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The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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You never know what will happen or who'll be playing tonight when the Groundlings break all the rules!

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Spanish Cuisine & Dramatic Flamenco at El Cid

El Cid (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Full Price: $34.95 Our Price: $21.00*
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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).

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Mentalist Max Maven's Thinking in Person at the Steve Allen Theatre

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Mentalist Max Maven, called by Orson Welles "the most original mind in magic," presents his full-length show. It's not exactly a one-man show, because it involves dozens of minds...including yours!

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Massages and More: Spa Treatment Packages at Cote d'Azur

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $140.00 - $310.00 Our Price: $70.00 - $155.00*
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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.

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Aspect Beauty: Spa Facials and Massage Therapy

Aspect Beauty (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $90.00 - $275.00 Our Price: $45.00 - $175.00*
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Aspect Beauty is an oasis free of the stress and strain of everyday life, the perfect place to escape from the day's hectic pace. The spa's mineral facial is a gem of treatment - literally. It uses a unique elixir of malachite, rhodolite and zincite, which leaves skin pearly smooth without the usual post-extraction redness.

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Slideshow: In Color! — A One-of-a-Kind Journey Back in Time

Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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One of the most unique shows in L.A. runs monthly at the Fake—but this ain't your mama's slideshow! Eight rotating comedians, singers, storytellers and celebrities describe their own personal journeys—from the good to the bad to the ugly—with the actual slides to prove it. Honesty rules at Slideshow, so buckle up and enjoy the ride; this show is not for the faint of heart!

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The Groundlings' Main Sketch Show: Groundlings Special Lady Friend

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $21.50 Our Price: $10.75*
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Legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings present their main sketch show Groundlings Special Lady Friend. This is the company's latest collection of improvisational and scripted sketches, from L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy.

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The Marvelous Wonderettes, a Musical Blast From the Past

El Portal Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $47.50 Our Price: FREE - $23.75*
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The Marvelous Wonderettes is a cotton-candy colored, non-stop pop musical blast from the past! Featuring your favorite songs from the fifties and sixties, including "Lollipop," "Dream Lover," "Stupid Cupid," and more. This musical written and directed by Roger Bean takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom to meet four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match!

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Short-Form Comedy and Musical Improv with Stranger than Fiction

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $4.00*
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Stranger than Fiction features a cast of players from a variety of comedy and theatre backgrounds. STF's shows are a lively, entertaining mix of short-form comedy and musical improv based on suggestions from audience members. Audiences will be impressed and entertained by the cast's creativity and skill, and be treated to a completely different show every week.

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Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:30pm (Jimmy Scott)
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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All week long the Jazz Bakery offers the best in hot new jazz! LA Weekly called the Jazz Bakery the "most prestigious jazz space in Los Angeles," and it lives up to that by focusing on fantastic new acts as well as classics of the genre. A don't-miss, not only for jazz fans, but for lovers of all sorts of music!

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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club Presents All-Star Comedians

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:00pm (Kings of Vegas)
Full Price: $8.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy features some of the hottest names in comedy, performing at a fabulous new venue inside the Hotel Alexandria. Comedians from "Saturday Night Live," "Last Comic Standing," "The Tonight Show" and much more are on the bill. Check the listing below for details on who's appearing.

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Compelling Comedy—Right In the Heart of the 3rd Street Promenade!

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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In the heart of the world-famous 3rd Street Promenade in beautiful, balmy Santa Monica is a great night of comedy, every Friday and Saturday! With comedians seen on Letterman, Leno, Comedy Central and HBO, the Promenade Playhouse delivers serious laughs from great comics!

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Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Elliott Caine Quintet)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Spend the evening at the venue that is fast becoming Pasadena's hottest spot for live jazz: the Pasadena Jazz Institute's new home at the Paseo Colorado. Audiences will enjoy ongoing sets of music, performed by some of the most talented newcomers and veterans from the world of jazz.

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Jazz Greats at Catalina Bar and Grill

Catalina Bar and Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm (Freddie Hubbard & James Spaulding)
Full Price: $18.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $9.00 - $20.00*
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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.

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Blues Buffet Dinner Cruise: Music, Dinner & Dancing

Hornblower Cruises and Events (Marina del Rey, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $68.00 - $72.00 Our Price: $34.00 - $45.00*
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Change up your boring Friday night with Hornblower's new Blues Dinner Cruise! Enjoy a boarding glass of champagne, a delicious dinner buffet and the soothing sounds of the Phil Gates Blues Band. Dance all night or take a stroll on the outer decks and check out the amazing views!

