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

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 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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Fun for the Whole Family at Giggle Gaggle: Kids Perform Improv for Kids!

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 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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Comedienne Tina Kim Live at The Ice House

The Ice House (Pasadena, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 6:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Direct from her sold-out shows in San Francisco, reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "fresh," Tina Kim will be performing a benefit for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at the Ice House Comedy Club. The Boston Globe says "go tonight."

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Improv Comedy for Kids at LA Connection

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 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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Enter the Mad Mind of the Teenager with Detention Span's Teen Improv

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 2008 @ 9:30pm (Yosvany Terry Afro-Caribbean Jazz Quartet)
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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Comedian Kyle Dunnigan at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $8.00 - $10.00*
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Kyle Dunnigan, a cast member on Fox TV's Cedric the Entertainer, headlines at the Hollywood Improv. He's appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Later with Craig Kilborn, MTV's Jim Breuer Show and NBC's Friday Night.

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

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:30 pm (Chuchito Valdez)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 10:30 pm (Chuchito Valdez)
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, Aug. 16 2008 @ 10:00pm (Yellow Jackets and Mike Stern)
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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Intimate, Passionate, Exotic: The Art of Flamenco & Spanish Cuisine at Cafe Sevilla

Cafe Sevilla Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 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, Aug. 16 2008 @ 11:00am
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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Hollywood Fight Club Presents Broadway...Sex, Lies & Murder

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 3:00pm
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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One Night Stands - A Hysterical New Comedy

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 11:00pm
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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Lock and Key Party for Singles at Aqua in Beverly Hills

AQUA Restaurant & Lounge (Beverly Hills, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $26.00 Our Price: FREE - $13.00*
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Picture this: tons of single professionals mingling and having a good time. It's a classy event with an ingenious twist—all the ladies have a lock and every man gets a key. The goal? Match the right lock with the right key. Do it again and get tickets to win great prizes!

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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, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm (Derrick Cameron)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 10:00pm (Derrick Cameron)
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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My Old Friends, a Tony-nominated West Coast Premiere Musical

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $34.00 Our Price: $17.00*
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Victory Theatre Center presents the West Coast premiere of the Tony nominated musical My Old Friends. At the Golden Years retirement hotel, there's a mixed bag of guests, a little romance, plenty of time for song, a little dancing and lots of jokes.

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Murder-Mystery Bus Tour: The Real Black Dahlia

Esotouric Bus-Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ Noon
Full Price: $58.00 Our Price: $29.00*
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The Black Dahlia murder is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known. What Jack the Ripper is to London, the Torso Killer to Cleveland, the Black Dahlia is to L.A. Esotouric's most popular Crime Bus tour begins in the lobby of the historic Biltmore Hotel and traces beautiful murder victim Elizabeth Short's path across postwar Los Angeles to her mysterious 1947 death.

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Dark Fable The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch from Rogue Artists Ensemble

Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $25.00*
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Based on the graphic novel by internationally acclaimed artists Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (creators of the Sandman comics and Henson Pictures' "MirrorMask") and adapted for the stage by Hyper-theater mavericks Rogue Artists Ensemble, Mr. Punch is a twisted tale of murder featuring a dizzying array of puppets, masks and sounds.

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Adam Baum & the Jew Movie, Directed by Oscar-Winner Paul Mazursky

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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The Hayworth presents Adam Baum & the Jew Movie, an acclaimed new comedy directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Mazursky (Harry and Tonto) and starring Richard Kind (Spin City, Mad About You), Nicholas Brendan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Gregory Mikurak (CSI: Miami). With wit and wisdom, playwright Daniel Goldfarb takes an insightful look into the heart and mind of a Jewish immigrant who has made something of himself in post-war United States.

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Unbeatable Harold, A Romantic Adventure, at Ruskin Group Theatre Company

Ruskin Group Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
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Nothing is impossible in the heart of an artist, or for those who dare to dream...BIG. When a man's passion pushes him to venture into unfamiliar commitments, anything can happen. When he falls for a beautiful girl who seems to miss some of the splendor of life's bigger possibilities, there is so much to be explored.

