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The Week of June 9th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

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

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, Jun. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Monday night will never be boring again with Mo' Better Mondays at the Hollywood Improv. Here, the hottest urban comedians from around the U.S. stop in for a night that'll leave you laughing so hard, you won't be able to resist returning next week! Host DeRay Davis' credits include Barbershop, Semi-Pro, BET's Comic View, and skits on Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ Various Times
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $140.00 - $310.00 Our Price: $70.00 - $155.00*
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As a wonderful gift or an indulgent treat for yourself, you can't do much better than a full body massage package or a facial package at the serene Cote d'Azur Spa, located in Old Town Pasadena. It's sure to be an unforgettable experience.

Girly Magazine Party: A Cable Access Spoof

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 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.

Award-Winning Broadway Actress Kathleen Chalfant in Red Dog Howls

El Portal Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 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, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 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."

Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $98.00 Our Price: $50.25*
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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.

Oscar and Pulitzer Winner John Patrick Shanley's Welcome to the Moon and Other Plays

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Welcome to the Moon by John Patrick Shanley ("Moonstruck") comprises six comic and edgy plays about the feelings we have for that certain special man, woman or mermaid in our lives. Whether it's the joy of soulmates connecting or the heartbreak of miserable rejection, these plays are for anyone who's ever been in love—or for those who would prefer to watch from a safe distance.

Alfred Uhry's Comic Drama The Last Night of Ballyhoo

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (La Mirada, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 7:30pm
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $37.50 - $45.00 Our Price: $18.75 - $22.50*
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It's December 1939. "Gone with the Wind" storms the silver screen. Hitler invades Poland. But the biggest concern of Atlanta's Freitag family is Ballyhoo, a lavish ball for southern Jewish socialites. When Uncle Adolph brings Joe — his new, very eligible assistant — home for dinner, the romantic schemes begin. This comedy captures the same heartfelt warmth as the author's earlier success, Driving Miss Daisy.

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

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 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.

Generate Showcase at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Jun. 10 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $13.00 - $14.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Talent agency Generate presents some of their prized clients at the world-famous Hollywood Improv. See the stars of tomorrow — New York's Christian Finnegan and Baron Vaughn, San Francisco's Jacob and Sherry Sirof and Brent Weinbach, MADtv's Anjelah Johnson, Raj Desai, Tony Sam, and more.

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 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, Jun. 11 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Friday, Jun. 13 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, Jun. 11 2008 @ 9:30pm (Edward Simon Trio)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 9:30pm (Edward Simon Trio)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $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!

Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruise Around Marina del Rey

Hornblower Cruises and Events (Marina del Rey, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 6:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $29.00 Our Price: $15.00 - $17.00*
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Relax and unwind in the middle of a busy week with a two-hour sunset cruise on the smooth waters of Marina del Rey. Enjoy complimentary appetizers, a front-row-seat view of the sailboat races and a beautiful sunset over the water.

Hot Jazz with John Reynolds and Friends in Hollywood Hotshots

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 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.

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 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.

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

David Henry Hwang Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

Singin' in the Rain — MGM Movie Musical Adapted for the Stage

Glendale Centre Theatre (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, Jun. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.50 Our Price: $11.25*
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"Singin' in the Rain," "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes" are just a few of the hit songs in the stage version of MGM's mega-hit musical. Wonderful singing, tap dancing and delightful performances make this a show to remember. The big question remains: Will it really rain on stage? Come and see!

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

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 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, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:30pm (Andres Fernandez)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:30pm (Andres Fernandez)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 10:30pm (Andres Fernandez)
Full Price: $5.00 - $19.50 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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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, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.40 Our Price: $8.25*
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Since 1992 The Groundlings Main Company, Alumni and Sunday Companies have played together every Thursday night in the all-improv explosion that has become almost as much of an institution as the Groundlings Theatre itself! Based entirely on audience suggestions, the comic daredevils invent custom-made satire and song. Each week features a new surprise guest.

Karen Knotts, Daughter of Don Knotts, in Tied Up in Knotts

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: FREE - $6.00*
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Don Knotts's daughter Karen Knotts is back in her hit show Tied Up In Knotts. Karen shares life, love, a nervous breakdown and growing up with a famous father. In this one-woman show, Karen talks about herself so candidly that you can't tell if she is the most vulnerable woman in the world or the most psychotically well defended.

Live From Hollywood, It's Saturday Night Live!

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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The Hollywood Fight Club presents a night of comedy skits from one of the longest running comedy shows of all time: Saturday Night Live. SNL has long been a place where sharp, fast and funny comedy has been the trademark. Now, Hollywood Fight Club performs some of the show's funniest skits, live and in person.

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

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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?

The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams: Three Recently Discovered One-Acts

The Coast Playhouse (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $29.99 Our Price: $10.00 - $15.00*
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The three plays being presented—Mister Paradise, The Palooka and And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens...—are from a collection of one-acts that were written over the course of Tennessee Williams's career, but published posthumously. He had a distinct talent for writing short plays, and these new discoveries include some of his most poignant and hilarious characters.