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All-Pro Comedy at The Ice House Comedy Club

The Ice House (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:30pm (Tom Wilson & Tim O'Roarke)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm (Tom Wilson & Tim O'Roarke)
Full Price: $12.50 - $17.50 Our Price: $5.00 - $8.00*
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The Ice House Comedy Club, Pasadena's famed comedy club, presents some of the best stand-up comics in the business. You've seen them on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Comedy Central. Now you can see them in person, live on stage. Check the complete listing for more details.

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Songs and Stories of Girls Through the Ages in American Girl Revue

American Girl Place- Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 12:30pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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This high-energy revue features performances that showcase the lives of American girls past and present. Through the magic of costumes, songs and stories, the girls embark on a marvelous journey. For ages 6 and up.

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The Last Schwartz, A Bittersweet Family Comedy at the Zephyr Theatre

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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In this poignant comedy, the Schwartz siblings have gathered in their childhood family home for the one-year anniversary of their father's death. Over the weekend, fireworks, riotous humor and serious drama unfold as the parties interact and a long-held family secret is revealed.

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Stand-Up Comedy in Long Beach: Laugh Is Hope Underground Comedy Show

The Basement Lounge (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Laugh Is Hope Comedy Club is back every Friday night, hosted by comedian/writer/director Steven E. Kimbrough from the Cannes 24-Hour Film Challenge. Many of the comics have performed on HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, "Last Comic Standing" and more.

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Magnum Opus Theatre: Hilariously Awful Film Scripts, Live on Stage

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Sacred Fools presents Magnum Opus Theatre — the all-new return of a long-running show with an ardent cult following. The premise is simple: a cast of talented performers produces staged versions of terrible film scripts sent to Hollywood studios by aspiring screenwriters, with hilarious results.

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The High: Improvised Teen Soap Opera at ComedySportz Los Angeles

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Welcome to The High, where the students are beautiful, the teachers are bold and the secrets are scandalous. It's an addictive, edge-of-your-seat teen soap and a hilarious, seat-of-your-pants comedy show, improvised live before your very eyes based on an audience suggestion.

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Regretrosexual - The Love Story: Hit Show About Love and Dating

Hudson Guild Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Regretrosexual - The Love Story, the long-running hit starring former Bay Area stand-up comedy favorite Dan Rothenberg, moves to the Hudson Guild Theatre. The show is a hilarious exploration of the fluidity of amorous behaviour and how it affects those caught somewhere in the middle.

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James Joyce's The Dead, Tony-Winning Musical Based on the Short Story

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $12.50*
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This beautiful and touching Tony Award-winning musical is based on the famous short story written by James Joyce in his book Dubliners. The Dead refers to people in his memories—specifically the night of the annual party held by his aunts. The evening is filled with laughter, singing, dancing and good cheer.

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Hotbed of Drama in The Common Air at Theatre Asylum

Theatre Asylum (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The Common Air links six distinct characters during an airport delay. The reason is unknown, but the buzz is insinuating a terrorist conspiracy. Rumors fly as each character speaks to the next. Coming full circle, the last character addresses the first, illuminating the perpetually changing narratives we arrive at, and depart from, in trying to make sense of life's ever-evolving present tense.

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Quick Culture's Tour of Costume Exhibit Featuring 125 Costumes from 2007's Oscar-Nominated Films

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, FIDM, Museum & Galleries (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:15am
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 12:15pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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See the 16th annual Art of the Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit on a tour by Quick Culture art guides. The tour features 125 costumes from 25 movies of 2007, including the Oscar-nominated films Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Hairspray, Enchanted, Harry Potter and Marie Antoinette. The tour will also share fun facts about the movies, the stars, the designers and their costumes.

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Old-Hollywood Comic Romp The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

The Space Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This ingenious and wild comedy enjoyed a long, critically hailed run both on and off-Broadway. Poking fun at the more ridiculous aspects of "showbiz" and the corny thrillers of Hollywood's heyday, the play is a nonstop barrage of laughter as those assembled (or at least who aren't killed off) untangle the mystery of the Stage Door Slasher.

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Gangbusters Presents Tracers at the Little Victory Theatre

Little Victory Theatre (at the Victory Theatre Center) (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Tracers, created in 1980 by a group of Vietnam veterans, portrays the reality, grittiness and horror of on-the-ground combat, avoiding Hollywood glorification of the fighting experience. It's the story of six soldiers, their medic, and their drill instructor—members of the same fighting unit, who share all the bickering, petty infighting, camaraderie, affection and devotion of a marriage.

