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The Week of August 4th For Los Angeles, CA 90013

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

Mayflower Ballroom (Inglewood, CA)
Monday, Aug. 4 2008 @ 6:30pm (plus classes on 8/11, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8, 9/15)
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 Swing Hustle, Rumba and Salsa 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.

Comedy Claire & Josh Hate Themselves but Love Each Other

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Aug. 4 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Claire & Josh Hate Themselves but Love Each Other is a tea-party/love comedy where the bizarre and the mundane intertwine. Two young people struggle to connect amidst a pile of dirty laundry neuroses, self-help telemarketing, competitive kiss blowing, bad dates, non-sex tapes and middle school slow dancing. Starring Los Angeles-area comedians Josh Fadem and Claire Titelman.

Countrywide Classic Men's Tennis: Roddick, Safin, More

Los Angeles Tennis Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Aug. 4 2008 @ Noon (Round 1)
Monday, Aug. 4 2008 @ 7:30pm (Round 1)
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $15.00 - $30.00*
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The Los Angeles Tennis Center hosts the 82nd annual Countrywide Classic. Some of the biggest names in men's tennis are scheduled to compete in this historic event, including Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Carlos Moya, Mardy Fish, and Tommy Haas. The second-round sessions also feature exhibitions between legendary players such as John McEnroe, Jim Courier, and Mats Wilander.

Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Monday, Aug. 4 2008 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Lost in Yonkers, like many of Neil Simon's plays, draws on his experiences growing up in New York City. Considered by many critics as Simon's best work and the pinnacle of his career, it's the winner of nine Tony and Drama Desk Awards and his first play to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Aug. 6 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.

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

Felicia Mahood Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 6:30pm (plus classes on 8/12, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16)
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 Swing Hustle, Rumba and Salsa dancing. Your purchase includes the full course of six lessons at the Felicia Mahood Center.

The Chicago Show: Comedy Showcase at the World-Famous Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $14.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The Hollywood Improv presents The Chicago Show, a showcase of top up-and-coming talent from the Windy City's comedy scene. Featured performers include TJ Miller of Cloverfield and Carpoolers, MADtv's newest cast member Matt Braunger, Renee Gauthier, and three funny guys named Mike: Mike Bridenstine, Mike Burns, and Mike Holmes.

Social Satirist Emily Levine's Five Easy Steps to Metaphysical Fitness!

Steinway Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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Hailed early in her career by Newsweek as "one of the new queens of comedy," Harvard-educated brainiac comedian Emily Levine has long mined the interface of science and society for comedic gold. Her one-woman show takes a wild, hilarious ride through the paradigm shift—from Newton's rational, predictable law-and-orderly universe to the wildly improvisational universe of quantum physics, chaos theory and complexity theory.

Los Angeles Philharmonic: Nothing But Beethoven at the Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Enjoy an evening outdoors at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Christian Zacharias conducts the orchestra in three of Beethoven's best-loved works: the Symphony no. 6 ("Pastoral"), Piano Concerto no. 1, and Coriolan Overture. Zacharias, an acclaimed pianist, will lead the Philharmonic while playing the piano in the Concerto.

The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, A Flock of Seagulls and Naked Eyes In Concert

Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Citywalk (Universal City, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 7:45pm
Tuesday, Aug. 5 2008 @ 7:45pm
Full Price: $49.50 Our Price: $15.30*
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The Regeneration Tour features top '80s bands live in concert. The lineup includes The Human League ("Open Your Heart," "Don't You Want Me"), former lead vocalist of the Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle ("Heaven is a place on Earth), ABC ("Poison Arrow," "The Look of Love"), A Flock of Seagulls ("I Ran [So Far Away]," "Wishing [If I Had a Photograph of You]") and Naked Eyes ("Always Something There to Remind Me," "Promises, Promises").

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 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, Aug. 6 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Friday, Aug. 8 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).

Jazz Greats at Catalina Bar and Grill

Catalina Bar and Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm (Isaac Evans)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 10:00pm (Hugh Masekela)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $18.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $9.00 - $20.00*
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This supper club hosts great live jazz in a setting with Old World charm. Catalina has lived up to its slogan "Nothing But the Best in Jazz" by presenting a veritable Who's Who of jazz legends such as Dizzie Gillespie, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, Joe Williams, Max Roach, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Benny Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman and many more.

Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruise Around Marina del Rey

Hornblower Cruises and Events (Marina del Rey, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 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.

Gays R Us: Stand-Up Comedy at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $13.00 - $14.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.00*
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Erin Foley, Jason Dudey, and Jennie McNulty bring you the best gay comedy show on Melrose Ave between Crescent Heights and Harper. Gay, Straight, Bi or simply mysterious, you're going to love these comics' takes on life. Featuring comics seen on Comedy Central, Letterman, MTV and the Logo Channel.

Happy Hour: Two Veteran Comics' One-Man Shows at the Fake Gallery

Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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The Fake Gallery hosts Happy Hour, a pair of nationally-acclaimed one-man shows by veteran comics. Jim DeCroteau presents The Bar Guy, in which he portrays an opinionated tavern-dweller; it recently had a successful run in Boston. The other show, Just Add Waterman, chronicles David Waterman's transformation from drug addiction to a life as a drug abuse prevention counselor.

Lerner & Loewe's Musical Brigadoon at Glendale Centre Theatre

Glendale Centre Theatre (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.50 - $25.50 Our Price: $11.25 - $12.75*
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Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon is the classic Scottish fantasy about a town that disappears into the Highland mist and returns for only one day every 100 years. The memorable score includes such classics as "Almost Like Being in Love," "The Heather on the Hill" and "Come to Me, Bend to Me."

Pen: West Coast Premiere of Psychological Drama at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $11.00*
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Theatre 40 presents Pen, the story of a son who is desperate to escape from a life controlled by his needy, wheelchair-bound mother. Blending cutting one-liners, emotional impact, and a fantastical twist, Pen is an absorbing night of theatre. Playwright David Marshall Grant found fame as an actor in Tony Kushner's Angels in America; his writing debut Snakebit earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Relationship Drama Plastic Crystal at Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 6 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Twenty-eight-year-old textile salesman Michael Miller is suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and his struggle with anxiety begins to wreak havoc between him and his fiancée. When he has a fateful encounter with an unhappily married woman, a life-altering affair ensues.

Janet Klein and Her Parlour Boys at the Steve Allen Theatre

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $17.00 Our Price: $8.50*
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Come down for an amazing night of obscure, naughty and lovely tunes from the 1910s, 1920s and the 1930s. Janet and her band members, The Parlor Boys will treat you to spirited and inspired renditions of Tin Pan Alley, early hot jazz, vaudeville, Yiddish novelty numbers, ragtime and other lovable, rare and rustic tunes.

Slanted Comedy with Edwin San Juan at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $14.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.00*
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Slanted Comedy Nite is the Yin Yang Comedy Slanted Comedy Nite is the Yin Yang Comedy Thang hosted by Edwin San Juan, featuring funny comedians with slanted eyes. Popular Filipino comic Edwin San Juan has appeared on NBC, PAX, and Showtime, and is the only non-latino comedian appearing on the Latino Comedy FiestaPlatinum DVD series.

The Groundlings' Improv Show: Cookin' With Gas

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 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.

Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, Based on the Myths of Ovid

Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The stories in Metamorphoses are full of comedy, tragedy, pathos, laughter, tears, passion, violence, grief, regret and redemption. An ethnically diverse cast of men and women showcase the universal struggles of love and loss as characters such as Midas, Eros, Bacchus, Zeus, Aphrodite, Ceres and Psyche.

Garage Rock Musical The Next Big Thing

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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It's 1983, and Chip and his budding garage band are looking for the new sound—much to the dismay of Chip's mom, a singer-songwriter from the '60s with a checkered past and a belief that good music is more than a simple hook. Music by members of rock band Breech, winner of the DIY Album of the Year with its release, "Apron Strings," and nominee for "Best Indie Band" by the OC Weekly.

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

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 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.

Shakespeare's Romantic A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $28.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $14.00*
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In a place of enchantment inhabited by lovers both fairy and human, three worlds collide: the unrequited loves of Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia and Helena; a rehearsal of the Pyramus and Thisby legend by a group of Rustics; and the domestic troubles in the land of the fairies.