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Stephen Sondheim's Assassins: West Coast Ensemble Presents Darkly Humorous Musical

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $34.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $17.00*
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West Coast Ensemble presents Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's bold, surreal and darkly humorous musical Assassins. This controversial, Tony Award-winning show is a musical exploration of nine individuals who assassinated or attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Capsized Flotsam, a Gay Edwardian Comedy

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: FREE - $11.00*
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If Oscar Wilde were alive today...well, he would be really, really old! But he would also be writing plays like Capsized Flotsam, a new comedy receiving its West Coast premiere at the Ark this summer. Local L.A. playwright Donaco Smyth meshes the wit of Wilde with the fantastic worlds of H.G. Wells, then throws in some of the outlandish zaniness of Monty Python for good measure.

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Escape Reality: Magicopolis' Long-Running Magic Show

Magicopolis (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 Our Price: $13.50*
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Magicopolis presents their long-running hit show Escape Reality. Mixing sketch comedy and magic acts, the husband-and-wife team of Steve Spill and Bozena serve up an entertaining family-friendly vaudeville-style show, complete with one-liners and amazing acts of magic. The show was a Los Angeles Times "Critic's Pick" and a LA Weekly "Pick of the Week".

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The Last Five Years: A Musical Love Story, Frontwards and Backwards

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: $17.50*

This contemporary song-cycle musical chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to breakup....or from breakup to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs for a New World), the show is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress, told from both points of view.

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Rabbit Hole: 2007 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Presented By Camelot Artists Productions

Skylight Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole tells the story of Becca and Howie, a married couple with a secret grief - eight months earlier, their 4-year-old son Danny was killed by a car. Since Danny's death, Becca looks for ways to move on from the tragedy but finds her methods don't align with Howie's. The play has won many awards, including the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

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Award-Winning Play Desert Sunrise

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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The critically-acclaimed play Desert Sunrise, by Israeli Army veteran Misha Shulman, will have its West Coast premiere at The Lillian Theatre. Desert Sunrise begins with a chance encounter between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian shepherd seeking refuge in the West Bank. They meet warily, quarreling, laughing, fighting their way to a place of mutual acceptance. Just when it seems they have forged a bond, the Palestinian's girlfriend abruptly alters their trajectory.

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Respect: The Girl Em-Powered Musical — Lives of Women Told in Top 40 Songs

El Portal Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 3:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $45.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $22.50*
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Respect: The Girl Em-Powered Musical is a funny, exuberant look at the lives of women as told through your favorite Top 40 songs. From "Someone to Watch Over Me" to "I Will Survive!" to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," this is girl power at its most triumphant. If you liked Beehive and The Wonderettes, you'll love Respect!

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Shakespeare's Hamlet, Reimagined by Gangbusters Theatre Company

Little Victory Theatre (at the Victory Theatre Center) (Burbank, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Departing from their usual practice of presenting 20th century classics with their original speed and violence, the Gangbusters Theatre Company is delving into Shakespeare's most famous play. The director, who is new to the company, is maintaining a respectful faithfulness to the Bard's text, while taking a startling approach to the material.

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Comedy of Manners The School for Scandal at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 4:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: $14.00*
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sparkling comedy of manners may have been written in the 18th century, but its comic look at human frailty and hypocrisy is as scathing and hilarious today as it was back then. Brimming with witty dialogue, mistaken identities, supposed infidelity, eavesdropping and scandal, both real and invented, The School for Scandal is a madcap and delightfully catty romp.

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Rose: A Journey Through 20th-Century Jewish Life, at the Odyssey Theatre

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $45.00 Our Price: FREE - $22.50*
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This one-woman play starring Naomi Newmann takes the audience on a restless journey through 20th-century Jewish life: from a Ukrainian shtetl to the Warsaw ghetto to Atlantic City and Miami, with side trips to a hippie commune in Connecticut and an Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

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Macbeth - Shakespeare's Tragedy As You've Never Seen It Before

Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Porters of Hellsgate are proud to continue their second season with William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Set within a representational, ever-shifting gothic fever dream, the events of the classic tragedy unfold with a visceral dread and nightmarish immediacy while traversing the path toward a poignant, bittersweet, inevitable conclusion.