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Crime and Punishment, Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Classic from Actors Co-op

Crossley Theatres (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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This criminal tale journeys into the mind of a murderer, breaking the fourth wall of theatre as it brings the audience in as a character of the unfolding drama. Two players, assuming various identities, propel a killer to examine his motives during this exploration of the nature of evil, which ultimately becomes a spiritual journey in his search for redemption.

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Futuristic Farce Comic Potential at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential is a futuristic comedy about an innocent young man who falls in love with a "not-so-real" girl — it's also about the machinations behind the scenes that occur in the making of a local television drama.

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Invasion of the Minnesota Normals, a 1950s-Era Dark Comedy from Buzzworks Theater Company

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Set in Chicago, 1953, Invasion of the Minnesota Normals presents Ruth McKinley, an ordinary housewife, and her encounter with Robert and Mary Jones, two uninvited guests who happen to be former test subjects for a test inspired by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Confronted with what the world considers "normal," Ruth examines her life and discovers it is anything but ordinary.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar from Attic Theatre Ensemble

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar exploded onto the stage in 1971 and quickly became one of musical theatre's most popular works. The captivating story features a powerhouse score with such notable songs as "Superstar," "Everything's Alright" and "I Don't Know How to Love Him."

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The Violet Hour: Surreal and Hysterical Play by Tony Award-Winning Playwright

Theatre Tribe Studio Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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In this new play by the Tony Award-winning author of Take Me Out, a fledgling WWI-era publisher is trying to decide which work to publish first: his lover's memoir or his best friend's novel. His decision is further complicated by the arrival of a mysterious machine that predicts the future of the play's protagonists, affecting their lives in haunting and unexpected ways.

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The London Cuckolds: Hilariously Bawdy British Farce From 1681

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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The Ark Theatre Company presents Edward Ravenscroft's The London Cuckolds. Originally produced over 300 years ago, this outrageous farce is as wickedly hilarious as ever. As three oblivious husbands stumble about 17th-century London trying to keep their wives faithful, two conniving gallants have other ideas. The bored and lusty wives prove willing accomplices.

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Sexy Laundry Starring Frances Fisher and Paul Ben-Victor at The Hayworth Theatre

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $0.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Sexy Laundry is a saucy, hilarious and extremely touching look at making love in middle age. At that time in life when hard bodies have given way to spare tires, and romance has taken a back seat to more practical pursuits, Alice (Frances Fisher) gets a copy of Sex for Dummies and brings her husband, Henry (Paul Ben-Victor), to a fancy hotel to rekindle their passion.

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The All Female 1929 Skidoo Review - Vaudeville Comes to Life

Actors Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Actors Forum Theatre brings vaudeville back to life with the L.A. premiere of The All Female 1929 Skidoo Review. Experience the wonderful entertainment of yesteryear, with heart-warming memories of the world of vaudeville featuring an exuberant all-girl review of music, song, dance and comedy skits from the era performed by eight beautiful and talented women.

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Hollywood Fight Club Presents Broadway...Sex, Lies & Murder

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Back by popular demand, the Hollywood Fight Club presents a sexy night of murder, madness and mayhem — with plenty of dancing and singing. Broadway...Sex, Lies & Murder is a compilation of some of the sexiest musical and dance scenes of our time. So lace up your corsets and fill your flasks for a trip back in time.

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The Full Monty, the Hit Broadway Musical Comedy

Morgan-Wixson Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $23.00 Our Price: $11.50*
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This musical adaptation of the hit comedy film turns the "let's put on a show" genre on its ear, as a group of unemployed steelworkers prepares to present their own Chippendales-style show in working class Buffalo, New York. The journey of these men, from the breadlines to the unlikeliest of chorus lines, proves transforming in unexpected ways.

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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Live on Stage

The Banshee (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Theatre Banshee presents John Steinbeck's American classic Of Mice and Men. A pair of itinerant workers struggle through the Great Depression clinging to their friendship and the dream of buying a little place of their own. But when they take up work on a California ranch, their dreams — "like the best laid schemes of mice and men" — go tragically awry.

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Dark Comedy Cell Phone Funeral at Actor's Playpen

Actor's Playpen (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $22.00 Our Price: FREE - $11.00*
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Cell Phone Funeral is a comical yet poignant look at what a gay man's funeral might look like when his long-distance family must plan his funeral and has only his cell phone to determine the list of invitees.

