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L.A. Connection's 2001: An Improv Odyssey

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $4.00*
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L.A. Connection puts on an outrageously funny improv show in the "Who's Line Is It Anyway" style. The show is one of the LA Times picks for New Year's Eve.

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U-Sical, the Improvised Musical, from ComedySportz

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $17.00 Our Price: $8.50*
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The National Comedy Theatre presents U-Sical, a full-length improvised musical comedy, featuring audience participation.

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Last Comic Standing's Todd Glass at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $7.00 - $10.00*
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Todd Glass, star of NBC's Last Comic Standing, performs at the Hollywood Improv. Todd is well-known for his roles on such shows as Friends, Home Improvement and Married with Children.

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Fun for the Whole Family at Giggle Gaggle: Kids Perform Improv for Kids!

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $8.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Two shows, two casts—four feet tall! This improv show performed by kids is a great day out for families who love to laugh together. Take a ride into the minds and world of the children of the Valley as the kids of Joy Theatre perform comedy, standup, improv and sketches at the Raven Playhouse.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Improv Comedy for Kids at LA Connection

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 5:30pm
Full Price: $7.00 Our Price: $3.00*
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LA Connection presents Improv Comedy for Kids, performed by some of the area's most talented young people. The performances are family-friendly and filled with laugh-out-loud-funny sketch comedy and improv.

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The Groundlings' Main Sketch Show: Groundlings Special Lady Friend

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
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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Fakov in America aka The Russians Are Here!, a Hilarious Two-Man Show

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Fakov in America, aka The Russians Are Here! is a comedy starring and written by Ilia Volok and David Laird Scott. This firecracker of a play is about a young Russian farmer named Ilia Pushkin Fakov (played by Volok) who comes to America pursuing the American Dream. Once in the U.S., he experiences a madcap variety of adventures. David Laird Scott plays the more than 15 characters Ilia encounters along the way.

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Enter the Mad Mind of the Teenager with Detention Span's Teen Improv

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 5:00pm
Full Price: $8.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Being a teenager is tough, but the kids of Joy Theatre's Detention Span take teen angst and transform it into comedy gold. It's a madcap, fun-filled hour of sketch, improv, impressions, singing, and more at the Raven Playhouse. Relive the funniest moments of growing up—without actually having to, er, relive them.

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Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 9:30pm (Curtis Fuller Quintet)
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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Compelling Comedy—Right In the Heart of the 3rd Street Promenade!

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
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)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Pinot and Folder)
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)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm (John Densmore)
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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Jewish Guilt Meets Racial Tension in Jerry Mayer's Black and Bluestein

The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $12.50*
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The year is 1963, the city is St. Louis, and Daniel Black, a black biochemist, is going to buy the house he wants in an upscale white neighborhood, even if it ruffles feathers. The house is owned by builder Jeff Bluestein, a Jewish liberal who discovers that breaking the color barrier could break his bank account and his marriage. The conflict results in tense drama and laugh-out-loud comedy. This is a guest production at the Santa Monica Playhouse.

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Blood & Dumplings: A Crime Bus Tour of the San Gabriel Valley

The Esotouric Bus (W Avenue 26) (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $55.00 - $63.00 Our Price: $27.50 - $36.50*

The award-winning Esotouric team presents Blood & Dumplings, a bus tour focused on the shocking criminal history of the San Gabriel Valley. Explore Alhambra, Temple City, Monterey Park, Rosemead and El Monte, and learn about murdered brides, battling Neo-Nazis, Phil Spector's castle, and more! Included in the ticket price: a selection of dumplings from one of the San Gabriel Valley's best Chinese restaurants.

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Intimate, Passionate, Exotic: The Art of Flamenco & Spanish Cuisine at Cafe Sevilla

Cafe Sevilla Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 6:30pm
Full Price: $47.50 Our Price: $29.50*
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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.

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Salsa Boot Camp for Beginners and Advanced Beginners

The SalsaBox Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 11:00am (Saturday Boot Camp)
Full Price: $60.00 Our Price: $40.00*
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The four-hour Salsa Boot Camp at Salsabox Studios is an immersion class, perfect for busy people who have always wanted to learn some moves for the salsa clubs. Classes are divided into Novice Beginners and Advanced Beginners; both will teach the basics of salsa, plus some fun routines. Class ends with a Latin lunch buffet.

