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For more than 25 years Anita Baker has been a music icon with songs such as "Angel," "You're My Everything" and "Sweet Love." Baker debuted in 1983 with Songstress and now this Grammy winner and platinum artist returns with the blend of Jazz, Soul and R&B that made her a star. Learn more...

From the same people who brought you the great Laserium shows at Griffith Park Observatory comes the new Laserium CyberTheater in Hollywood. This new production offers a high-tech update of Laserium shows of the past, with six projection screens and 3-D lasers shooting throughout the theater. Three different classic Laserium shows are currently in rotation, featuring music from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, the Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Learn more...

Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain. Learn more...

From the writer/director/producer of The Marvelous Wonderettes comes Life Could Be a Dream. This 1960s doo-wop musical is the story of the Crooning Crabcakes, who try to find their fame and fortune by entering a radio talent contest. Featuring such classic songs as "Stay" (Just a Little Bit Longer)," "Runaround Sue," "The Great Pretender," "Tears On My Pillow," "Unchained Melody," "Earth Angel" and more. Learn more...

Guests will enjoy a delicious dining experience while being entertained with an astonishing display of special effects wizardry, aerial artistry, swashbuckling swordplay and dynamic duels. The entertainment is a classic story of good vs. evil that offers the perfect blend of action, adventure, comedy and romance, along with the opportunity to interact in the adventure. Learn more...

UCLA Live welcomes groundbreaking British performance group DV8 Physical Theatre to Royce Hall for the West Coast debut of To Be Straight With You. Blending dance with spoken word, recorded sound, video and animation, the show explores tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality, incorporating ideas and material gathered through interviews with 85 people from all walks of life. Learn more...

This supper club hosts great live jazz in a setting with Old World charm. Catalina has lived up to its slogan "Nothing But the Best in Jazz" by presenting a veritable Who's Who of jazz legends such as Dizzie Gillespie, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, Joe Williams, Max Roach, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Benny Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman and many more. Learn more...

The NoHo Arts Center hosts Just Imagine, a multi-media tribute to rock legend John Lennon. Tim Piper, who's toured the world performing the Beatles' hits, will front a live band in note-perfect renditions of Lennon's timeless songs, and share anecdotes from his life and career. 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...

On this walking tour through Downtown Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district, guests will have an opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the neighborhood while stopping multiple times to sample local delicacies. Local foodies and tourists alike will appreciate this opportunity to indulge in authentic Japanese tea, mochi, pastries and savory dishes. Learn more...

Pasadena Playhouse hosts Baby It's You! This musical tells the story of legendary girl group The Shirelles, as well as the woman who discovered them. New Jersey housewife Florence Greenberg managed the group to stardom, then founded legendary label Scepter Records. The show's score is full of classic songs from the '60s. Learn more...

Cirque du Soleil presents its hit touring show, KOOZA, and some of the best available seats are available for Goldstar members to buy at full price before they go on sale to the general public. The story of an innocent who enters a world of kings, thieves and other archetypal characters, KOOZA combines classic circus acrobatics and broad slapstick clowning. Learn more...

The mighty Fifth Symphony of Beethoven is arguably the most famous and popular symphony ever written. In the first half of the concert, music director Jeffrey Kahane and the Orchestra explore the inner workings of a great masterpiece, using examples from the Fifth and other symphonies, and performing selections from other important Beethoven works including excerpts from the "Moonlight" and "Pathetique" sonatas. After a complete performance of the Fifth, stay for a Q&A with Jeffrey Kahane and the musicians. Learn more...

Enjoy an evening of Spanish cuisine and flamenco dancing on the beautiful wooden stage at El Cid, in hip Silverlake. Historic El Cid is a beautiful indoor-outdoor Spanish villa-style complex, and a night of flamenco could happen in no better venue. An inspiring, exotic evening! Price includes dinner and the show (but not beverages or tip). Learn more...

As Joshua Weinberg and Brent Logan attempt to have a civil and respectable wedding, their loving friends and family get in the way. Be a part of this wedding ceremony and join them for the reception as you become one of the family. Learn more...

The Steve Allen Theater presents Nevermore, a one-man show celebrating Edgar Allen Poe's bicentennial. Actor Jeffrey Combs stars as the brilliant and tragic author of "The Raven" and "The Tell-tale Heart"; Combs starred in such horror film classics as Re-Animator, as well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Director Stuart Gordon and writer Dennis Paoli both worked on Re-Animator. Learn more...

Macha Theatre presents the hilarious revue, Naked Boys Singing, featuring eight male singers in the nude. With sixteen original songs including "Gratuitous Nudity" and "Bliss of a Bris," the original crowd-pleasing show has been a critically and audience favorite for over ten years. Learn more...