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Music from Marvin Gaye to Chopin in Complexions Contemporary Ballet Programs

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm (Program A)
Full Price: $50.00 - $95.00 Our Price: $25.00 - $47.50*
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Conceived by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has always sought to distinguish itself by grounding their cutting-edge choreography and original music within the roots of classical dance. The power of their dancers and the electricity of their performances are showcased in two exciting programs at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Program varies each night; see full event description for schedule.

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Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Harold Pinter's Old Times at The Lost Studio

The Lost Studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Old Times takes place in a converted seaside farmhouse in England, where a couple's reunion with an old friend turns into a challenge to see who can possess her. Memory unites with desire in this tantalizing work by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter.

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Beaverquest!: the Musical at Sacred Fools Theater

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Sacred Fools Theater presents Beaverquest!: the Musical. Based on a popular segment from the theater's long-running Serial Killers show, writer Padraic Duffy and composer Bobby Stapf present the gleefully unhinged story of a beaver, his rabbit friend, and a host of wacky characters.

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San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 7:40pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $125.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $75.00*
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Two NL West rivals collide on a Saturday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres. The Padres have one of the league's best pitching staffs, and will be looking to use it against the Dodgers' exciting young lineup. As an added bonus, all kids 14 and younger will receive a free Russell Martin batting practice jersey.

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Albert Einstein Musical The Smartest Man in the World — A World Premiere

Pico Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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The Smartest Man in the World examines the human side of one of the 20th century's greatest minds, Albert Einstein. It tells his life story, exploring his complex relationships with the women in his life while the world was celebrating his outstanding achievements.

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William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Eclectic Company Theatre

Eclectic Company Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $0.00 - $18.00 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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The Eclectic Company Theatre and Kerr Bahr Productions present William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. One of the Bard's greatest hits, Measure for Measure features a stellar cast, gorgeous costumes and a bold interpretation, all combining to make Shakespeare's most shocking comedy come to life.

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Shrewd Political Comedy Fortinbras, Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet

Secret Rose Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Lee Blessing's Fortinbras is a funny, ironic play that exposes political conscience and humanity—perfect for the times. The play picks up where Shakespeare's Hamlet ends, with one of Hamlet's minor characters—Fortinbras, a fool—ascending to power as the new man who would be king.

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Alan Ayckbourn's Snake in the Grass, a Thriller with a Supernatural Twist

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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When Annabel returns home after her father's death, she finds her sister, Miriam, who has cared for their father through his dying years, has been accused of murdering him. A nurse claims to have proof and is intent on blackmailing them for their father's fortune. This is the U.S. premiere of Snake in the Grass, one of Alan Ayckbourn's rare thrillers.

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The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams: Three Recently Discovered One-Acts

The Coast Playhouse (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $29.99 Our Price: $10.00 - $15.00*
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The three plays being presented—Mister Paradise, The Palooka and And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens...—are from a collection of one-acts that were written over the course of Tennessee Williams's career, but published posthumously. He had a distinct talent for writing short plays, and these new discoveries include some of his most poignant and hilarious characters.

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The History of Bowling: Quirky Comedy at NoHo Arts Center

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Set on a college campus on the East Coast, The History of Bowling is a hilarious romantic comedy about a quadriplegic and epileptic student who are forced to write a PE term paper together because they can't physically participate in the class. Making its West Coast premiere, it's the inaugural play of Blue Zone Productions, a theatre company dedicated to producing high-quality theatre that nurtures and promotes artists with disabilities.

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Theatre Neo's Sketch Comedy Show Deep Tissue Comedy Release II

Secret Rose Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Deep Tissue Comedy Release II: The Quickening is an hour-long blend of original sketches and anything-can-happen comedy satirizing pop culture, Queen Elizabeth, talk shows, the prison system and speed dating, just to name a few.

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Friday Forty - A Comedy Game Show

I.O. West Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The game show world is obsessed with useless trivia. But who's there to make sure you're paying attention to what's going on in the world-right now? Friday Forty is the weekly game show that rewards your knowledge of what's going on in the world the last seven days. Contestants sit back, sip a 40-ounce, and face a fearsome 40 questions.

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Hal Linden and Allan Miller in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Hal Linden ("Barney Miller") and Allan Miller play two aging vaudeville stars who can't stand each other in Neil Simon's 1973 Tony Award winner for Best Play. The New York Post raved: "It's ham on wry.... Simon's surefooted craftsmanship and his one-liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."

