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The Week of May 26th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

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

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, May. 26 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. 26 2008 @ 6:30pm (plus classes on 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23)
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.

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

El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Monday, May. 26 2008 @ 7:55pm
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 7:55pm
and 2 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.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, May. 28 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.

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, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm (Guest: Jimmy Pardo)
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, May. 27 2008 @ 7:30pm (Ages 25-37)
Thursday, May. 29 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.

Award-Winning Broadway Actress Kathleen Chalfant in Red Dog Howls

El Portal Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 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.

A Chorus Line: The Broadway Hit Comes to the Ahmanson

Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 - $90.00 Our Price: $20.00 - $45.00*
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Winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this singular sensation is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever. Now Michael Bennett's smash hit is back! A Chorus Line follows the stories of 17 dancers as they audition to be in the chorus of a Broadway show. Marvin Hamlisch's score includes hits such as "What I Did For Love," "I Can Do That" and "One."

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 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.

Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 28 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.

Norman's Ark: World-Premiere Musical Event at the Ford Amphitheatre

Ford Amphitheatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:30pm (Preview)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:30pm (Opening Night)
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $0.00 - $75.00 Our Price: FREE - $37.50*
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The Ford Amphitheatre presents the world premiere of Norman's Ark, an epic new musical retelling of the Noah's Ark story set in the context of a post-Hurricane Katrina world. This new musical features a score containing emotional ballads and smokin' rockabilly tunes, and a cast of over 200, including a giant gospel choir and a hundred children playing the animals on the Ark. Starring Philip Casnoff and Dawnn Lewis.

Tracers: Gritty Vietnam War Drama at Hermosa Beach Playhouse

Hermosa Beach Playhouse (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $35.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $17.50 - $20.00*
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Tracers, written by a group of Vietnam veterans, portrays the reality and grittiness of ground warfare, avoiding Hollywood glorification of the fighting experience. Told in a series of interconnected vignettes, it's the story of six soldiers, their medic, and their drill instructor — members of the same fighting unit — whose lives are forever altered by their wartime experiences. Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities presents this powerful, unsettling drama to commemorate Memorial Day.

The Old Timey Radio Show: Classic Radio Dramas at Attic Theatre

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Attic Theatre Ensemble presents The Old Timey Radio Show, an entertaining tribute to the classic radio programs of the '40s and '50s. A team of actors re-creates the greatest comedies and dramas of the era, complete with live music and sound effects.

Best of Fest Presents Documentary Film 1000 Journals

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

In this celebrated independent film, one thousand blank journals are passed from hand to hand throughout the world, collecting stories, pictures, collages — slices of the lives they touch. One came back, filled. Where are the other 999? 1000 Journals investigates the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who added to this global "message in a bottle."

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 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. 28 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Friday, May. 30 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. 28 2008 @ 9:30pm (Steve Nelson Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 9:30pm (Steve Nelson Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller)
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!

Running from the Paparazzi - A Running Tour of Beverly Hills

Off 'N Running Tours, Beverly Gardens meeting spot (Beverly Hills, CA)
Tuesday, May. 27 2008 @ 1:00pm
Wednesday, May. 28 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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 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.

Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Angels

Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 7:05pm
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 7:05pm
Full Price: $33.00 Our Price: FREE - $20.00*
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The Detroit Tigers travel to Anaheim to take on the Angels. After adding Miguel Cabrera and Edgar Renteria to a team whose stars already included Magglio Ordonez and Gary Sheffield, the Tigers have one of baseball's most feared offenses; both they and the Angels are considered legitimate postseason threats.

Speed Dating with DateandDash: That Special Someone—Fast!

Matteo's (Los Angele, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*

Meet up to 20 potential dates at Matteo's 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.

Pippin, the Award-Winning Musical from the Composer of Wicked

David Henry Hwang Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $45.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $22.50 - $25.00*
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The Tony Award-winning musical Pippin receives a revitalizing twist with theatre anime visuals, hip-hop dance influence and contemporary music arrangements live on stage. Journey with Pippin as he braves the challenges found in the worlds of war, pleasure, politics, art, religion and love as he searches for his true calling. A stunning example of magic and merriment.

shAme: Rock Opera Based On The Scarlet Letter at King King Hollywood

King King Hollywood (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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The Los Angeles Rock Opera Company presents Mark Governor's shAme, a new rock opera based on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Using powerful rock songs, soulful indie ballads and haunting melodies, shAme reinvigorates rock opera with a timeless story of sin and redemption. This dynamic production, incorporating concert-style video and lighting effects.

