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The Week of April 21st For Los Angeles, CA 90013

Aspect Beauty: Spa Facials and Massage Therapy

Aspect Beauty (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ Various Times
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $90.00 - $275.00 Our Price: $45.00 - $175.00*
Rated:

Aspect Beauty is an oasis free of the stress and strain of everyday life, the perfect place to escape from the day's hectic pace. The spa's mineral facial is a gem of treatment - literally. It uses a unique elixir of malachite, rhodolite and zincite, which leaves skin pearly smooth without the usual post-extraction redness.

Mo' Better Mondays at Hollywood Improv, Hollywood's Coolest Comedy Club

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Monday night will never be boring again with Mo' Better Mondays at the Hollywood Improv. Here, the hottest urban comedians from around the U.S. stop in for a night that'll leave you laughing so hard, you won't be able to resist returning next week! Host DeRay Davis' credits include Barbershop, Semi-Pro, BET's Comic View, and skits on Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration.

The Sacred Actor Presents Acting Classes

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $25.00*
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Acting teacher Josh Galitsky provides a safe, nurturing, non-judgmental environment designed to help students of every level break through their fears and creative obstacles at their own pace. This "UN-LA" class allows artists to take a break from the Hollywood grind and explore a fun, dynamic, and challenging process that returns them to their emotional roots. Classes are small — no more than 12 students per session — and Josh focuses on keeping all students involved throughout the class.

The Nikhil Korula Band and Soulfege at House of Blues

House of Blues - Sunset Strip (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The House of Blues on the Sunset Strip welcomes the Nikhil Korula Band. Frontman Korula, a former opera singer, leads a band of veteran jazz musicians in music influenced by jam-band rock, funk, calypso, and more. Critically acclaimed fusion band Soulfege, featuring Goldstar's Marketing Manager Kelley Johnson, opens.

Westside Wine Camp: An Introduction to Wine

3 On Fourth (Santa Monica, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $50.00 Our Price: $30.00*
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LearnAboutWine presents Westside Wine Camp, an introduction to the world of wine. You'll try seven types of fine wine, while the staff explains to you the fine points of wine, wine-making terminology, the art of purchasing, storing, and serving wine, and much more. It's an engaging and fascinating introduction, enhanced by a great selection of wines.

Bruno Kirby Celebrity Reading Series: The Crowd You're in With

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Celebrity guest stars Wendy Malick, Dan Lauria, Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Hamish Linkletter and more take the stage at The Hayworth Theatre for a special reading in honor of the late Bruno Kirby. To breed or not to breed? That is the question that rears its thorny little head between thirty-something parents-to-be and their friends.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Monday, Apr. 21 2008 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
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.

Cartoon Dump! — The Worst Cartoons Ever, with Mystery Science Theatre's Frank Conniff

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm (with the Sklar Brothers)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Imagine a world where a children's show has a cast of characters that have more psychological disorders than you do. Add the mind-numbing debauchery of the worst, most poorly animated cartoons from the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Then throw in the wry commentary you came to love from "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and what have you got? Cartoon Dump!

Speed Dating with DateandDash: That Special Someone—Fast!

Tangier Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Meet up to 20 potential dates at Tangier Restaurant in a fun, laid-back atmosphere where friends meet over drinks and maybe you'll meet The One! Speed dating allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you.

Six Degrees of Separation: John Guare's Thought-Provoking Play

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Hollywood Fight Club presents John Guare's Six Degress of Separation. Loosely based on the true story of a man who pretended to be the son of Sidney Poitier and maneuvered himself into the households of wealthy New Yorkers, it's a witty, biting and sincere commentary on what drives people: the desire for money, fame, social standing, comfort, and most importantly, the longing for meaningful human connection.

West Coast Premiere of Tallgrass Gothic at Sacred Fools Theater

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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In the rural Midwest, a young woman's heated love affair spawns a chain of gruesome events. Filled with heartbreak, passion, desire, and treachery, Tallgrass Gothic is based on Thomas Middleton's 1622 tragedy The Changeling.

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

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (La Mirada, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $37.50 - $45.00 Our Price: $18.75 - $22.50*
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This intimate two-person musical from the same duo who wrote The Fantasticks stars real-life married couple (and musical theatre veterans) Brad Little and Barbara McCulloh. The story chronicles the 50-year marriage between Michael and Agnes, starting on their wedding day and traveling through the couple's ups and downs over five decades.