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deLEARious, a Shakespearean Musical Comedy, at Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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The authors of the award-winning The People vs. Friar Laurence: The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet have gotten together again to tell the story of Shakespeare, King Lear, King James and the Bible. Great songs, a clever story and talented actors all guarantee a wonderful evening of fun.

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West Coast Premiere of Brett Neveu's American Dead

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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American Dead is an elegiac rendering of the death of another American small town. The story is deceptively simple, often humorous. As a man grieves for his murdered sister his town continues wasting away, having been blighted by the closing of industry, the death of the family farm and the prevalence of methamphetamine.

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Powerful New Drama Body Politic from Echo Theater Company

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The Echo Theater Company presents Body Politic, a new play by acclaimed playwright Jessica Goldberg. It's the story of a screenwriter trying to access Ward 57 of Walter Reed Hospital, where soldiers who have suffered cataclysmic injuries in Iraq recover, but she is refused by an Army captain. What occurs between them is the surprising and poignant story of what can happen when people with deep commitments and beliefs come to recognize each other's humanity.

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See Costumes from 2008 Emmy-Nominated TV Shows on a Quick Culture Tour

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, FIDM, Museum & Galleries (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 11:30am
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Join a Quick Culture tour of the 3rd Annual Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design Exhibit, featuring costumes from the 2008 Emmy-nominated shows as well as current and past TV shows, including "Mad Men," "Pushing Daisies," "Project Runway" and "The Tudors." The Quick Culture Art Guides will share amusing and fun facts about the TV shows, the stars, the designers, and the costumes.

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Following a successful run at the Hudson Theatre, this new musical version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations moves to the Odyssey Theatre for an extended run. 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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Gulls: A Musical Adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull

Boston Court Performing Arts Center-Mainstage (Pasadena, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $32.00 Our Price: $8.50 - $16.00*
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Set in 1959 Greenwich Village and Hollywood, this drama chronicles the hidden and not-so-hidden desires of a family of troubled dreamers yearning for love and immortality. Gulls revamps Chekhov's The Seagull into a heavy-hitting, culturally relevant piece of art. Expect plot twists, beatniks, and fading Hollywood glamour, all accompanied by the musical stylings of a live five-piece jazz ensemble.

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Clue: Murder Mystery Based on the Board Game and Cult Film

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Six individuals, each with a hidden past, gather together to a Mansion on a special night with an old acquaintance. Little do they know that they are in fact in the middle of a blackmail scheme threatening each of their careers and social standing. A night of murder and mayhem ensues reminding each of them that in fact "Only the truth shall set you free."

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Suddenly Last Summer: Lodestone Theatre Ensemble Presents Tennessee Williams Drama

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, the pioneering Asian-American theater company, presents a production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. The Asian-American cast brings a unique spin to Williams' story of Sebastian Venable's mother and sister, who are forced to come to terms with the horrifying secret underlying his death.

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Fairy Tale Hansel and Gretel from The Bubble Gum Playhouse

The Bubble Gum Playhouse at the Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 10:00am
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: FREE - $6.00*
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When chubby Hansel and pudgy Gretel discover an edible cottage in the woods, they believe their prayers have been answered! As they help themselves to the goodies, they discover there's more to the cottage than meets the eye and that the enthusiastic occupant has plans to keep them "jumping."

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George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Chandler Studio Theatre

The Chandler Studio Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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The Production Company presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, George Bernard Shaw's controversial comedy. The story of a young woman who discovers that her mother's success is due to her ownership of a chain of brothels, Shaw's daring attack on social hypocrisy was banned in the US and Britain for many years after its debut. Gillian Doyle, Joanna Strapp and Jeremy Lelliott star.

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Attic Theatre Ensemble's 17th Annual Denise Ragan Wiesenmeyer One Act Marathon

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Attic Theatre Ensemble presents their 17th Annual Denise Ragan Wiesenmeyer One Act Marathon. It's an evening of four new one-act plays, which the theater has carefully selected from hundreds of submissions. The evening includes Ron Fromstein's compelling one-man piece Black and Blue; Tom Sime's Ex's Exes; Kasey Wilson's Marked For Love, a film noir parody; and Donald Steele's poignant Misconceptions.