Egyptian Belly Dance Classes at SalsaBox Studios

The SalsaBox Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 7:00pm (8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18
Full Price: $80.00 - $105.00 Our Price: $40.00 - $52.50*
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Learn Egyptian belly dance technique with Rosalba Jasso and put what you learn into fun and sensual dance combinations. This exotic dance form will work your core, improve muscle tone and give you a great cardio workout! This is an eight-week class with all sessions included.

Capsized Flotsam, a Gay Edwardian Comedy

Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $22.00 Our Price: FREE - $11.00*
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If Oscar Wilde were alive today...well, he would be really, really old! But he would also be writing plays like Capsized Flotsam, a new comedy receiving its West Coast premiere at the Ark this summer. Local L.A. playwright Donaco Smyth meshes the wit of Wilde with the fantastic worlds of H.G. Wells, then throws in some of the outlandish zaniness of Monty Python for good measure.

Award-Winning Play Desert Sunrise

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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The critically-acclaimed play Desert Sunrise, by Israeli Army veteran Misha Shulman, will have its West Coast premiere at The Lillian Theatre. Desert Sunrise begins with a chance encounter between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian shepherd seeking refuge in the West Bank. They meet warily, quarreling, laughing, fighting their way to a place of mutual acceptance. Just when it seems they have forged a bond, the Palestinian's girlfriend abruptly alters their trajectory.

Rose: A Journey Through 20th-Century Jewish Life, at the Odyssey Theatre

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $45.00 Our Price: FREE - $22.50*
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This one-woman play starring Naomi Newmann takes the audience on a restless journey through 20th-century Jewish life: from a Ukrainian shtetl to the Warsaw ghetto to Atlantic City and Miami, with side trips to a hippie commune in Connecticut and an Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

West Coast Premiere of Brett Neveu's American Dead

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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American Dead is an elegiac rendering of the death of another American small town. The story is deceptively simple, often humorous. As a man grieves for his murdered sister his town continues wasting away, having been blighted by the closing of industry, the death of the family farm and the prevalence of methamphetamine.

Powerful New Drama Body Politic from Echo Theater Company

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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The Echo Theater Company presents Body Politic, a new play by acclaimed playwright Jessica Goldberg. It's the story of a screenwriter trying to access Ward 57 of Walter Reed Hospital, where soldiers who have suffered cataclysmic injuries in Iraq recover, but she is refused by an Army captain. What occurs between them is the surprising and poignant story of what can happen when people with deep commitments and beliefs come to recognize each other's humanity.

Great Expectations: A New Musical Based on Dickens' Classic Novel

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00 Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
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Following a successful run at the Hudson Theatre, this new musical version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations moves to the Odyssey Theatre for an extended run. The rich score brings to life the story of young Pip and his journey of obsession, disillusionment, and redemption. The show was a Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice" and a LA Weekly "Theatre Pick of the Week".

Los Angeles Philharmonic Plays Bizet, Ravel at the Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents French Masters, a program featuring Bizet's Symphony in C, plus two works by Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales and Pavane for a Dead Princess. The program also includes Boccherini's Cello Concerto No. 6. Christian Zacharias conducts.

Campy Comedy 7 Redneck Cheerleaders from Elephant Stage Works

Elephant Space Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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7 Redneck Cheerleaders is a comedy about a first-time playwright and seven L.A. actors, telling the story of a boy who is willing to be a cheerleader for love - 8x10's, pom-poms and rifles.

Arthur Miller's Detective Drama Some Kind of Love Story

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Tom, a hard-boiled private eye, finds himself torn between his love for Angela and his need to solve a murder case that has occupied him for years. Finding herself in the middle of police corruption, Angela struggles through the haze of schizophrenia to reveal the truth and save Tom's life.

Molly Sims (Las Vegas) Hosts the Friends of El Faro Benefit: Live Music, Drinks and More

Boulevard 3 (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $100.00 Our Price: $50.00*
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Molly Sims (Las Vegas) hosts the 5th Annual Friends of El Faro event benefiting the children of Tijuana Casa Hogar Sion orphanage, featuring special live musical performances by Quarter After, Lili Haydn and more. The evening will include an intimate cocktail reception, delectable hors d'oeuvres and specialty cocktails.