Ruskin Group Theatre presents Italian American Reconciliation. This sparkling, gritty romantic comedy is set against the backdrop of New York's Little Italy. Playwright John Patrick Shanley has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Academy and Tony Awards; his works include Doubt and Moonstruck. Learn more...

The world-famous Hollywood Improv presents stand-up comedy seven nights a week. See top national headliners, the nation's best up-and-coming performers, and more. The club features frequent surprise drop-ins by TV and film's biggest comedy stars. Learn more...

An homage to Arthur Schnitzler's 1900 classic farce, La Ronde, Peter Lefcourt's skewering update captures 21st century Los Angeles' replacement for sex...lunch! Set in Tinseltown's most pretentious and expensive restaurant, the Pueblo de la Venezia, 10 agenda-driven diners are aided, abetted and terrorized by five waiters...all named Bruce. Lunch in Hollywood is not a meal; it is a power dance. Learn more...

From the same people who brought you the great Laserium shows at Griffith Park Observatory comes the new Laserium CyberTheater in Hollywood. These shows feature the classic rock anthems of U2 and the hard-edged industrial sound of Nine Inch Nails, set to six projection screens and 3-D lasers shooting throughout the theater. Learn more...

The comedy Moonlight and Magnolias is set during the golden age of Hollywood. When producer David O. Selznick halts production of Gone with the Wind three weeks into filming, it falls to playwright Ben Hecht to rewrite the unwieldy script. The catch? Hecht is given just five days to do the job, and he's never read the book. Learn more...

With the kids away, three married couples get together for a few laughs. But as the liquor flows, secrets are revealed, trust is tested, boundaries are broken and reality gets swapped for fantasy. It's Just Sex is a thought-provoking, convulsively funny comedy about marriage, honesty, lust and trust. Learn more...

Based on the MGM film starring Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis is a nostalgic look at love and family against the backdrop of the 1904 World's Fair. The classic score includes "The Boy Next Door," "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Learn more...

Experience Star Trek as never before. See the largest collection of authentic Star Trek artifacts and information ever put on public display, featuring sets, costumes, priceless museum pieces and props from all five Star Trek television series and eleven feature films, including J.J. Abrams' recent blockbuster. Go aboard the bridge of the Starship Enterprise and even sit in the Captain's chair. Learn more...

Legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings present their main sketch show Hold Me Closer Tiny Groundling. This is the company's latest collection of improvisational and scripted sketches, from L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy. Learn more...

Odyssey Theatre presents Harold Pinter's haunting but comedic drama No Man's Land. Spooner and Hirst are two aging writers who meet in a pub and return to Hirst's home for a late-night session of drinking, witty banter, and sinister power games. There, Spooner foolishly gets into a situation he's unable to understand, handle or escape. Learn more...

The Breeders' Cup World Championships has become recognized as the ultimate test of a Thoroughbred's talent and ability. This dramatic series of horse races showcases the best horses, riders and trainers from around the world. Learn more...

Embracing the spirit of one of the most heralded artists in American theater, the actors and master improvisers of Impro Theatre will create full-length, completely improvised musicals in the style of Stephen Sondheim in Sondheim UnScripted. Using just their guts, improvisational wits and audience suggestions, the cast invents a brand new, never-before-seen musical for each performance. Learn more...

Dearly Departed Tours' Hollywood Movie Tour offers a unique way to see Los Angeles: by riding through some of the city's most memorable movie locations. Guests will watch scenes from over 50 films on board the tour bus while visiting the actual locations where those scenes were filmed -- from action films like The Terminator to iconic classics like Sunset Boulevard. Learn more...

Relive the days of Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino and Connie Francis, twisting the night away under the stars at this new revue of 1950s music. Revisit the beautiful melodies once sung by the greatest vocalists of our time -- Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Bobby Darin and more. See the full event description for menu information. Learn more...

Someone is trying to kill Sherlock Holmes. Now the greatest detective on earth must solve the case of his life in Charles Marowitz's spoof Sherlock's Last Case. Travel back to Arthur Conan Doyle's foggy Victorian London to witness hair-raising twists and turns as Holmes and Dr. Watson take the stage for a mystery that's part spoof, part loving tribute. Learn more...

Award-winning John Patrick Shanley's Where's My Money? takes a sardonic look at marriage, relationships and infidelity. When two women who are old friends run into each other and catch up on their lives, they learn their respective relationships aren't all they could be and the men in their lives are surprisingly connected. Learn more...

