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The Week of May 5th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

Aspect Beauty: Spa Facials and Massage Therapy

Aspect Beauty (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ Various Times
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $90.00 - $275.00 Our Price: $45.00 - $175.00*
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Aspect Beauty is an oasis free of the stress and strain of everyday life, the perfect place to escape from the day's hectic pace. The spa's mineral facial is a gem of treatment - literally. It uses a unique elixir of malachite, rhodolite and zincite, which leaves skin pearly smooth without the usual post-extraction redness.

New Advanced Hydrafacials at Marc Edward Skincare

Marc Edward Skincare (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $250.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Treat yourself, or someone you care about, to the joys of cleaner, healthier skin with a New Advanced Hydrafacial Treatment from Marc Edward Skincare. As a skilled esthetician, Edward's years of experience working with many of California's elite spas and dermatologists ensure you have your face in the right hands.

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

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

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.

New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 7:10pm
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 7:10pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $125.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $75.00*
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The New York Mets, favored by many to win the National League East, come to Dodger Stadium to take on the hometown Los Angeles Dodgers. With a new manager and some powerful new talent, the Dodgers are looking to make a statement in the National League, and there's no better time to do it than against their perennial rivals, the Mets.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, May. 6 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.

Comedy Claire & Josh Hate Themselves but Love Each Other

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Claire & Josh Hate Themselves but Love Each Other is a tea-party/love comedy where the bizarre and the mundane intertwine. Two young people struggle to connect amidst a pile of dirty laundry neuroses, self-help telemarketing, competitive kiss blowing, bad dates, non-sex tapes and middle school slow dancing. Starring Los Angeles-area comedians Josh Fadem and Claire Titelman.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with The Stories of Cesar Chavez

Los Angeles Trade Tech College (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $5.00 - $10.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
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The Stories of Cesar Chavez is Fred Blanco's one-man show depicting the life and times of Cesar E. Chavez, one of the most inspirational and influential civil rights leaders of our time. The play offers a compelling look at the man and his struggle for equality through the eight various characters brought to life on stage.

Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter KT Tunstall with Paddy Casey at The Wiltern

The Wiltern (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, May. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the scene in 2006 with her gritty debut album, Eye to the Telescope, a blend of heartfelt pop, rootsy, electric blues and left-field alt-rock, spawned three hit singles, one of which was nominated for a Grammy. Her follow-up CD, Drastic Fantastic, debuted at #9 on the Top 200 album chart last year. Paddy Casey opens the concert.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $100.00 - $310.00 Our Price: $50.00 - $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.

Six-Week Salsa Class Series Learning the Basics

The SalsaBox Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm (plus classes 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 7:30pm (plus classes 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11)
Full Price: $80.00 Our Price: $40.00*
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Commit one hour a week to really polishing up your fun, flirty and fabulous salsa footwork for the dance floor! You'll learn and practice salsa moves and choreography over a six-week period as these great teachers break the exotic dance down to the basics that everyone can learn. For beginner and advanced beginner levels.

West Coast Premiere of Tallgrass Gothic at Sacred Fools Theater

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 7 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.

Running from the Paparazzi - A Running Tour of Beverly Hills

Off 'N Running Tours, Beverly Gardens meeting spot (Beverly Hills, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 1:00pm
Wednesday, May. 7 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, May. 6 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.

Tony Kushner's Magical The Illusion at Hollywood Fight Club Theatre

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Tony Kushner (Angels in America) has freely adapted Pierre Corneille's delightful story The Illusion for the stage. As Pridamant, a rich old lawyer, nears the end of his life, he's tortured by one regret. His pain drags him far from home into a magician's cave. As he enters, a smart, funny mystery begins in which a father perceives his son as his son pursues his passions.

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

Geffen Playhouse - Main Stage (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 7:30pm
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.

Miss Saigon: Tony Award-Winning Musical in Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (Redondo Beach, CA)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
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)
Tuesday, May. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
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.

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 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, May. 7 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Friday, May. 9 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).

Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 9:30pm (Curtis Fuller Quintet)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 9:30pm (Curtis Fuller Quintet)
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, May. 7 2008 @ 10:00pm (John Densmore)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 10:00pm (John Densmore)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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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.

Comedy Variety Show The Rudy Casoni Variety Hour with Toby Huss

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry West presents The Rudy Casoni Variety Hour, a comedy variety show featuring Sinatra's singing bastard son, with other special guests. The show stars the talented and funny Toby Huss.