Baggage Claim, Story of a Man Wrestling with His Past, at Hudson Guild Theatre

Hudson Guild Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $24.00 - $28.00 Our Price: $12.00 - $14.00*
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Filled with humor and drama, Baggage Claim is the journey of one man's struggle to overcome the anger and bitterness of his past to hopefully find a place of peace and forgiveness. He learns that with the help of "family," anything is possible.

Running from the Paparazzi - A Running Tour of Beverly Hills

Off 'N Running Tours, Beverly Gardens meeting spot (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 1:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 9:00am
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.

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

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

Comedy Herpes Tonight! from The Immediate Theater

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The Immediate Theater presents Herpes Tonight! at the Lounge Theatre, a compelling comedy about — you guessed it — herpes. From understanding medical jargon to disclosing the disease to your current date, Herpes Tonight! keeps it simplex with this crash course in all things herpes.

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

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

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

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

The Blowin of Baile Gall: Lyric Theatre Presents Powerful Irish Drama About Intolerance

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

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

Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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?

Songs From An Unmade Bed, An Urban Romantic Musical at Celebration Theatre

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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One lyricist and 18 composers join forces to create a unique music/theatre event in Songs From An Unmade Bed, a solo work that propels a smart, resilient, wry, and ultimately romantic gay New Yorker through the heartaches and triumphs of love in the big city.

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at the Odyssey Theatre

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $35.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Cartoonist, musician, poet, Grammy-winning songwriter, screenwriter and author of children's books, Silverstein was truly a renaissance sort of chap. Take a ride into this eclectic evening of comedy, song and risqué, often wacky, satire that so uncannily pinpoints the poignancy, absurdity and delightful comedy that is American life. Director Dan Bonnell puts it all together in an original and highly theatrical new mix of that which was Silverstein.

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

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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The Hayworth presents Adam Baum & the Jew Movie, an acclaimed new comedy directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Mazursky (Harry and Tonto) and starring Richard Kind (Spin City, Mad About You), Nicholas Brendan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Gregory Mikurak (CSI: Miami). With wit and wisdom, playwright Daniel Goldfarb takes an insightful look into the heart and mind of a Jewish immigrant who has made something of himself in post-war United States.

Art & Music: TAIKOPROJECT — Taiko Drumming, Music and Hip-Hop Dance

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Bing Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $27.00 Our Price: $13.50*
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Balancing the traditions of taiko with a contemporary edge, the award-winning TAIKOPROJECT performs selections from their re(g)eneration multimedia show in celebration of the exhibition "The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art, 1615-1868, from the Price Collection." The show seamlessly blends taiko with storytelling, music, hip-hop choreography, multimedia and dance.

La Rondine: Los Angeles Opera Presents Puccini's Tragic Love Story

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $70.00 - $170.00 Our Price: $35.00 - $85.00*
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The Los Angeles Opera presents Puccini's La Rondine. It's the story of Magda, a worldly Parisian courtesan who runs off with the handsome young Ruggero, upsetting her wealthy suitor Rambaldo. This rarely-performed gem features some of Puccini's most beautiful melodies. Patricia Racette stars as Magda, with Marcus Haddock in the role of Ruggero.

Recent Spanish Cinema Opening Night: La Soledad (Solitary Fragments)

Egyptian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Winner of three Goya Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best New Actor, the Spanish film La Soledad (Solitary Fragments) follows the lives of two women, Adela, a single mother with an infant son and widow Antonia, the mother of three daughters. Their lives change unalterably in the wake of the Madrid terrorist bombings.

Talk Radio: Eric Bogosian's Intense, Funny Play at MET Theatre

The MET Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The MET Theatre presents Talk Radio. Eric Bogosian's play follows abrasive, egotistical radio-show host Barry Champlain, whose edgy, argumentative style has earned him national syndication. This passionate, funny, sharply-written drama was credited by many with foreshadowing the talk radio boom of the 1990s.

Kingdom Come: The Fall of the Inca Empire, Presented by Unknown Theater

Unknown Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $24.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Meet the survivors of 3,000 years of human tragedy and perseverance. Watch as they stumble upon the story of the fall of the Inca Empire, and discover with them the healing power of this ancient culture. The undaunted spirit of the Inca people survives in the voices of the people who continue to tell their story.

Kimberly Akimbo, Satirical Dark Comedy by a Pulitzer-Winning Playwright

Pico Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, Kimberly Akimbo is a hilarious and unique comedy with a dark edge. It tells the story of Kimberly, an ordinary 16-year-old girl with an extraordinary disease, causing her body to age four times faster than normal. The New York Times called this off-Broadway hit "the comedy of the year."

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 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, Jun. 13 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!

The Groundlings' Main Sketch Show: Groundlings, Your Body and You

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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, Jun. 13 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.

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Nick Mancini)
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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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.

