, a vagabond thief with a compulsion for six-packs and toasters. The pair face off for control while venting demons from their dysfunctional past. Learn more...

Enjoy classic disco, classic freestyle and classic house music all night long with DJs Martin Rodriguez (the original Circus Disco DJ from the '70s and '80s), Rick "Chaz" Gonzales and Domingo. Fourth of July fireworks at 9:00pm sharp kick off this night of dancing. Learn more...

Santa Monica's historic Aero Theatre presents a double feature of comedy classics from Monty Python. 1975's Monty Python and the Holy Grail brilliantly spoofs the legend of King Arthur, and inspired the hit Broadway musical Spamalot. 1979's Monty Python's Life of Brian, filmed on the set of Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth, tells the story of a hapless man (Graham Chapman) mistaken for the Messiah. Learn more...

Trevor and Susannah are on the verge of a breakup--and they're determined to take their friends and family down with them. As the evening progresses, this unstable pair travels from bedroom to bedroom, raining hysterical havoc on everything they touch and assuring that no one will sleep. Learn more...

The Los Angeles Galaxy host a Major League Soccer game on the Fourth of July. Landon Donovan and the Galaxy host the New England Revolution, featuring deadly striker Taylor Twellman and former Galaxy right back Chris Albright. A spectacular display of fireworks follows the game. Learn more...

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission and Asiatic Empire present the first U.S. performance by South Korean pop legend Shin Hae Chul and his band N.EX.T. One of Korea's most famous celebrities, Shin Hae Chul is regarded as a genius of Korean music who, along with his younger cousin Seo Taiji, transformed the Korean music industry, paving the way for the contemporary Kpop genre. Learn more...

Toronto playwright Hannah Moscovitch's audacious new play examines the legacy of the Holocaust. East of Berlin is about the next generation and asks what happens when you discover your father was a Nazi war criminal? What happens when two sons of SS Officers fall in love with each other? What happens when your Mother survives Auschwitz and you fall in love with a German? Learn more...

Long Beach Playhouse presents James Yaffe's thriller Cliffhanger on their mainstage. A college professor goes to outrageous lengths to avoid forced retirement. Together with his wife, mild-mannered Henry Lowenthal plots and schemes his way to promotion. Learn more...

Bil Dwyer's clever, acerbic takes on marriage, fatherhood, and everyday life have made him a top national headliner. A finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Bil has also had his own half-hour Comedy Central special, and hosted such shows as Comedy Central's BattleBots and Fox Sports Net's Ultimate Fan League. Learn more...

One of the most produced musicals in America, Crowns explores the lives of the "hat queens," six women in the South whose stories of love, loss, identity and sisterhood are woven into the hats that crown their heads and the songs that speak their truth. Based on an acclaimed book, Crowns captures the thrill of self-expression with a series of intimate musical portraits. Learn more...

Based on the hit 1987 movie, Big: The Musical follows frustrated, 13-year-old Josh, who wakes up one morning as a 30-year-old man after wishing he were "big." As he becomes a toy company executive and falls in love, Josh realizes that there's more to being an adult than he'd bargained for. Learn more...