Six-Week Salsa Class Series: Intermediate Level at SalsaBox Studios

The SalsaBox Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:30pm (plus 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11)
Full Price: $80.00 Our Price: $40.00*
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Take your fun, flirty salsa footwork to the next level! You'll learn and practice salsa moves and choreography for one hour a week over a six-week period, taught by an experienced dance instructor. For beginning intermediate and intermediate dancers only.

Moliere's Comedy Don Juan, from A Noise Within

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $20.00*
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Monsieur Don Juan, armed with a calloused and lustful heart, feeds his ravenous sexual appetite with boundless enthusiasm. Heedless of warnings both earthly and otherwise, history's most notorious romantic devil rushes headlong toward retribution, in French genius Moliere's sparkling cautionary comedy.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 8 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.

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

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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A comedy tour-de-force for two actors portraying a variety of eccentric characters in a beauty shop, highlighting the many intricacies of black women and the importance placed on their hair. Starring Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly's Last Jam, Caroline or Change) and Tracie Thoms (Rent, Cold Case), And Her Hair Went with Her is a celebration of the sisterhood of the salon.

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 2 more dates.
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.

Dont Look Back: Bob Dylan Documentary at the Skirball

Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Skirball Cultural Center presents a screening of D.A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back. This renowned documentary explores Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, his last as an acoustic performer. The closing event in AFI's Seventh Annual Music Documentary Series, it's also part of the Skirball's ongoing Bob Dylan series.

Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, May. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $98.00 Our Price: $59.80*
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Wicked, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, is "a phenomenon that keeps growing" (L.A. Times). Long before Dorothy drops in, two girls meet in the land of Oz and form an unlikely friendship, going on to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Wicked has won 20 major awards, including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards.

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Los Quatro)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:30pm-11:30pm (Scott Oakley - Cuban Jazz)
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Pinot and Folder)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Spend the evening at the venue that is fast becoming Pasadena's hottest spot for live jazz: the Pasadena Jazz Institute's new home at the Paseo Colorado. Audiences will enjoy ongoing sets of music, performed by some of the most talented newcomers and veterans from the world of jazz.

Oy Gevalt! The King Davids of Comedy at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Forget the "Kings of Comedy!" Go one step better with the King Davids of comedy and hear some hilarious schtick when the great tradition of Jewish comedians continues at the Hollywood Improv. You will see funny mensches from "Air America," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Later with Carson Daly," and more.

All-Pro Comedy at The Ice House Comedy Club

The Ice House (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:30pm (Kyle Cease and Steve Bluestein)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:30pm (Kyle Cease and Steve Bluestein)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 10:30pm (Kyle Cease and Steve Bluestein)
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, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.40 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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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.

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

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*

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

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

The Cavern Club Theatre (at Casita Del Campo) (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 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)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $50.00 Our Price: FREE - $25.00*
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This contemporary play explores the relationships between parents and children, what they share and what they fear they might share. A formerly brilliant mathematician whose mind has failed dies, leaving his youngest daughter a legacy. She may be brilliant, she may be crazy—or she may be something all her own.

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

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $20.00*
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Defrocked minister T. Lawrence Shannon, addicted to alcohol and under-aged young women, seeks sanctuary in the familiar (if fetid) surroundings of the tropical Hotel Costa Verde in southern Mexico. Riddled with self-loathing but buoyed by the unlikeliest of guardian angels, he is forced to conquer his personal demons or die trying.

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

Pan Andreas Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
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Academy Award-winning writer John Patrick Shanley ("Moonstruck") examines what marriage really is in this darkly funny and surreal play. Where's My Money? looks at two couples' conquest for love—and how they destroy each other in the process.

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

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

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

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Many authors have chronicled the life of Queen Victoria. While some have written more broadly than others, the collective authors usually examine the same events and character, lending their own flourishes for refreshment. In this new musical, a rather recent and curious discovery about the sovereign is explored, revealing an explosive, bitter issue within the late-19th century royal family, wrought posthumously by none other than the Queen herself.

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

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
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Open At the Top Productions presents the world premiere of Pest Control... The Musical. Based on Bill Fitzhugh's best-selling novel, it's the story of an exterminator who's mistaken for a notorious professional assassin and hired to kill the world's most dangerous man. Set to a rock musical score inspired by the styles of late 70's and early 80's rock with a dash of early hip-hop, the show stars Tony Award winner Cleavant Derricks.

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

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $12.50 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Coffee Will Make You Black, adapted from the award-winning novel by April Sinclair, traces the coming-of-age story of Jean "Stevie" Stevenson, a black teenager on the brink of s*xual awakening during the turbulent and politically charged late 1960s. A story of strength, discovery and acceptance, Coffee will have you craving a second cup.