Harlem's Night: A Cabaret Story, Featuring the Brown Betties

The Mint (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Harlem's Night Cabaret, starring the Brown Betties and Joe, and featuring the Brown Sugar band, is back for yet another night of sassy, sultry, sophisticated enticement. Harlem's Night is a bedtime story about a lonely woman looking for love in all the wrong places. Told through the perspectives of Love (Christy Gamble), Hate (Keena Ferguson), Want (Danielle Lewis) and Need (Peppur Chambers), Harlem's Night will sizzle your senses with singing, dancing and acting.

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

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 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.

A Very Brady Musical at Theatre West

Theatre West (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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From executive producer Sherwood Schwartz, creator of The Brady Bunch, comes a musical about America's famous retro family—A Very Brady Musical, at Theatre West. Simultaneously paying tribute to and subverting the original series, the musical depicts the six Brady children desperately trying to earn money to pay for marriage counseling after a misunderstanding leads them to think their parents' marriage is in trouble.

One Night Stands - A Hysterical New Comedy

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The audience is a fly on the 4th wall as several couples relate to one another before and after they have sex for the first and last time in this hysterical new comedy. One Night Stands - The Sex Comedies is The Vagina Monologues of one-night stands.

Drama Lady from the Road Theatre Company

Road Theatre @ Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Jun. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Jun. 13 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?

Comic Thriller Gift of Murder at the Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage (Long Beach, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

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

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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 essence of his time (Russia, 1917-1940). Movement, image, voice, satire, surrealism and song combine to present a quilt-like unfolding of Bulgakov's story, inviting the audience to enter a mutual search for revelation.

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club at the Wilshire Grand Hotel Presents All-Star Comedians

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm (Lou Santini)
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm (Michael Colyar)
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 10:00pm (Michael Colyar)
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.00*
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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club features some of the hottest names in comedy, performing at their new home in the Wilshire Grand Hotel. Comedians from Saturday Night Live, Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show and much more are on the bill. Check the listing below for details on who's appearing.

Dark Comedy Blue Night in the Heart of the West from Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Andrew Lewis MacAlpine, the last of his clan, leaves Scotland for the "Land of Liberty." A fresh start in a new country with little history and a bright future is what he's looking for, but his dream is not to be. Blue Night in the Heart of the West is a stunningly dark and comic spectacle.

Agatha Christie's Comical Murder-Mystery A Murder is Announced

Westchester Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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The Kentwood Players presents Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced at the Westchester Playhouse, a comical mystery with many twists and turns. In true Agatha Christie style, this classic whodunit has many suspects, each with their own motive, and the inimitable detective Miss Marple. This is not your ordinary open-and-shut case — see if you can figure out whodunit.

Los Angeles Premiere of Compleat Female Stage Beauty from Rogue Machine

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

International Gem and Jewelry Show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ Noon - 6:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 10:00am - 6:00pm
Full Price: $7.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The acclaimed International Gem and Jewelry Show presents the most dazzling display of gems, jewelry, beads, accessories and minerals ever seen under one roof. The huge selection, along with special show pricing direct from worldwide designers and manufacturers, make this show a must for gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike.

Any Number Can Die, a Lively Mystery Spoof

The Center Theatre (Whittier) (Whittier, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Any Number Can Die is a hilarious take-off on the mystery plays of the late Twenties, complete with sliding panels, robed figures, wills read at midnight, etc. Four ingenious murders take place in an island mansion as a pair of elderly detectives set to work on their first case. The ever-popular storm, the unexpected guests, the cryptic poem and the missing fortune all add to the intricate and inventive mystery.

Romantic Comedy Teen Girl at the Zephyr Theatre

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 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.

My Old Friends, a Tony-nominated West Coast Premiere Musical

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Full Price: $34.00 Our Price: $17.00*
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Victory Theatre Center presents the West Coast premiere of the Tony nominated musical My Old Friends. At the Golden Years retirement hotel, there's a mixed bag of guests, a little romance, plenty of time for song, a little dancing and lots of jokes.

I'm Just Wild About Harry - A World Premiere Old-Fashioned Musical Comedy

Crown City Theatre @ St. Matthew's Church (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Crown City Theatre Company presents I'm Just Wild About Harry, a world premiere old-fashioned musical comedy for the whole family, featuring songs from the early 1900s. The show is based on a 19th century farce. It was hilarious as a play, and even more fun as a musical.

Avenue Q Tony-Winning Author Jeff Whitty's The Hiding Place

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Set in the mid-'90s in New York City, The Hiding Place concerns Karl, a popular but unsatisfied novelist, and Myra, a struggling playwright/waitress new to the city. The two meet and embark upon a letter-writing affair with notes left hidden for each other in a secret spot on a busy street. A physical affair begins, ultimately leading to passion and pain.

Brand New Short Musicals: The 10's - A Festival of Ten Minute Musicals

Secret Rose Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Fire Rose Productions presents The 10's - A Festival of Ten Minute Musicals at the Secret Rose Theatre. This is an evening of five brand new 10-minute musicals, staged as part of the Festival of New American Musicals.

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream from Hollywood Fight Club

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jun. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jun. 14 2008 @ 3:00pm
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