Running from the Paparazzi - A Running Tour of Beverly Hills

Off 'N Running Tours, Beverly Gardens meeting spot (Beverly Hills, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 1:00pm
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 1:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $60.00 Our Price: FREE - $30.00*
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Running from the Paparazzi is an exciting 4-mile run from Wilshire Boulevard to glamorous Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, through Hollywood and past eclectic shops on Robertson Boulevard. Grace the streets of Beverly Hills in record time, doing some quick window-shopping and celeb watching, while avoiding the forever-flashing paparazzi.

Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit - A New Take on the Classic Play

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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From the depths of Hell arrives a fresh twist on Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit. M.A.N. Power Entertainment breathes new life into the classic play about death through an original production design first conceptualized by the late Brett Gandy. No Exit exposes the corrupt lives and sudden deaths of three marvelously sinful souls, seductively stylized by abandoned dolls of different eras.

Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter in Waging Peace Across America

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Join former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter at the Hayworth Theatre as he launches a work-in-progress theatrical production about his life's mission. Find out why Ritter, who visited Iran on a fact-finding mission, commented, "We are seeing history repeat itself." Ritter's special guests will be Roy Zimmerman and Jason Leopold.

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.50 Our Price: $6.25*
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The Crazy Uncle Joe Show is a side-splitting exercise in long form improv by the world-famous Groundlings. No games. No director. Just funny.

Spanish Cuisine & Dramatic Flamenco at El Cid

El Cid (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
and 2 more dates.
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).

Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 9:30pm (Andy Bey)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 9:30pm (Andy Bey)
and 2 more dates.
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!

Jazz Greats at Catalina Bar and Grill

Catalina Bar and Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 10:00pm (Rachelle Ferrell)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 10:00pm (Rachelle Ferrell)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:00pm (Rachelle Ferrell)
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.

Speed Dating with DateandDash: That Special Someone—Fast!

Barney's Beanery (Pasadena, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
Rated:

Meet up to 20 potential dates at Barney's Beanery in a fun, laid-back atmosphere where friends meet over drinks and maybe you'll meet The One! Speed dating allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you. Complimentary appetizers will be served.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Rueful Comedy Dinner with Friends at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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In the Pulitzer Prize-winning wry and keenly observed Dinner with Friends, a husband and wife reevaluate their relationship when their closest friends split after 12 years of marriage. This deceptively straightforward suburban dramatic comedy looks at marital infidelity, the perils of breaking up and the terror of staying together.

Oh! The Animation: Animated Shorts at the Egyptian Theatre

Egyptian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Egyptian Theatre presents Oh! The Animation, a program of animated shorts. Among the many directors showcased are such famous names as Aardman Animation and Bill Plympton. This program also focuses on film noir, with a number of shorts in that genre. There will be a post-screening discussion with some of the directors.

WAZ: Singer-Songwriter, Ex-Pete Yorn Guitarist at the Hotel Cafe

The Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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WAZ, Pete Yorn's original guitarist, plays a show at the Hotel Cafe. WAZ's debut solo album, The Sweet Bye and Bye, has been turning heads; the budding singer-songwriter was recently featured in Rolling Stone and on MTV's The Hills.

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Paul Lines Trio)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 7:00pm-10:00pm (Santa Barbara HS Quartet)
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Otmaro Ruiz Quartet)
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.

All-Pro Comedy at The Ice House Comedy Club

The Ice House (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:30pm (Orny Adams)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:30pm (Orny Adams)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:30pm (Orny Adams)
Full Price: $12.50 - $17.50 Our Price: $5.00 - $8.00*
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The Ice House Comedy Club, Pasadena's famed comedy club, presents some of the best stand-up comics in the business. You've seen them on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Comedy Central. Now you can see them in person, live on stage. Check the complete listing for more details.

The Groundlings' Improv Show: Cookin' With Gas

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.40 Our Price: $8.25*
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Since 1992 The Groundlings Main Company, Alumni and Sunday Companies have played together every Thursday night in the all-improv explosion that has become almost as much of an institution as the Groundlings Theatre itself! Based entirely on audience suggestions, the comic daredevils invent custom-made satire and song. Each week features a new surprise guest.

Ignorance is Bliss with Daryl Wright

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 Our Price: FREE - $3.00*
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Ignorance is not necessarily a bad thing. This show allows some of today's funniest comics to loosen their ties and give you the type of comedy that you've been dying for. When political correctness is thrown out the window and comics are allowed to run wild, you will understand why Ignorance Is Bliss.

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

Theatre Tribe Studio Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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In this new play by the Tony Award-winning author of Take Me Out, a fledgling WWI-era publisher is trying to decide which work to publish first: his lover's memoir or his best friend's novel. His decision is further complicated by the arrival of a mysterious machine that predicts the future of the play's protagonists, affecting their lives in haunting and unexpected ways.