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Cinderella - The World Premiere Musical for the Entire Family

Theatre West (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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Storybook Theatre presents its new musical version of the classic story Cinderella. With a funny fairy godmother leading the way, there is plenty of opportunity for audience participation, and girls in the audience can even dance with the handsome prince at the ball.

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

Hudson Guild Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Futuristic Farce Comic Potential at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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They Call Me Mister Fry, a Funny and Profound Solo Show

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Jack Freiberger's They Call Me Mister Fry, a one-man show, is the funny yet poignant true story of a fifth grade teacher's first year in a South Central classroom... where the teacher becomes the student.

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Dark Comedy Cell Phone Funeral at Actor's Playpen

Actor's Playpen (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 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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Quick Culture's One-Hour Museum Tour for Kids

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 11:30am
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Sometimes an art museum visit can seem boring to a child, but not with Quick Culture. They transform the overwhelming museum experience into an entertaining artistic journey. They engage children in interactive conversations about how to look at and what to look for directly from a variety of artworks. This one-hour museum tour is designed for kids ages 6-12.

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The Capitol Steps - Political Satire at its Funniest

Carpenter Performing Arts Center, CSULB (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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In May 2008, the presidential primaries will be over and the election on its way, but laughter will be center stage with the Capitol Steps! Regularly featured on NPR, these former Congressional staffers' brilliant song parodies and hilarious sketches are up-to-the-minute send-ups of all things political—satirizing serious issues, events and personalities from both sides of the aisle while providing a nationwide laugh for millions.

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Disney's The Little Mermaid Sing-A-Long at the El Capitan Theatre

El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 7:45pm
Full Price: $13.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Sing-a-long with one of Disney's most beloved modern classics, The Little Mermaid, exclusively at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. This Oscar-winning film features such unforgettable songs as "Kiss the Girl" and "Under the Sea." There will also be a special appearance by Ariel the Mermaid!

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

Eclectic Company Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 — Sci-Fi Masterpiece Adapted for the Stage

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*

Ray Bradbury's best-selling science fiction masterpiece about a future without books takes on a chillingly realistic dimension in this theatrical adaptation, written by the legendary author himself. A paternalistic government suspends basic individual liberties in the name of preserving the security of the homeland. That could never happen here...could it?

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

The Coast Playhouse (West Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Milk and Cookies: World Premiere of Dark Comedy at Sidewalk Studio Theatre

Sidewalk Studio Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Sidewalk Studio Theatre presents Milk and Cookies, the world premiere of a dark comedy by Jonathan Dorf. It's the tale of Margaret Nancy Reagan Ballmoth, a housewife forced to flee to Montana after her children allegedly kill a bank teller with poisoned cookies. She meets a milk-obsessed conspiracy theorist who helps her unravel the mystery of what really happened.

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Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Proof at the Odyssey Theatre

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $50.00 Our Price: FREE - $25.00*
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This contemporary play explores the relationships between parents and children, what they share and what they fear they might share. A formerly brilliant mathematician whose mind has failed dies, leaving his youngest daughter a legacy. She may be brilliant, she may be crazy—or she may be something all her own.

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Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana from A Noise Within

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $20.00*
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Defrocked minister T. Lawrence Shannon, addicted to alcohol and under-aged young women, seeks sanctuary in the familiar (if fetid) surroundings of the tropical Hotel Costa Verde in southern Mexico. Riddled with self-loathing but buoyed by the unlikeliest of guardian angels, he is forced to conquer his personal demons or die trying.

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Drama Lady from the Road Theatre Company

Road Theatre @ Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Deep in the woods of downstate Illinois, three boyhood friends come together on a hunting trip. Now middle aged and on separate paths they find that the common thread of memory is being stretched to the breaking point. Can the war in Iraq reach even these secluded woods and destroy their friendship forever?

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

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Oscar Winner John Patrick Shanley's Where's My Money? — A Dark Comedy About Marriage

Pan Andreas Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
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Academy Award-winning writer John Patrick Shanley ("Moonstruck") examines what marriage really is in this darkly funny and surreal play. Where's My Money? looks at two couples' conquest for love—and how they destroy each other in the process.

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Surfer Girl: A Riff on the Deadly Sin of Sloth

Working Stage Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $16.50 Our Price: $8.25*
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Surfer Girl, the fourth installment of Leslye Headland's "Seven Deadly Plays" series presented by the IAMA Theater Company, is a touching and witty monologue featuring a powerful performance from Sarah Utterback ("Grey's Anatomy"). The play explores the sin of sloth through an intimate look at the personal struggle between avoiding responsibility and longing for home.