Country Superstar Kenny Chesney's Poets & Pirates Tour, with LeAnn Rimes, at STAPLES Center

STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, May. 28 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $200.00 Our Price: $100.00*
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He's sung "All my friends are pirates, it's just who I am", and now three-time reigning Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney calls all his friends for his summer concert tour. With tourmate LeAnn Rimes plus a s\pecial opening act to be announced, Chesney's Poets & Pirates Tour comes to the STAPLES Center.

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Blues and R&B)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Paul Lines Trio)
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Blues Night)
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, May. 29 2008 @ 8:30pm (Don Friesen)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:30pm (Rocky LaPorte)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 10:30pm (Rocky LaPorte)
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. 29 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. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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?

Tosca: Los Angeles Opera Presents Puccini's Classic Story of Love and Power

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $88.00 - $200.00 Our Price: $44.00 - $100.00*
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The Los Angeles Opera presents Puccini's Tosca. This famous opera is the tragic story of a love triangle between the fiery title character, a handsome painter, and a villainous police chief. The role of Tosca will be sung by Georgina Lukacs, the role of Cavaradossi will be sung by Gwyn Hughes-Jones, and the performances will be conducted by Placido Domingo.

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

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

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

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

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

Witty Comedy The Country Club from Hollywood Fight Club

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Young, wealthy, bold, beautiful — but perfection has its price. The Country Club, by Douglas Carter Beane, gets inside the youthful clique of the upper crust, and explores what really happens when the partying turns ugly. This witty comedy explores the jaded experience of young adults in an exclusive country club.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

Love, Janis: Musical Explores the Life of '60s Icon Janis Joplin

Wilshire Theatre Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $36.00 - $51.00 Our Price: $19.75 - $27.25*
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The Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills presents Love, Janis. This production, a hit off-Broadway and nationwide, combines a book drawn from '60s icon Joplin's own letters and her many press, radio and television interviews with performances of her classic songs — "Piece of My Heart," "Mercedes Benz," "Me and Bobby McGee," and many more.

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

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Inspired by actual events, Boise, USA begins on Halloween night, 1955, in the quiet, respectable city of Boise, Idaho, when the shocking arrests of three men for "lewd and lascivious conduct" with three teenage boys set off a notorious "witch hunt" to purge the city of all suspected homosexuals. Family loyalties are soon divided, pitting brother against brother, father against son.

High School Reunion Comedy the nothing boys at The Complex

East Theatre @ The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 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 Blowin of Baile Gall: Lyric Theatre Presents Powerful Irish Drama About Intolerance

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm (Opening Night)
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Ronan Noone's The Blowin of Baile Gall is the winner of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script and the Independent Reviewers of New England Award for Best New Script. This unrelenting drama, set around the renovation of a house in a small Irish town, explores the conflicts that arise when personal prejudice motivates violence.

Sonny landreth: Louisiana's Slide Guitar Master at Safari Sam's

Safari Sam's (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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Safari Sam's welcomes blues guitarist Sonny Landreth. This master of the slide guitar has released several albums, and played alongside Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, and Buddy Guy, among many others. Clapton once called him "probably the most underestimated musician on the planet". Opening act: Jefferson Steelfex and His Neptune Society.

Onyx: '90s Rap Group at the Knitting Factory

Knitting Factory - L.A. (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

The Knitting Factory presents '90s rap group Onyx. Known for their aggressive, hardcore style, their song "Slam" was one of 1993's biggest hits. The Queens natives' upcoming album is called The Black Rock.

I Gelosi, A Comedy About Italy's First Traveling Theatre Troupe

Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Featuring masks, music and costumes from the late 16th century, I Gelosi re-creates the world of the commedia dell'arte and the actors whose life's work consists of portraying the vivid archetypes Pantalone, Arlecchino, Il Capitano and others. Yet dwelling beneath the glittering comedy of the play lies a vital question: Is the theatre merely an entertainment, or is it a voice for the dispossessed?

Comedian Maria Bamford at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $3.00 - $10.00*
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Maria Bamford may be from a small town in Minnesota, but she's hit the big time as a comedian. In addition to appearing in feature films, television sitcoms, late night TV and in her own cable comedy specials, Maria likes to brag that she's the only comedian to have married John Travolta (in the movie Lucky Numbers) and taught a mouse geography (in Stuart Little 2).