The London Cuckolds: Hilariously Bawdy British Farce From 1681

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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The Ark Theatre Company presents Edward Ravenscroft's The London Cuckolds. Originally produced over 300 years ago, this outrageous farce is as wickedly hilarious as ever. As three oblivious husbands stumble about 17th-century London trying to keep their wives faithful, two conniving gallants have other ideas. The bored and lusty wives prove willing accomplices.

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

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $0.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Sexy Laundry is a saucy, hilarious and extremely touching look at making love in middle age. At that time in life when hard bodies have given way to spare tires, and romance has taken a back seat to more practical pursuits, Alice (Frances Fisher) gets a copy of Sex for Dummies and brings her husband, Henry (Paul Ben-Victor), to a fancy hotel to rekindle their passion.

Picasso at The Lapin Agile, Written by Steve Martin

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Hollywood Fight Club presents Picasso at The Lapin Agile. From the witty mind of Steve Martin comes this richly clever, mind-teasing meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. Before the 20th century realizes who these geniuses are, they must discover each other first.

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

Pico Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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The Smartest Man in the World examines the human side of one of the 20th century's greatest minds, Albert Einstein. It tells his life story, exploring his complex relationships with the women in his life while the world was celebrating his outstanding achievements.

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

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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?

Improv Comedy Troupe Weird on Top at Eclectic Company Theatre

Eclectic Company Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
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It's true: They're Weird, always On and at the Top of their game! This improv comedy troupe's show at Eclectic Company Theatre fills the bill for some side-splitting, tear-inducing, undergarment-threatening laughter.

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

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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When Annabel returns home after her father's death, she finds her sister, Miriam, who has cared for their father through his dying years, has been accused of murdering him. A nurse claims to have proof and is intent on blackmailing them for their father's fortune. This is the U.S. premiere of Snake in the Grass, one of Alan Ayckbourn's rare thrillers.

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

The Cavern Club Theatre (at Casita Del Campo) (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 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!

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Hal Linden ("Barney Miller") and Allan Miller play two aging vaudeville stars who can't stand each other in Neil Simon's 1973 Tony Award winner for Best Play. The New York Post raved: "It's ham on wry.... Simon's surefooted craftsmanship and his one-liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."

L.A. Views: Ten Minutes at a Time — Eight Plays That Explore the Community

The Alexandria Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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With laughter, tears, hope, sorrow and even '70s music, the eight playwrights whose work is showcased in each performance of L.A. Views: Ten Minutes at a Time offer stories that leave you questioning your own understanding of community and all it encompasses.

Oscar Winner John Patrick Shanley's Where's My Money? — A Dark Comedy About Marriage

Pan Andreas Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

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

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

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

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

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

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot is Jose Rivera's surrealistic, lyrical celebration of romance. Love, lust and longing mix it up with otherworldly fantasy and gritty realism that infatuates a young housewife awaiting the return of her soldier-husband from overseas.

Musical Theatre West Presents The Andrews Brothers at the Carpenter Center

Carpenter Performing Arts Center, CSULB (Long Beach, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $35.00 - $42.00 Our Price: $17.50 - $21.00*
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Musical Theatre West presents the West Coast premiere of The Andrews Brothers, a new musical by Roger Bean (creator of the long-running L.A. hit The Marvelous Wonderettes) at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Mistaken identities, madcap comedy and the greatest music of the 1940s fill this sweet and hilarious show (imagine Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in a Road movie version of Some Like it Hot).

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

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

Offbeat Comedy KLÜB from The Actor's Gang

Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Welcome to KLÜB, L.A.'s hottest nightspot, where the elite meet and performers compete. Behind the velvet rope, a hilarious heart-breaking spectacle awaits: ten desperate souls audition with their lives. But only one will get out of KLÜB tonight. It's A Chorus Line meets No Exit.

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

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

Jet Set Jazz, Featuring Izzy Chait, at Republic Restaurant & Lounge

Republic (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Taking inspiration from some of the 20th century's finest popular singers, Izzy borrows the vocal structure of Billy Eckstein and Johnny Hartman, adds the lightness and phrasing of Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra, then stirs in a little of Ray Charles and Willie Dixon, while adding a dash of Joe Cocker just for fun — all flavored with Izzy's distinctive burnish.

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

The Advent Theatre (Studio City, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

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

Elephant Lab Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

Legendary Screenwriter Budd Schulberg: On The Waterfront Screening and Interview

Writers Guild Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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A unique opportunity to hear from living legend Budd Schulberg, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of On The Waterfront and A Face in the Crowd, and author of the classic show business novel What Makes Sammy Run? Watch a screening of On The Waterfront and listen to Schulberg share insights and anecdotes from his more than seven-decade career.