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Funny & Poignant Play The Curious Savage from Cypress Civic Theatre

Cypress Civic Theatre (Cypress, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband, and wants to make the best of it, despite the efforts of her grown-up stepchildren who commit her to a sanatorium. While there, she meets various social misfits who just can't adjust to the harsh realities of life. Believing in Mrs. Savage, her new-found friends help conspire against her self-serving stepchildren.

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Someone's Somebody, a One-Woman Play, from Sidewalk Studio Theatre

University of Philosophical Research (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Imagine 11-year-old Regina Louise in Austin, Texas, circa 1970, leading a life more dangerous than that of the outcast orphans Dickens depicts roving London streets a century earlier. This glimpse of Regina Louise "making good on her pact" with God is a gripping true tale of struggle, overcoming unbelievably adverse circumstances and triumph. Accompanied by original music, this stirring tale resonates with hope and resilience.

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A Piece of Tin, a World Premiere Musical, at Lyric Theatre

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Many authors have chronicled the life of Queen Victoria. While some have written more broadly than others, the collective authors usually examine the same events and character, lending their own flourishes for refreshment. In this new musical, a rather recent and curious discovery about the sovereign is explored, revealing an explosive, bitter issue within the late-19th century royal family, wrought posthumously by none other than the Queen herself.

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Pest Control... The Musical: Rock Musical Based on Best-Selling Novel, Starring Tony Winner

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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Open At the Top Productions presents the world premiere of Pest Control... The Musical. Based on Bill Fitzhugh's best-selling novel, it's the story of an exterminator who's mistaken for a notorious professional assassin and hired to kill the world's most dangerous man. Set to a rock musical score inspired by the styles of late 70's and early 80's rock with a dash of early hip-hop, the show stars Tony Award winner Cleavant Derricks.

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Witty Literary Comedy Bunbury at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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When Bunbury learns he's only a fictitious character who never appears in The Importance of Being Earnest, he uses his anonymity to infiltrate and alter classic literature, starting by giving Romeo and Juliet a happy ending. The resulting transformation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Waiting for Godot and other works spawns a new sub-discipline in literary criticism—and may even change the world.

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Comic Thriller Gift of Murder at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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A famous actress, accompanied by her niece, is recuperating from a hectic season and a bit too much high living when a few surprise guests arrive and quickly turn things upside down. Combining humor and suspense, this thriller brings together a cast of charming and witty "theatre people" and plunges them into a plot of murder, mayhem and disguised identity.

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Coffee Will Make You Black, A 1960s Coming-of-Age Story at Celebration Theatre

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.50 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Coffee Will Make You Black, adapted from the award-winning novel by April Sinclair, traces the coming-of-age story of Jean "Stevie" Stevenson, a black teenager on the brink of s*xual awakening during the turbulent and politically charged late 1960s. A story of strength, discovery and acceptance, Coffee will have you craving a second cup.

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Hilarious New Comedy Office Sonata from Range View Productions

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Office Sonata is a madcap satire of corporate America that follows the bizarre and often hilarious day-to-day workings of Empire Advertising. The story centers on a cadre of overworked and underappreciated executive assistants, who try as they might to endure the company's harebrained regimens to boost productivity and profit margin.

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Highways' 19th Birthday Benefit Show: Dance, Music, Performance & Spoken Word

Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:30pm (Performance, Music & Spoken Word)
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Highways Performance Space celebrates 19 years of developing and presenting brave and uncensored new work with two nights of dance, music, performance and spoken word. Each show features a different program of nationally renowned performers and Highways veterans, including blue13 dance company, DanceGood.Damnit!!!, Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, Naked with Shoes, ARTEL, Nao Bustamante, LeVan D. Hawkins, Mira Kingsley and Dorian Wood. See full event description for lineup.

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Tooth and Nail, A Dysfunctional Family Comedy at the Lillian Theater

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $12.50*
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Tooth and Nail shines a bright light on the dysfunctional Laney family: their loves, foibles and caustic triumphs. Their modern New Jersey lives are comedically put to the test when the family patriarch suddenly begins living as Peter O'Toole's King Henry II from the classic film "The Lion in Winter" and tests everyone's mettle over a Sunday dinner.