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 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!

ComedySportz — Fast and Funny Comedy for Everyone

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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. 30 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!

Wild Child - The Ultimate Tribute to the Doors

Quiet Cannon (Montebello, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Come experience the madness and magic of a live Doors concert with Wild Child, the premier Doors tribute band. They've toured nationally, and their act has earned praise from the Doors' own Ray Manzarek (who called them "as close as you'll get to the real thing") and John Densmore. Also appearing: Social Distortion tribute band Prison Bound.

Richard Villa's Refried Fridays at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 30 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. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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.

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

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 10:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 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!

Jazz Greats at Catalina Bar and Grill

Catalina Bar and Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 10:00pm (Roy Haynes Quartet)
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 10:00pm (Roy Haynes Quartet)
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.

Blues Buffet Dinner Cruise: Music, Dinner & Dancing

Hornblower Cruises and Events, Marina del Rey (Marina del Rey, CA)
Friday, May. 30 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!

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

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Sacred Fools presents Magnum Opus Theatre — the 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, May. 30 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.

Friday Forty - A Comedy Game Show

I.O. West Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The game show world is obsessed with useless trivia. But who's there to make sure you're paying attention to what's going on in the world-right now? Friday Forty is the weekly game show that rewards your knowledge of what's going on in the world the last seven days. Contestants sit back, sip a 40-ounce, and face a fearsome 40 questions.

Drama Lady from the Road Theatre Company

Road Theatre @ Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Deep in the woods of downstate Illinois, three boyhood friends come together on a hunting trip. Now middle aged and on separate paths they find that the common thread of memory is being stretched to the breaking point. Can the war in Iraq reach even these secluded woods and destroy their friendship forever?

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

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Emmy Award winner Mariette Hartley stars in a world-premiere comedy that's drenched in heart. In this play-within-a-play, a dysfunctional group of actors, a problematic set and a stage manager at his wits' end add to the tension between a writer and his producer-wife in rehearsal for a play about their own struggle with infertility.

Witty Literary Comedy Bunbury at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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When Bunbury learns he's only a fictitious character who never appears in The Importance of Being Earnest, he uses his anonymity to infiltrate and alter classic literature, starting by giving Romeo and Juliet a happy ending. The resulting transformation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Waiting for Godot and other works spawns a new sub-discipline in literary criticism—and may even change the world.

Comic Thriller Gift of Murder at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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A famous actress, accompanied by her niece, is recuperating from a hectic season and a bit too much high living when a few surprise guests arrive and quickly turn things upside down. Combining humor and suspense, this thriller brings together a cast of charming and witty "theatre people" and plunges them into a plot of murder, mayhem and disguised identity.

Hilarious New Comedy Office Sonata from Range View Productions

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Office Sonata is a madcap satire of corporate America that follows the bizarre and often hilarious day-to-day workings of Empire Advertising. The story centers on a cadre of overworked and underappreciated executive assistants, who try as they might to endure the company's harebrained regimens to boost productivity and profit margin.

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

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, May. 29 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $12.50*
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Tooth and Nail shines a bright light on the dysfunctional Laney family: their loves, foibles and caustic triumphs. Their modern New Jersey lives are comedically put to the test when the family patriarch suddenly begins living as Peter O'Toole's King Henry II from the classic film "The Lion in Winter" and tests everyone's mettle over a Sunday dinner.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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What do we talk about when sex is over? Meet seven couples — straight and gay; virgins and strangers; lovers, liars, cheaters, and swingers — as they deal with the pleasure, anger, confusion, regret, laughter and other sensations that make physical intimacy an emotional ride.

Award-Winning Drama Intimate Apparel at Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Morgan-Wixson Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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In 1905 Manhattan, a 35-year-old "spinster" African-American seamstress creates custom lingerie for women of the boudoir and the brothel. She longs to break free and be herself in a society where she cannot quite fit into the set patterns that are stitched for African-American women. Intimate Apparel is the winner of five national awards for Best Play.

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

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 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.

The Legendary Times of Bulgakov: A Portrait of the Russian Satirist Bulgakov

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, May. 30 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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The Legendary Times of Bulgakov captures the soul of Russian satirist Mikhail Bulgakov (best known in the West for his novel The Master and Margarita) and the esse