Offbeat Comedy KLÜB from The Actor's Gang

Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
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, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Anything can happen when Rodgers and Hart meet Kaufman and Hart in this midsummer night's romp in Central Park. I'd Rather Be Right mixes love, political satire and Yankee Doodle high jinks into an intoxicating fantasy, where Supreme Court justices cavort with leggy chorines and FDR desperately tries to balance the budget with a buck and wing and a prayer.

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

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

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

The Advent Theatre (Studio City, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Little Women is one of the most widely read books in the English language. Louisa May Alcott's cherished story about family life and love traces the adventures of sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy growing up in trying times during the Civil War.

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

Elephant Lab Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

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.

Science-Fiction Comedy Trapezoid at GTC Burbank

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Exploring the relationship between art and technology, Trapezoid tells the story of a Korean American poet who is hired by a technology think tank to put the "art" in artificial intelligence. When the robot creation falls in love with its human creator, it's man-made versus mankind—with results that are sometimes comic, sometimes tragic.

Acclaimed Drama Saturday Night at the Palace at Furious Theatre Company

Carrie Hamilton Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, a Hauntingly Funny Play

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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West Coast Ensemble presents the Los Angeles premiere of The Sweetest Swing in Baseball by Rebecca Gilman (The Glory Of Living, Spinning Into Butter). This play takes aim at contemporary America's love/hate relationship with success. The Sweetest Swing in Baseball is a clever, sometimes painful look at the fragility and disposable nature of celebrity.

Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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When women were men...on the stages of England, Edward Kynaston reigned as the most celebrated leading lady. His exquisite portrayals of Shakespeare's famous females brought him celebrity and love at the start of the Restoration. Then, a real woman named Margaret Hughes stepped on stage to steal his glory.

Legendary Soprano Jessye Norman: The Five Seasons at UCLA's Royce Hall

Royce Hall at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $88.00 - $103.00 Our Price: $45.50 - $53.00*
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Soprano Jessye Norman continues to build upon her own rich legacy as she brings joy, passion and her opulent sound to innovative recital performances and operatic portrayals around the world. A 2006 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Norman explores works by Brahms, Mahler, Schoenberg, Messiaen, Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Joseph Kosma, Richard Danielpour and more.

George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at The MET Theatre

The MET Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

High School Reunion Comedy the nothing boys at The Complex

East Theatre @ The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of The People from Ark Theatre Company

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Written in 1882 as an indictment of contemporary society, Ibsen's insights remain as relevant and timely more than a century later. Modern conflicts between government and the governed, the individual and the majority, science and commercialism are starkly mirrored in Ibsen's scathing, unsettling polemic.

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

Electric Lodge (Venice, CA)
Thursday, May. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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.

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 9 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!

Last Comic Standing's Todd Glass at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $7.00 - $10.00*
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Todd Glass, star of NBC's Last Comic Standing, performs at the Hollywood Improv. Todd is well-known for his roles on such shows as Friends, Home Improvement and Married with Children.

ComedySportz — Fast and Funny Comedy for Everyone

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $9.00 - $17.00 Our Price: FREE - $8.00*
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Improvised, competitive comedy for the whole family! You won't have to worry about covering their ears if you bring them to this kid-friendly show. It was created especially for younger fans and their families! See live comedy created right before your eyes, with audience participation and suggestions incorporated into the act.

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, May. 9 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, May. 9 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $17.00 Our Price: $4.00 - $8.00*
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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, Your Body and You

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $21.50 Our Price: $10.75*
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Legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings present their main sketch show Groundlings, Your Body and You. 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, May. 9 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, May. 9 2008 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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In the heart of the world-famous 3rd Street Promenade in beautiful, balmy Santa Monica is a great night of comedy, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! 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 (Marina del Rey, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $72.00 Our Price: $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 High: Improvised Teen Soap Opera at ComedySportz Los Angeles

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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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.

Futuristic Farce Comic Potential at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential is a futuristic comedy about an innocent young man who falls in love with a "not-so-real" girl — it's also about the machinations behind the scenes that occur in the making of a local television drama.

Dark Comedy Cell Phone Funeral at Actor's Playpen

Actor's Playpen (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 9 2008 @ 10:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $22.00 Our Price: FREE - $11.00*
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Cell Phone Funeral is a comical yet poignant look at what a gay man's funeral might look like when his long-distance family must plan his funeral and has only his cell phone to determine the list of invitees.

An Evening of Astounding Magic when The Spencers Present Theatre of Illusion