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Blue Surge Explores Social Class and Relationship Struggles

Henke Studio Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 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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Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me at the Powerhouse Theatre

Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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What does it mean to be a man when the very thing that defines masculinity is taken away? Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at the meaning of masculinity and mortality in his poignant and humorous play.

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Rodgers and Hart's Musical I'd Rather Be Right

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Anything can happen when Rodgers and Hart meet Kaufman and Hart in this midsummer night's romp in Central Park. I'd Rather Be Right mixes love, political satire and Yankee Doodle high jinks into an intoxicating fantasy, where Supreme Court justices cavort with leggy chorines and FDR desperately tries to balance the budget with a buck and wing and a prayer.

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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 7:10pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $25.00*
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The Houston Astros come to town for a weekend series at Dodger Stadium. Watch James Loney, Russell Martin, and the rest of the Dodgers, led by new manager Joe Torre.

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The Green Room, a World Premiere Drama, from Hollywood Fight Club

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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A group of theater students return to college for the fall term. Will the relationships from last year endure, grow stronger or be ripped asunder? They're all competing for parts in the season's productions. Each character faces the upcoming auditions with expectation and fear — what happens will affect them for the rest of their lives.

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Donna Sternberg & Dancers Present Lying on Iguanas

Assistance League Playhouse Hollywood (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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A woman lying on an iguana begins to absorb the lizard's skin patterns. Insects become humans and morph back again into insects. Who or what will be the last species on earth? These images and issues are explored when Donna Sternberg & Dancers premiere Lying on Iguanas, a full evening-length work that examines the paradoxical relationship humans have with the natural environment, how it manifests itself and its consequences.

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After Sex...La Conversation - An Edgy Relationship Comedy

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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What do we talk about when sex is over? Meet seven couples — straight and gay; virgins and strangers; lovers, liars, cheaters, and swingers — as they deal with the pleasure, anger, confusion, regret, laughter and other sensations that make physical intimacy an emotional ride.

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Beloved Classic Novel Little Women Live On Stage at The Advent Theatre

The Advent Theatre (Studio City, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Little Women is one of the most widely read books in the English language. Louisa May Alcott's cherished story about family life and love traces the adventures of sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy growing up in trying times during the Civil War.

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All the Help You Need: The Adventures of a Hollywood Handyman at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Theatre 40 presents Tim Ryan Meinelschmidt's All the Help You Need: The Adventures of a Hollywood Handyman. This one-man tour de force, which won the 2004 New York Fringe Festival, chronicles Meinelschmidt's unexpected experiences as an aspiring actor and handyman in Los Angeles. Alternately hilarious and frightening, this remarkable story makes for riveting viewing.

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Time's Scream and Hurry: Three Provocative Stories at the Elephant Lab

Elephant Lab Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Time's Scream and Hurry, a collection of three provocative, powerful monologues by Paul Hoan Zeidler, was named a "Best Bet" by the Los Angeles Times. "So-So's Sister" concerns an East L.A. teen who has grudgingly cared for her mentally disabled sister since childhood; "Match Girl" features a depressed young woman who struggles with a tendency to burn herself with matches; in "The Good Boyfriend," a Chicago man with an angry streak begins dating a mysterious girl.

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Award-Winning Drama Intimate Apparel at Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Morgan-Wixson Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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In 1905 Manhattan, a 35-year-old "spinster" African-American seamstress creates custom lingerie for women of the boudoir and the brothel. She longs to break free and be herself in a society where she cannot quite fit into the set patterns that are stitched for African-American women. Intimate Apparel is the winner of five national awards for Best Play.

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Science-Fiction Comedy Trapezoid at GTC Burbank

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Exploring the relationship between art and technology, Trapezoid tells the story of a Korean American poet who is hired by a technology think tank to put the "art" in artificial intelligence. When the robot creation falls in love with its human creator, it's man-made versus mankind—with results that are sometimes comic, sometimes tragic.

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Shakespeare's Sly Comedy The Merchant of Venice

Camino Theatre at LACC (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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In this witty comedy set in Venice in the late 1500s, a merchant, Antonio, wishes to help his friend Bassanio win the hand of the rich young Portia—so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock. If Antonio can't repay the loan, Shylock gets to take a pound of his flesh! Will Bassanio get the girl? Will Antonio save his skin? And what secret does Portia have hidden up her sleeve?