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One Night Stands - A Hysterical New Comedy

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The audience is a fly on the 4th wall as several couples relate to one another before and after they have sex for the first and last time in this hysterical new comedy. One Night Stands - The Sex Comedies is The Vagina Monologues of one-night stands.

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Marriage Musical I Do! I Do! at La Mirada Theatre for Performing Arts

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (La Mirada, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $37.50 - $45.00 Our Price: $18.75 - $22.50*
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This intimate two-person musical from the same duo who wrote The Fantasticks stars real-life married couple (and musical theatre veterans) Brad Little and Barbara McCulloh. The story chronicles the 50-year marriage between Michael and Agnes, starting on their wedding day and traveling through the couple's ups and downs over five decades.

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Boats on a River, Starring Gregory Itzin (from TV's 24), a Live Audio Performance

Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $39.50 - $47.00 Our Price: $19.75 - $23.50*
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American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sister's care. The girls begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors.

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Comedian Jeff Garcia at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Jeff Garcia, one of the hottest rising comedians, was the voice of Sheen in the animated film "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius," and also provided voices for animated films "Happy Feet" and "The Barnyard". Garcia performs live nationwide, as well as on TV, delivering hilarious material on growing up Latino in a multi-cultural community.

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Running from the Paparazzi - A Running Tour of Beverly Hills

Off 'N Running Tours, Beverly Gardens meeting spot (Beverly Hills, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $60.00 Our Price: FREE - $30.00*
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Running from the Paparazzi is an exciting 4-mile run from Wilshire Boulevard to glamorous Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, through Hollywood and past eclectic shops on Robertson Boulevard. Grace the streets of Beverly Hills in record time, doing some quick window-shopping and celeb watching, while avoiding the forever-flashing paparazzi.

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Mariette Hartley in New Comedy In The Wings at the Whitefire Theatre

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Emmy Award winner Mariette Hartley stars in a world-premiere comedy that's drenched in heart. In this play-within-a-play, a dysfunctional group of actors, a problematic set and a stage manager at his wits' end add to the tension between a writer and his producer-wife in rehearsal for a play about their own struggle with infertility.

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Four-Headed Dance II: Eclectic Dance, Dance/Theater and Performance Pieces

Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Four-Headed Dance II is an evening of original dance, dance/theater and performance work by Keith Glassman, Kiha Lee, Kristen Smiarowski, and Sri Susilowati. With backgrounds that include prestigious Los Angeles Horton awards, COLA awards, Dance for Social Action and dancing surfers, these distinctive individual artists premiere an eclectic assortment of work for the stage.

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References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot: A Surrealistic, Romantic Drama

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is Jose Rivera's surrealistic, lyrical celebration of romance. Love, lust and longing mix it up with otherworldly fantasy and gritty realism that infatuates a young housewife awaiting the return of her soldier-husband from overseas.

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Picnic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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It's 1953 in a small Kansas town and options are few for Madge and her independent younger sister, Millie, who yearn for more than the life of staid domesticity awaiting them. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, playwright William Inge depicts the pleasure—and the pain—of risking everything to choose your own path.

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Offbeat Comedy KLÜB from The Actor's Gang

Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Welcome to KLÜB, L.A.'s hottest nightspot, where the elite meet and performers compete. Behind the velvet rope, a hilarious heart-breaking spectacle awaits: ten desperate souls audition with their lives. But only one will get out of KLÜB tonight. It's A Chorus Line meets No Exit.

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Great Expectations: A New Musical Based on Dickens' Classic Novel

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Hudson Theatre hosts the premiere of a new musical version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The rich score brings to life the story of young Pip and his journey of obsession, disillusionment, and redemption. The show was a Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice" and a LA Weekly "Theatre Pick of the Week".

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Beatlemania: A Tribute to the Beatles with British Beat

Quiet Cannon (Montebello, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Beatles tribute band British Beat take the stage at Quiet Cannon for Beatlemania: A Tribute to the British Invasion.

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Priest on Trial for Murder in The Runner Stumbles at The Stillspeaking Theatre

The Stillspeaking Theatre (San Marino, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her superior, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder. What led to the murder? Was anything "improper" going on in this small up-country parish? The true nature of God and love are at the heart of this searing drama.

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Blue Surge Explores Social Class and Relationship Struggles

Henke Studio Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Blue Surge is a dark, caustic, humorous look at five characters pushing their way through life on both sides of the law in small-city America. Each of them faces or denies, fights or embraces the dreams, social classes, pasts, futures and the fleeting of the present that make up who they are.

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