Kentwood Players celebrates its 60th anniversary with a production of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music. This witty romantic comedy tells the story of a group of husbands, wives, lovers and rivals who gather for a weekend in the country; farcical complications and beautiful music ensue. The score features the classic tune "Send in the Clowns." Learn more...

A fictional Carl Reiner, New York delivery boy David Kolowitz loves the movies. Although discouraged by his girlfriend, parents, and boss, he joins an off-Broadway theater company. Despite a lack of talent, David triumphs over all odds, and his debut earns acceptance by family and girlfriend. Learn more...

Slasher is the story of a D-list Hollywood movie director, Marc Hunter, who goes to Texas to shoot Bloodbath, a low-budget slasher flick. After he loses his name actress he casts a local Hooter Girl named Sheena McKinney as "The Last Girl" to be killed. This unleashes the thwarted feminist rage of Sheena's invalid mother. The ensuing events -- comical, intense and emotional -- result in a degree of horror Marc could never have imagined. Learn more...

The beautiful Cafe Sevilla invites guests to come and enjoy a magical evening of Spanish and Gypsy flamenco dance, a delicious three-course meal, and an atmosphere of European elegance and Mediterranean spirit. This complete flamenco performance includes dancers, singers, percussionists and guitarists. Learn more...

Set in 1930's London and inspired by the sensational Alma Rattenbury Trial, Molly is the story of a love quadrangle gone awry. Molly was written by renowned writer Simon Gray, whose plays are notable for their wit and emotional incisiveness. Learn more...

Theatre West hosts the world premiere of Sally Spectre: The Musical. Billed as "a children's horror story for adults," David P. Johnson's musical tells the story of a murdered Victorian-era girl who must adjust to her strange new life as a ghost. The imaginatively staged show is scary, moving, darkly funny, and surprisingly moving. Learn more...

Playwright, actor and composer Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin) debuts two new works with the Colburn Orchestra. Nine Hours on Tenth features Felder recounting the story of President Lincoln's final hours, accompanied by a score inspired by America's greatest folk song composers. Aliyah Concerto tells a musical story about the creation of the State of Israel. Learn more...

Speakeasy will take you back to a period where jazz, dance and a free spiritedness defined the Roaring 20s. The event will transform the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel into a speakeasy, complete with jazz lounge, mixologists and over 100 of the top brands of gin, bourbon and scotch to sample from. Speakeasy is a night of free flowing alcohol, lively music and a swanky crowd. Learn more...

Whittier Community Theatre presents Frank Capra's holiday classic, adapted as a full radio drama production. It's a Wonderful Life is performed complete with live sound-effects, local commercials and enough nostalgia to stuff a turkey. Learn more...

A Noise Within presents Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning comedy Noises Off. The unbelievably fast-paced story of confused identities and zany misunderstandings, set during a chaotic theatre production, has been called "the funniest farce ever written" by the New York Post. Learn more...

Combining pop, gospel, jazz, classical and other genres, Songs for a New World uses music to tell a collection of thematically-connected stories dating from 1492 to the present day. This unconventional but riveting musical by Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Urban Cowboy) features a small cast playing multiple characters, each facing a crucial moment in their lives. Learn more...

Actors Forum Theatre presents Polyester: The Musical. It's the story of The Synchronistics, an over-the-hill ABBA wannabe group that reunites to perform at a public access TV telethon. In 1979, their hit single "Better Together" rose to #2 on the charts. Now, they have to overcome their differences and dysfunctions to return to the spotlight. Learn more...

This Halloween, sink into the world of a New Orleans-style ghost story musical, a tall tale full of highballs and oddballs, hobgoblins and hemoglobin. With musical influences that range from Tom Lehrer to Tom Waits, Kurt Weill to barbershop quartet, with lots of surprises, monsters, and smutty talk along the way, Beau Fib is like no musical you've ever heard before. Learn more...

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents the unique Gogol Project at Bootleg Theater. Three of Gogol's most famous short stories come to life with puppetry, music, dance, masks and digital projection in the Rogue's signature, award-winning "Hyper-theatrical" style. Learn more...

Top-rated local children's theater Storybook Theatre presents the interactive musical The Princess and the Frog, the classic tale of a spoiled princess who reluctantly befriends a frog who magically transforms into a handsome prince. The audience is invited to join in dance numbers and attend a banquet at the castle with the Princess, King and magical fairy. Learn more...

This two-hour Salsa Mini Camp is an immersion class, perfect for busy people who have always wanted to learn some moves for the salsa clubs. The teachers will break down the exotic dance to its basics so that everyone can learn. Learn more...