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Events on May 18th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

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

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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.

Spanish Cuisine & Dramatic Flamenco at El Cid

El Cid (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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).

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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.

Fake Radio Presents Live Re-Creations of Classic Radio Plays

Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm (The Philadelphia Story)
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Fake Radio presents live re-creations of classic radio theatre plays from the 1930s and 40s, which were based on popular films of the day. Featuring a troupe of talented actors, comedians, and guest stars, performances are based on authentic oiginal transcripts. One part historical and one part hysterical, these shows recapture a lost era while introducing new generations to a classic art form.

Comedy Revival at The Comedy Store's Belly Room

The Comedy Store (Belly Room) on Sunset (West Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
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Comedy Revival hosts a weekly stand-up show every Sunday with comedians from late night TV talk shows, Comedy Central and TV and movies, combined with up-and-coming fresh faces. Every Sunday features Adam Barnhardt, Tony Sam, Scott Krinsky, Cynthia Levin, Patrick Keane, Eleanor Kerrigan, Jeff Richards, Nancy Lee and Christian Shirm, plus surprise special guests.

Groundlings Sketch Comedy: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sunday

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The Groundlings are L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy. Join them for their hilarious new show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sunday, featuring the Sunday Company's revue of sketch and improvisational comedy, all performed by up-and-coming sketch comedians.

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

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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.

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

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 8:00pm
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, Saturday, and Sunday! With comedians seen on Letterman, Leno, Comedy Central and HBO, the Promenade Playhouse delivers serious laughs from great comics!

Jazz Greats at Catalina Bar and Grill

Catalina Bar and Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:30pm (Dian Schuur)
Full Price: $10.00 - $35.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $17.50*
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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.

Last Year's Hit Trying Returns to the Colony Theatre Company

The Colony Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $50.00 Our Price: FREE - $25.00*
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The boss is an aging legend, cantankerous but charismatic. The new assistant is young and vulnerable, but full of grit. And then the fun begins. Based on the playwright's own real-life experience, the play is a hopeful and humorous tale of friendship amidst life's most inevitable adventure: growing old. By the author of The Colony's smash hit To Grandmother's House We Go.

The Definiens Project Presents Chamber Music Concerts at the Culver Hotel

The Culver Hotel (Culver City, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm (Jazz in the Third Stream)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Definiens Project presents chamber music in the intimate setting of the Culver Hotel. Upcoming concerts will be performed by The Nucleus Ensemble sextet, the premier chamber music ensemble of The Definiens Project. Please see the event description below for program schedule.

Audit the Un-Cabaret's "Un-Cab Lab" Writing & Performance Workshop

M Bar & Restaurant (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Un-Cab Lab, the teaching wing of Beth Lapides' famous Un-Cabaret comedy show, offers Goldstar's members the chance to audit a writing and performance workshop at the venue. Lapides, a veteran artist, will help you find your authentic voice, your most meaningful material, and a great fun way to look at your own life!

Futuristic Farce Comic Potential at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

Jerry Mayer's Dietrich & Chevalier, The Musical at Santa Monica Playhouse

The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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In the 1930's, Marlene Dietrich and Maurice Chevalier were Paramount's biggest stars. They met in Hollywood and fell in love. During WWII, Dietrich entertained GIs and became a hero, Chevalier, in occupied France, sang and was accused of collaboration. The war brought them back together when Marlene learned that Maurice was on trial for treason. This is a fascinating, revealing, true story with 15 wonderfully sung songs.

Quick Culture's One-Hour Museum Tour for Kids

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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.

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

Eclectic Company Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 6:00pm
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.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 — Sci-Fi Masterpiece Adapted for the Stage

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $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?

Disney's Family Film The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:55pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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The characters of C.S. Lewis' timeless fantasy come to life in this newest installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure awaits them. Audience members will be able to view an exclusive collection of set pieces and props direct from the movie, only at the El Capitan.

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

The Coast Playhouse (West Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:30pm
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.

Guns! Girdles! Glamour! It's Chico's Angels #4: Chicas Are 4ever

The Cavern Club Theatre (at Casita Del Campo) (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Chico's Angels — the campy heroes of Kurt Koehler's popular homage to detective TV and beauty pageants — are back to solve an all new exciting case. The famous Cha-Cha diamond has been stolen and it's up to the Angels to steal it back. Come and be part of the adventure and glamour — the first three installments were huge hits on Goldstar!

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

Drama Lady from the Road Theatre Company

Road Theatre @ Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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?

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

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

Funny & Poignant Play The Curious Savage from Cypress Civic Theatre

Cypress Civic Theatre (Cypress, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 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.