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Upright Cabaret Presents Broadway Star Lea Michele

Upright Cabaret at Mark's Restaurant (West Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50*
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Enjoy dinner and a cabaret performance by Lea Michele, who will soon be seen as Eponine in the star-studded production of Les Miserables at The Hollywood Bowl. Lea was last seen on Broadway as Wendla in the Tony award-winning production of Spring Awakening, which earned her a 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. ($30-per-person dinner purchase required; not included in ticket price.)

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Campy Comedy 7 Redneck Cheerleaders from Elephant Stage Works

Elephant Space Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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7 Redneck Cheerleaders is a comedy about a first-time playwright and seven L.A. actors, telling the story of a boy who is willing to be a cheerleader for love - 8x10's, pom-poms and rifles.

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Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Lost in Yonkers, like many of Neil Simon's plays, draws on his experiences growing up in New York City. Considered by many critics as Simon's best work and the pinnacle of his career, it's the winner of nine Tony and Drama Desk Awards and his first play to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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Murder Mystery The Sound of Murder at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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A children's book writer who hates children pushes his trophy wife into the arms of another man, and the lovers plan his perfect murder. But what if things go horribly wrong? And what do the man's secretary and the police inspector investigating the crime really know? The Sound of Murder keeps everybody guessing until the last moment.

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Down the Rabbit Hole, Fairy Tale Musical with a Twist, at the Whitefire Theatre

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Straight from sold-out shows in NYC, Down the Rabbit Hole comes to L.A. This one-woman musical is based on the classic fairy tale characters but with an adult twist, starring pop star EJ. It will dazzle your senses, tickle your funny bone and touch your heart.

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Shakespeare's Political Drama Macbeth, Set in Modern Times

Next Stage (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This production of Macbeth keeps the classic dialogue while updating the setting to a modern-day political thriller. Set in a time and place where both men and women can engage in battle while a queen can rule a country, this Scottish play is tight with a fast pace.

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Spill, Splash and Splendor: New Dance Pieces Explore Facets of Femininity

Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Curated by Sue Roginski, Spill, Splash and Splendor offers new choreography dripping with feminine complexity and bathed in visions of women past and present, with emerging female Southern California dance artists Alison Bory, Cynthia Lee, Rosie Trump and Sadie Weinberg. Styled with wit and exaggeration, these works embrace and complicate themes of romantic attraction, nostalgic vocation and lofty representation.

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Farmers' Market and West 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour

3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 9:30am
Full Price: $49.00 Our Price: $30.00*
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Spend a Friday or Saturday morning sampling delicious world cuisine in the heart of mid-city Los Angeles. This walking and tasting tour from Melting Pot Tours includes tastings at various stops in the famous L.A. landmark Farmers' Market at 3rd and Fairfax. Then, heading west along 3rd Street, you'll enjoy additional small gourmet bites at specialty eateries and a visit to a renowned cookbook store.

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Pen: West Coast Premiere of Psychological Drama at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Theatre 40 presents Pen, the story of a son who is desperate to escape from a life controlled by his needy, wheelchair-bound mother. Blending cutting one-liners, emotional impact, and a fantastical twist, Pen is an absorbing night of theatre. Playwright David Marshall Grant found fame as an actor in Tony Kushner's Angels in America; his writing debut Snakebit earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination.

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Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit: Classic Comedy at Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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Long Beach Playhouse presents Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a classic farce in which a novelist invites a medium to conduct a séance in his home, hoping to expose her as a fraud. Instead, the medium succeeds in summoning the spirit of the writer's temperamental late first wife, much to the annoyance of his current one.

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Media City Ballet Presents The Music of Aram Katchaturian

The Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $48.00 Our Price: FREE - $24.00*
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Media City Ballet presents The Music of Aram Katchaturian at the historic Alex Theatre. The program will feature selections from Gayaneh, Spartacus and Masquerade, in celebration of the much-loved, iconic composer Aram Khachaturian. These dances raised Armenian national ballet to a world-class level, and enriched the treasure house of the world's musical-dramatic art.

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Fireworks Night: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 7:10pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $70.00 Our Price: $12.00 - $37.00*
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It's a battle of divisional contenders as the Milwaukee Brewers travel to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers and their newest player, outfielder Manny Ramirez. The spectacular post-game fireworks display isn't the only explosive thing about this Saturday night match-up; the Brewers' roster includes fearsome power hitters like Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun.