Director Adam Rifkin in Person with The Dark Backward & Detroit Rock City

Aero Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Director Adam Rifkin presents a double feature of his films The Dark Backward, a cult favorite with an eclectic cast including Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton and James Caan, and Detroit Rock City, an ode to the '70s, KISS and Rock and Roll High School. There will be a discussion in between the films with Rifkin and Paxton.

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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You never know what will happen or who'll be playing tonight when the Groundlings break all the rules!

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

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Mentalist Max Maven, called by Orson Welles "the most original mind in magic," presents his full-length show. It's not exactly a one-man show, because it involves dozens of minds...including yours!

Richard Villa's Refried Fridays at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The world-famous Improv serves you Refried Fridays, the hottest Latino Night to hit Hollywood in years. Hosted by Richard Villa, the show is a rotating line-up of the funniest Latino comics mixed in with some very special guests. Come see what everyone is talking about.

The Groundlings' Main Sketch Show: Groundlings Special Lady Friend

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
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.

Short-Form Comedy and Musical Improv with Stranger than Fiction

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $4.00*
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Stranger than Fiction features a cast of players from a variety of comedy and theatre backgrounds. STF's shows are a lively, entertaining mix of short-form comedy and musical improv based on suggestions from audience members. Audiences will be impressed and entertained by the cast's creativity and skill, and be treated to a completely different show every week.

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

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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!

Blues Buffet Dinner Cruise: Music, Dinner & Dancing

Hornblower Cruises and Events (Marina del Rey, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $68.00 - $72.00 Our Price: $34.00 - $45.00*
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Change up your boring Friday night with Hornblower's new Blues Dinner Cruise! Enjoy a boarding glass of champagne, a delicious dinner buffet and the soothing sounds of the Phil Gates Blues Band. Dance all night or take a stroll on the outer decks and check out the amazing views!

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

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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In this poignant comedy, the Schwartz siblings have gathered in their childhood family home for the one-year anniversary of their father's death. Over the weekend, fireworks, riotous humor and serious drama unfold as the parties interact and a long-held family secret is revealed.

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

The Basement Lounge (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Laugh Is Hope Comedy Club is back every Friday night, hosted by comedian/writer/director Steven E. Kimbrough from the Cannes 24-Hour Film Challenge. Many of the comics have performed on HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, "Last Comic Standing" and more.

Wordplay: True Stories with a Live Soundtrack at the Fake Gallery

Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
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Wordplay is a new spin on storytelling. Some of the best writers and storytellers in L.A. read their hilarious true tales while a DJ spins a real-time soundtrack. It's part "This American Life," part stand-up comedy and like nothing you've seen.

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

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Sacred Fools presents Magnum Opus Theatre — the all-new return of a long-running show with an ardent cult following. The premise is simple: a cast of talented performers produces staged versions of terrible film scripts sent to Hollywood studios by aspiring screenwriters, with hilarious results.

The High: Improvised Teen Soap Opera at ComedySportz Los Angeles

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Welcome to The High, where the students are beautiful, the teachers are bold and the secrets are scandalous. It's an addictive, edge-of-your-seat teen soap and a hilarious, seat-of-your-pants comedy show, improvised live before your very eyes based on an audience suggestion.

Hotbed of Drama in The Common Air at Theatre Asylum

Theatre Asylum (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The Common Air links six distinct characters during an airport delay. The reason is unknown, but the buzz is insinuating a terrorist conspiracy. Rumors fly as each character speaks to the next. Coming full circle, the last character addresses the first, illuminating the perpetually changing narratives we arrive at, and depart from, in trying to make sense of life's ever-evolving present tense.

Old-Hollywood Comic Romp The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

The Space Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This ingenious and wild comedy enjoyed a long, critically hailed run both on and off-Broadway. Poking fun at the more ridiculous aspects of "showbiz" and the corny thrillers of Hollywood's heyday, the play is a nonstop barrage of laughter as those assembled (or at least who aren't killed off) untangle the mystery of the Stage Door Slasher.

Futuristic Farce Comic Potential at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 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.

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

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar exploded onto the stage in 1971 and quickly became one of musical theatre's most popular works. The captivating story features a powerhouse score with such notable songs as "Superstar," "Everything's Alright" and "I Don't Know How to Love Him."

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

The Banshee (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Theatre Banshee presents John Steinbeck's American classic Of Mice and Men. A pair of itinerant workers struggle through the Great Depression clinging to their friendship and the dream of buying a little place of their own. But when they take up work on a California ranch, their dreams — "like the best laid schemes of mice and men" — go tragically awry.

Dark Comedy Cell Phone Funeral at Actor's Playpen