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

University of Philosophical Research (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

IAMA Theatre Company Presents Assistance, a New Play

Working Stage Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.50 Our Price: $8.25*
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Assistance, the third installment of Leslye Headland's Seven Deadly Plays series, examines how the sin of greed eventually corrupts an office full of youthful ambition. Several twenty-somethings take on the daunting job of assisting a successful but impossibly demanding boss. Unable to please him as their environment deteriorates, they resort to rivalry, jealousy, fear and abuse.

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

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

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

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

Witty Literary Comedy Bunbury at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (Long Beach, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

Comic Thriller Gift of Murder at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

Award-Winning Broadway Actress Kathleen Chalfant in Red Dog Howls

El Portal Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $39.00 - $65.00 Our Price: FREE - $32.50*
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Kathleen Chalfant, one of the theater's most celebrated actors from Wit and Angels in America, stars in the world premiere of Alexander Dinelaris's searing new play Red Dog Howls. The story concerns a young man who thinks he is Greek until he discovers a letter that his late father wrote to his grandmother, who hid their Armenian origins.

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

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

Hilarious New Comedy Office Sonata from Range View Productions

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

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

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

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

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

L.A. Cupcake Challenge - The City's Best Bakers Face Off

Montmartre Lounge (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 1:00pm
Full Price: $60.00 Our Price: $40.00*
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The baking gloves are coming off as ten of the best cupcake bakeries square off and allow you to pick the winner. Each vendor will display their best mini-cupcakes for you to taste and judge—and finally put to rest who has the best cupcakes in L.A. The event will also feature a dozen wines and savories to cleanse the palate.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

Award-Winning Drama Intimate Apparel at Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Morgan-Wixson Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

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

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
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.

The Perilous Streets of South Pasadena Family Theater Festival - Comic Melodrama

Under the Tent (South Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
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Classic melodrama takes center stage when old Captain Mariola Molina of South Pasadena suddenly collapses in the office of evil Fair Oaks banker Aloysius Vogner who steals his fortune, putting the Molina family out on the streets. Will the Molinas be avenged? Will the wicked but beautiful heiress Alida Vogner be foiled from marrying handsome Mark Vandercook? And what about that scurrilous Mr. Tetshaw?

Acclaimed Drama Saturday Night at the Palace at Furious Theatre Company

Carrie Hamilton Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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2 a.m. The outskirts of Johannesburg. A broken-down motorcycle strands two white men at a lonely roadhouse with a Zulu waiter who only wants to close for the night... Saturday Night at the Palace examines the events leading up to a racially motivated crime in the volatile Gauteng Region of South Africa seven years before the official end of apartheid.

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

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

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

Emergency: Daniel Beaty's One-Man Show About the Black Experience

Geffen Playhouse - Main Stage (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $74.00 Our Price: $20.00 - $37.00*
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Award-winning artist Daniel Beaty portrays a cast of 40 characters who all respond to a stunning phenomenon: a slave ship rises out of the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty. Beaty melds slam poetry, multi-character transformation and song to present a stirring, critically acclaimed commentary on modern black life.

Agatha Christie's Comical Murder-Mystery A Murder is Announced

Westchester Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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The Kentwood Players presents Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced at the Westchester Playhouse, a comical mystery with many twists and turns. In true Agatha Christie style, this classic whodunit has many suspects, each with their own motive, and the inimitable detective Miss Marple. This is not your ordinary open-and-shut case — see if you can figure out whodunit.

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

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
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.

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, a Hauntingly Funny Play

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
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.

The Bead Show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 11:00am - 5:00pm
Full Price: $6.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The Bead Show features thousands of top-quality beads and beading supplies at affordable prices from exhibitors around the world. In addition, there will be free beading workshops with Wendy Simpson Conner, author of The Best Little Beading Book, all weekend long.

Miss Saigon: Tony Award-Winning Musical in Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (Redondo Beach, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 - $55.00 Our Price: $20.00 - $27.50*
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In Miss Saigon, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (creators of Les Misérables), along with Richard Maltby, Jr., bring Puccini's Madame Butterfly to the modern world in a moving testament to the human spirit. In the turmoil of the Vietnam War, an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love, only to be separated during the fall of Saigon. Their struggles to find each other over the ensuing years compose one of the most compelling stories of modern theatre.

Flora the Red Menace: Kander and Ebb's First Musical at UCLA's Freud Playhouse

UCLA Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $60.00 - $75.00 Our Price: $30.00 - $37.50*
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Before Chicago, before Cabaret, there was Flora the Red Menace — the first collaboration between the legendary team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Starring Broadway's Eden Espinosa (Brooklyn, Wicked) and Tony nominees Manoel Felciano and Megan Lawrence, the show tells the story of a headstrong young woman in Depression-era New York, whose world is thrown into disarray when she falls in love with a member of the Communist Party.