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Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Long Day's Journey into Night

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: $14.00*
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Eugene O'Neill's masterwork follows the Tyrone family on one fateful, heart-rending day in the summer of 1912. This prize-winning piece of writing seduces its' audience into the Tyrone families' web as they cling and spin together in a downward spiral of addiction and ignorant pursuit of hope.

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Arthur Miller's Detective Drama Some Kind of Love Story

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 2:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Tom, a hard-boiled private eye, finds himself torn between his love for Angela and his need to solve a murder case that has occupied him for years. Finding herself in the middle of police corruption, Angela struggles through the haze of schizophrenia to reveal the truth and save Tom's life.

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Guys and Dolls, Broadway Musical Comedy at Civic Theatre Under the Stars

Walter D. Ehlers Community Recreation Center-Outdoor Patio Stage (Buena Park, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy—considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy—soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces audiences to a cast of vivid characters who have become Broadway legend. Frank Loesser's bright, brassy score goes from the heat of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the New York City sewers.

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Hilarious Comedy The Foreigner from ELATE

Lincoln Stegman Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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ELATE presents The Foreigner, a farce set at a Georgia fishing lodge that is visited by a British sergeant and his shy English friend, Charlie. The sergeant declares to all that Charlie is a foreigner and speaks no English (so he won't have to carry on conversations). It's what Charlie overhears, but shouldn't, that fuels the non-stop hilarity and sets up the wildly funny climax.

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Latino 96's Calibash at STAPLES Center: Pitbull, Daddy Yankee, Sean Kingston, More

STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $75.00 Our Price: $50.00*
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Radio's Latino 96 presents Calibash, a concert featuring some of today's hottest hip-hop, R&B, reggaeton, and Latin music stars. The lineup features Pitbull, Daddy Yankee, Sean Kingston, Rick Ross, Flex, and more special guests. Enjoy the concert from STAPLES Center's luxurious, fully-furnished VIP Suites.

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Judy Blume's Forever: Risque Parody of Novel at Sacred Fools Theater

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Set in 1975, Judy Blume's novel Forever tells the story of Katherine and Michael, two teenagers who promise to love each other forever.. Oh, and by the way, it's one of the smuttiest teen books ever written. Sacred Fools Theater presents an over-the-top parody of Blume's novel, as part of their "Summer Camp" series.

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Excuse for a Swordfight: Hollywood Satire at Miles Playhouse

Miles Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Excuse for a Swordfight, a new comedy by A.F. Cronin, makes its world premiere at Santa Monica's Miles Playhouse. It's the satirical story of four aspiring artists revising their screenplay — the story of an idealistic doctor — in an attempt to make it more marketable.

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Fiesta Argentina: Siempre Tango at the Ford Amphitheatre

Ford Amphitheatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $38.00 Our Price: $19.00*
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Del Mate Productions and the Ford Amphitheatre present the third annual Fiesta Argentina, Siempre Tango. This romantic celebration of song, dance, and Argentinean culture features famed tango dancers/choreographers Sandor & Parissa; Sandor has been a principal dancer in Broadway's Forever Tango, and the pair have choreographed routines for Olympic champion ice dancers. Also featured: singer Martin de Leon, the Los Angeles Tango Quintet, and Argentina's Mario Parmisano Quartet.

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Romeo and Juliet, Together and Alive At Last - Youth Theatre at Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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The Long Beach Playhouse presents Romeo and Juliet, Together and Alive At Last, a mainstage show perfect for young audiences, performed by professional actors. A pair of eighth-graders are in love, but terribly shy. To bring the two together, their classmates decide to stage a performance of Romeo and Juliet, with the reluctant couple voted into the title roles.

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French Fables for a Modern World in Fables du Theatre at Unknown Theater

Unknown Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $24.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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Succubae, princesses and clowns collide in an entertaining feast for the senses. Fables du Theatre is an intoxicating adaptation of three classic French fables for a modern world. With a touch of Jean de la Fontaine and a pinch of Hermann Hesse, the cast weaves a magical night of s*x, death and clowns.

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