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And Her Hair Went with Her, a Hilarious Celebration of Sisterhood

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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A comedy tour-de-force for two actors portraying a variety of eccentric characters in a beauty shop, highlighting the many intricacies of black women and the importance placed on their hair. Starring Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly's Last Jam, Caroline or Change) and Tracie Thoms (Rent, Cold Case), And Her Hair Went with Her is a celebration of the sisterhood of the salon.

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Improv at the IO West: God Squad and DITKA

I.O. West Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Two of the top improv groups at Hollywood's famous IO West Theatre, God Squad and Ditka, perform longform improv. Both groups have been working together for years, and members have appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies, including MadTV and Reno 911!

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Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at Knightsbridge Theatre

Knightsbridge Theatre, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This classic British comedy set in Victorian England is one of the greatest comedies by one of the most clever minds of the 20th century, Oscar Wilde. As Jack and Algernon one-up each other in their antics to win the hearts of their beloved ladies, The Importance of Being Earnest asks the question "What's in a name?"—and answers it with perfectly honed wit and a perfectly madcap plot.

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Trout Stanley: A Metaphysical Dark Comedy About the Aberrations of Love

Deaf West Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Trout Stanley is a lightly metaphysical, darkly comic glimpse into the aberrations of love. Trout Stanley inveigles his way into the backwoods home of the notorious Ducharme twins, Sugar and Grace, and violates their strange marriage. Is he the lost soul he claims to be? Or is he the embodiment of "the Beast within"?

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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club at the Wilshire Grand Hotel Presents All-Star Comedians

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm (Grand Re-Opening)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $40.00 Our Price: FREE - $20.00*
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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club features some of the hottest names in comedy, performing at their new home in the Wilshire Grand Hotel. 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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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $32.00 - $60.00 Our Price: $16.00 - $30.00*
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Pasadena Playhouse presents a groundbreaking revisionist production of Steinbeck's classic tale about two men searching for the American dream. In this provocative make-over, Of Mice and Men is set in 1942 California, where thousands of Hispanic migrant workers cross the border to pursue dreams of a better life for their families. This setting for Of Mice and Men amplifies Steinbeck's themes of loneliness and longing.

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Dark Comedy Blue Night in the Heart of the West from Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Andrew Lewis MacAlpine, the last of his clan, leaves Scotland for the "Land of Liberty." A fresh start in a new country with little history and a bright future is what he's looking for, but his dream is not to be. Blue Night in the Heart of the West is a stunningly dark and comic spectacle.

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Terrence McNally's Prelude & Liebestod from Lonny Chapman Group Rep

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 5:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Terrence McNally's Prelude & Liebestod peels away the public facade of a world famous Leonard Bernstein-esque conductor to reveal his homo-erotic desires and painful quest for spiritual and artistic satisfaction. The haunting Wagner opera underscores the drama of a man overcome by his inability to integrate his physical passions with a meaningful life.

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The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, a Hauntingly Funny Play

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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West Coast Ensemble presents the Los Angeles premiere of The Sweetest Swing in Baseball by Rebecca Gilman (The Glory Of Living, Spinning Into Butter). This play takes aim at contemporary America's love/hate relationship with success. The Sweetest Swing in Baseball is a clever, sometimes painful look at the fragility and disposable nature of celebrity.

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Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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When women were men...on the stages of England, Edward Kynaston reigned as the most celebrated leading lady. His exquisite portrayals of Shakespeare's famous females brought him celebrity and love at the start of the Restoration. Then, a real woman named Margaret Hughes stepped on stage to steal his glory.

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The Three Little Pigs, Live Theater for Children

The Bubble Gum Playhouse at the Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00am
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: FREE - $6.00*
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Introduce your kids to the joys of live theater when the Bubble Gum Playhouse presents the classic story of The Three Little Pigs. When three talented and ambitious pigs set out to begin an exciting new life, they meet an unscrupulous businessman who goes by the name of B.B. Wolf. Will the clever pigs be able to outwit Mr. Wolf or will Mr. Wolf blow it big time?

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Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie from Actors' Co-op

Crossley Theatres (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Tennessee Williams' semi-autobiographical masterpiece The Glass Menagerie is considered by many to be his best work. The play provides an unflinching glimpse into the lives of the Wingfields, a family struggling to find happiness in their run-down apartment in Missouri.

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