Tense Drama Dream Man at the Skylight Theatre

Skylight Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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James Carroll Pickett's Dream Man returns to the Skylight Theatre twenty-two years after it premiered there. With Michael Kearns directing and starring Jimmy Shaw in a limited engagement, Dream Man depicts a harrowing night in the life of a phone sex hustler named Christopher.

George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at The MET Theatre

The MET Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan is a tempestuous retelling of the mighty tale of Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the armies of King Charles of France against the British occupiers and their collaborators in the great wars of the 1400s in France.

Lineage Live: Benefit Dance Performance at the Alex Theatre

The Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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Lineage Dance presents a lively and upbeat contemporary dance concert that features the interplay between dancers and live musicians on stage. The choreography by Artistic Director Hilary Thomas combines the power of athleticism with the softness of lyricism. A powerful tribute highlighting the triumphant stories of cancer survivors, the performance will raise funds for the Foundation for Living Beauty.

"Witch Hunt" Drama Boise, USA at the Matrix Theatre

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Inspired by actual events, Boise, USA begins on Halloween night, 1955, in the quiet, respectable city of Boise, Idaho, when the shocking arrests of three men for "lewd and lascivious conduct" with three teenage boys set off a notorious "witch hunt" to purge the city of all suspected homosexuals. Family loyalties are soon divided, pitting brother against brother, father against son.

High School Reunion Comedy the nothing boys at The Complex

East Theatre @ The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 4:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
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On the ten-year anniversary of his adulthood, Gregory James goes back to school. And on this Long Island evening in June, he and the other "nothing boys" will finally graduate. This new stage comedy was inspired by a real event.

Much Ado About Nothing: The Porters of Hellsgate Present Shakespeare's Comedy

Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Porters of Hellsgate are proud to present William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Set in 1946, as the boys return from war, watch with wonder as war thoughts left vacant are turned to love. Lead by the famously sharp wit of Benedick and Beatrice, plots arise, vows are broken, but love, of course, wins the day.

The Dark Side of the Moon, the Classic Album Interpreted on Stage

Next Stage (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The classic Pink Floyd album is the uninterrupted backdrop and narrator of a timeless tale of life, death, seduction and triumph. The classic music as you've never seen it before, accompanying the Berubians Theatre Company in an original dance/movement performance piece.

Timely New Comedy Speech and Debate - A Live Audio Performance

Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 4:00pm
Full Price: $47.00 Our Price: $23.50*
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Speech and Debate is a fiercely funny and surprisingly timely new play. They may go to the same school, but misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie have never met and their teachers and peers just don't take them seriously - until a sex scandal involving one of their teachers brings them together. Soon they realize that three voices are stronger than one.

Hedda Gabler: Ibsen's Classic Drama at the Odyssey Theatre

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Henrik Ibsen's classic tragedy Hedda Gabler is explored in a modern translation by Kenneth McLeish. The title character is struggling in a world devoid of excitement and discontent in her marriage, and is driven by lust and compassion to a former admirer, leading to disastrous results. Danish actress Dina Rosenmeier plays Hedda; Charles Otte and Rick Pagano direct.

I'm Just Wild About Harry - A World Premiere Old-Fashioned Musical Comedy

Crown City Theatre @ St. Matthew's Church (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Crown City Theatre Company presents I'm Just Wild About Harry, a world premiere old-fashioned musical comedy for the whole family, featuring songs from the early 1900s. The show is based on a 19th century farce. It was hilarious as a play, and even more fun as a musical.

Music at the Court, Featuring Clarinetist James Sullivan

Boston Court Performing Arts Center-Marjorie Branson Performance Space (Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Classical clarinetist James Sullivan and friends present an evening of classical music at Boston Court Performing Arts Complex. The dynamic program is designed to stir, inflame and tickle the imagination.

Three Generations of Women Celebrated in James Sherman's From Door to Door

Electric Lodge (Venice, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Mary Goodman is mourning the loss of her husband after 50 years of marriage. She reflects back on her life as a daughter, wife and mother searching for a vision of her own identity. Spanning 70 years of family history, From Door to Door is a funny, touching tribute to three generations of women in America.

Musical Theatre of Los Angeles: Musical Revue with Songs From

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 3:00pm
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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Musical Theatre of Los Angeles, whose recent production of Chicago was a hit on Goldstar, presents their annual musical revue. The revue, a benefit for the company, features tunes from West Side Story, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, and other Broadway classics.

Tomahawk, A Modern Musical Based on the Novel The Naked Man

Actors Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, May. 18 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Tomahawk, based on James Domine's novel The Naked Man, is a brutally honest story of tortured relationships in a sometimes funny, sometimes desperate search for love as the conflicting emotions of youth evolve into the delusional quandaries of middle-age. This world premiere musical features accompaniment by a live band.

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