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The Week of May 12th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

New Advanced Hydrafacials at Marc Edward Skincare

Marc Edward Skincare (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, May. 12 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. 12 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.

Salsa, Swing Hustle, and Rumba Dance Lessons From Walk In Dance Out: Six-Week Course

Mayflower Ballroom (Inglewood, CA)
Monday, May. 12 2008 @ 6:30pm (plus classes on 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9 & 6/16)
Full Price: $85.00 Our Price: $42.50*
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Walk In Dance Out presents a series of six beginning ballroom dance lessons. In just six weeks, you'll gain a solid grounding in salsa, swing hustle, and rumba dancing. Your purchase includes the full course of six lessons at the Mayflower Ballroom, taught by Lou Schreiber, a former Master Instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Monday, May. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
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.

Bruno Kirby Celebrity Reading Series: Michael Rapaport in Waiting for Whitey

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, May. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Quentin Tarantino meets Samuel Beckett in this reading of George MacDonald's Waiting For Whitey. A couple of two-bit thugs try to get over on one of the most feared crime bosses of the last century: Whitey Bulger, second on the FBI's most wanted list. It's murder, mayhem and comedy. Michael Rapaport (Mighty Aphrodite, Boston Public), Dayton Callie (Deadwood), and Paul Ben-Victor (Entourage) star in this entry in the Bruno Kirby Celebrity Reading Series.

Quetzal: Mexican-American Rock Band Plays Benefit at Pasadena Playhouse, Hosted by Actor Andy Garcia

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Monday, May. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $15.00 - $25.00*
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After twelve years of sold-out concerts around the globe, Quetzal has become one of Los Angeles' most important and successful music groups. Proclaimed by no less an authority than Los Lobos as ready to carry the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community, Quetzal will play a benefit concert for Latino Heritage and the Pasadena Playhouse Outreach and Education programs. Academy Award-nominated actor Andy garcia hosts the evening.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, May. 14 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.

Girly Magazine Party: A Cable Access Spoof

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Mark Fite (The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show) and Jim Turner (Arli$$) portray Hugh Hefner wannabes in a swinging cable access spoof, in all its pathetic glory. Special guests have included Dana Gould (The Aristocrats, The Simpsons), Dave Allen Gruber (The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show, Freaks and Geeks), Craig Anton (Mad TV, The Office) and many more.

Salsa, Swing Hustle, and Rumba Dance Lessons From Walk In Dance Out: Six-Week Course

Felicia Mahood Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 6:30pm (plus classes on 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17)
Full Price: $85.00 Our Price: $42.50*
Rated:

Walk In Dance Out presents a series of six beginning ballroom dance lessons. In just six weeks, you'll gain a solid grounding in salsa, swing hustle, and rumba dancing. Your purchase includes the full course of six lessons at the Felicia Mahood Center.

Quick Culture's One-Hour Museum Tour for Kids

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 11:30am
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Sometimes an art museum visit can seem boring to a child, but not with Quick Culture. They transform the overwhelming museum experience into an entertaining artistic journey. They engage children in interactive conversations about how to look at and what to look for directly from a variety of artworks. This one-hour museum tour is designed for kids ages 6-12.

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

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 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. 13 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. 13 2008 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 4 more dates.
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. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 14 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.

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

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Inspired by actual events, Boise, USA begins on Halloween night, 1955, in the quiet, respectable city of Boise, Idaho, when the shocking arrests of three men for "lewd and lascivious conduct" with three teenage boys set off a notorious "witch hunt" to purge the city of all suspected homosexuals. Family loyalties are soon divided, pitting brother against brother, father against son.

Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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.

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 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. 14 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Friday, May. 16 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. 14 2008 @ 9:30pm (Francisco Aguabella Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Septet)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 9:30pm (Francisco Aguabella Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Septet)
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. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm (Mayuto Correa)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 10:00pm (Dian Schuur)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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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.

Hot Jazz with John Reynolds and Friends in Hollywood Hotshots

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Jazz guitarist John Reynolds and his washboard-playing brother, Ralf Reynolds, perform an evening of "upstairs" hot jazz in Hollywood Hotshots. Reynolds, who has played alongside legends such as Cab Calloway and Thelonious Monk, frequently welcomes special guests to the show.

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

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

The Chocolate Chateau - An Evening of Fine Wine and Gourmet Chocolate

Le Chateau Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $65.00 Our Price: $40.00*

Join LearnAboutWine at Le Chateau of Beverly Hills where you will taste some of the world's best chocolate and some of the great wines of the world. Chocolate is not just meant for dessert or dessert wine — you will experience Australian Shiraz, French Bordeaux, California Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Syrah paired with everything from creamy milk chocolate to brooding and intense dark chocolate of the finest quality.

Award-Winning Broadway Actress Kathleen Chalfant in Red Dog Howls

El Portal Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $39.00 - $65.00 Our Price: FREE - $32.50*
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Kathleen Chalfant, one of the theater's most celebrated actors from Wit and Angels in America, stars in the world premiere of Alexander Dinelaris's searing new play Red Dog Howls. The story concerns a young man who thinks he is Greek until he discovers a letter that his late father wrote to his grandmother, who hid their Armenian origins.

New Yorkers Are Sarcastic...Na... - An Evening of 3 Short Plays

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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If life is nasty, brutish and short, why shouldn't theater be too? New Yorkers Are Sarcastic...Na... is a play consisting of three one-acts that are cleverly nasty, brutishly smart and reasonably short. Sixty minutes short - you'll be in and out before you know it.

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. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Theatre 40 presents Tim Ryan Meinelschmidt's All the Help You Need: The Adventures of a Hollywood Handyman. This one-man tour de force, which won the 2004 New York Fringe Festival, chronicles Meinelschmidt's unexpected experiences as an aspiring actor and handyman in Los Angeles. Alternately hilarious and frightening, this remarkable story makes for riveting viewing.

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 4 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.

Timely New Comedy Speech and Debate - A Live Audio Performance

Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $47.00 Our Price: $23.50*
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Speech and Debate is a fiercely funny and surprisingly timely new play. They may go to the same school, but misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie have never met and their teachers and peers just don't take them seriously - until a sex scandal involving one of their teachers brings them together. Soon they realize that three voices are stronger than one.

The Super Burlesque Show, Starring the Hollywood Pin-Up Girls

El Cid (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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The Super Burlesque Show, starring the buxom, leggy, and lovely starlets known as the Hollywood Pin-Up Girls, comes to the El Cid. This retro feel-good cabaret is regarded by many as the best burlesque in town!

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Matt Ritvo Group)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Brian Lynch)
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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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, May. 15 2008 @ 8:30pm (Michael Loftus and Loni Love )
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:30pm (Michael Loftus and Loni Love )
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 10:30pm (Michael Loftus and Loni Love )
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. 15 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.

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

The Colony Theatre Company (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $50.00 Our Price: FREE - $25.00*
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The boss is an aging legend, cantankerous but charismatic. The new assistant is young and vulnerable, but full of grit. And then the fun begins. Based on the playwright's own real-life experience, the play is a hopeful and humorous tale of friendship amidst life's most inevitable adventure: growing old. By the author of The Colony's smash hit To Grandmother's House We Go.

ResBox - The Best Experimental Music from Around the World

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm (Leticia Castaneda, G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, nOT iN tHE hOUSE!!!)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Center for Inquiry - West presents ResBox at the Steve Allen Theater. ResBox is a monthly event featuring the world's best experimental music, curated by musician and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad.

Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:05pm
Full Price: $33.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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Vlad Guerrero and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim host the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball action. The 2005 World Series champions, the Sox are led by slugger Jim Thome.

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

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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?

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

El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 11:59pm (First Screening)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 7:55pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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The characters of C.S. Lewis' timeless fantasy come to life in this newest installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure awaits them. Audience members will be able to view an exclusive collection of set pieces and props direct from the movie, only at the El Capitan.

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. 15 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

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

Pan Andreas Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Blue Surge Explores Social Class and Relationship Struggles

Henke Studio Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Blue Surge is a dark, caustic, humorous look at five characters pushing their way through life on both sides of the law in small-city America. Each of them faces or denies, fights or embraces the dreams, social classes, pasts, futures and the fleeting of the present that make up who they are.

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

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

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

The Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 11:00pm
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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Science-Fiction Comedy Trapezoid at GTC Burbank

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Shakespeare's Sly Comedy The Merchant of Venice

Camino Theatre at LACC (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:15pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 7:15pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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In this witty comedy set in Venice in the late 1500s, a merchant, Antonio, wishes to help his friend Bassanio win the hand of the rich young Portia—so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock. If Antonio can't repay the loan, Shylock gets to take a pound of his flesh! Will Bassanio get the girl? Will Antonio save his skin? And what secret does Portia have hidden up her sleeve?

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

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Word(4) - The Many Dimensions of Performance Poetry

Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:30pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Highways Performance Space presents its 4th Annual Poetry/Performance Festival with Word(4), curated by LeVan D. Hawkins. This is a three-day, four-show examination of the many ways performance poets present their work, using theatrics, vocal skills, music, film, and costumes to enhance the written word. Check the listing for more details.

Comedian/Actor Skyler Stone (Con) at the Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 Our Price: $7.00*
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Since starring in Comedy Central's Con, Skyler Stone's career has taken off. He's appeared in films ranging from Dane Cook vehicle Waiting and Jonah Hill's Accepted to the Christopher Guest mockumentary For Your Consideration. He's also done stand-up on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at The MET Theatre

The MET Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Israeli Band Esta at the Skirball Cultural Center

Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Seamlessly blending Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern, Asian, Celtic, and Western traditions to produce a powerful new sound, Esta exemplifies the multicultural face of modern Israel while retaining a uniquely Israeli voice. They've performed at the White House and at prestigious festivals on multiple continents, and shared the stage with Suzanne Vega, Noa, the Chieftains, Sinéad O'Connor, and more.

High School Reunion Comedy the nothing boys at The Complex

East Theatre @ The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Romantic Comedy Teen Girl at the Zephyr Theatre

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $0.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Susan, a shy high school senior, gets a crash course in sex and drugs when her mom goes out of town for the weekend and her backyard suddenly becomes party central. Set in 1979, this coming of age romantic comedy hasn't been seen in twelve years.

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

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Henrik Ibsen's classic tragedy Hedda Gabler is explored in a modern translation by Kenneth McLeish. The title character is struggling in a world devoid of excitement and discontent in her marriage, and is driven by lust and compassion to a former admirer, leading to disastrous results. Danish actress Dina Rosenmeier plays Hedda; Charles Otte and Rick Pagano direct.

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

Electric Lodge (Venice, CA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 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. 16 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, May. 16 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. 16 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, Your Body and You

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 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.

Tom Wilson, Biff from Back to the Future, at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $8.00 - $10.00*
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Join Tom Wilson, best known as Biff in the Back to the Future series, at the Hollywood Improv for an evening of stand-up comedy. Tom has appeared on all the major talk shows, including The Tonight Show, Letterman, Regis, The Today Show and more. He also performs many voices in Nickelodeon's SpongeBob Squarepants series.

Short-Form Comedy and Musical Improv with Stranger than Fiction