Comedian Arj Barker (Flight of the Conchords) at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $3.00 - $10.00*
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Comedian Arj Barker's career received a boost recently, when he was cast in the role of "Dave" on HBO's hit Flight of the Conchords. He's also the co-creator of the off-Broadway hit The Marijuana-Logues, and his stand-up appearances include Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 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!

Slideshow: In Color! — A One-of-a-Kind Journey Back in Time

Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm (Dirty Little Secrets)
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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One of the most unique shows in L.A. runs monthly at the Fake—but this ain't your mama's slideshow! Eight rotating comedians, singers, storytellers and celebrities describe their own personal journeys—from the good to the bad to the ugly—with the actual slides to prove it. Honesty rules at Slideshow, so buckle up and enjoy the ride; this show is not for the faint of heart!

The Groundlings' Main Sketch Show: Groundlings Special Lady Friend

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 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 Special Lady Friend. This is the company's latest collection of improvisational and scripted sketches, from L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy.

Short-Form Comedy and Musical Improv with Stranger than Fiction

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 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.

Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 9:30pm (Alan Broadbent Trio)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 9:30pm (Poncho Sanchez)
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!

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

Promenade Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $6.00*
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In the heart of the world-famous 3rd Street Promenade in beautiful, balmy Santa Monica is a great night of comedy, every Friday and Saturday! With comedians seen on Letterman, Leno, Comedy Central and HBO, the Promenade Playhouse delivers serious laughs from great comics!

Pasadena Jazz: Live Music from Jazz Greats and Hot Newcomers

Pasadena Jazz Institute (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (Robby Marshall and Brian Friedland)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm-11:00pm (TBA)
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.

A Very Brady Musical at Theatre West

Theatre West (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 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.

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

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 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?

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

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm (Shawn Pelofsky, Vicki Barbolak)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm (Shawn Pelofsky, Vicki Barbolak)
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 10:00pm (Shawn Pelofsky, Vicki Barbolak)
Full Price: $20.00 - $40.00 Our Price: FREE - $20.00*
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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.

Southwest Chamber Music Summer Festival Outdoors at the Huntington

The Huntington Library (San Marino, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $38.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $19.00*
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The Grammy Award-winning ensemble Southwest Chamber Music presents their 2008 Summer Festival at the Huntington. The series will feature works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Friedrich Abel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joan Huang, Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Phúc Linh, Johannes Brahms, Darius Milhaud, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Samuel Barber and Leos Janacek.

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

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
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.

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

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Aug. 7 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 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.

Unbeatable Harold, A Romantic Adventure, at Ruskin Group Theatre Company

Ruskin Group Theatre (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
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Nothing is impossible in the heart of an artist, or for those who dare to dream...BIG. When a man's passion pushes him to venture into unfamiliar commitments, anything can happen. When he falls for a beautiful girl who seems to miss some of the splendor of life's bigger possibilities, there is so much to be explored.

Stephen Sondheim's Assassins: West Coast Ensemble Presents Darkly Humorous Musical

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $34.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $17.00*
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West Coast Ensemble presents Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's bold, surreal and darkly humorous musical Assassins. This controversial, Tony Award-winning show is a musical exploration of nine individuals who assassinated or attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald.

Award-Winning Play The Accomplices at the Fountain Theatre

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $15.00*
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What the U.S. government and American Jews did — and didn't — do to help Jews fleeing the Nazis is the subject of The Accomplices by former New York Times political reporter Bernard Weinraub. Deborah LaVine directs the West Coast premiere of the New York Drama Desk-nominated play that is based on the true story of Jewish activist Hillel Kook (aka Peter Bergson).

The Last Five Years: A Musical Love Story, Frontwards and Backwards

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: $17.50*

This contemporary song-cycle musical chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to breakup....or from breakup to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs for a New World), the show is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress, told from both points of view.

Rabbit Hole: 2007 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Presented By Camelot Artists Productions

Skylight Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole tells the story of Becca and Howie, a married couple with a secret grief - eight months earlier, their 4-year-old son Danny was killed by a car. Since Danny's death, Becca looks for ways to move on from the tragedy but finds her methods don't align with Howie's. The play has won many awards, including the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The Lion in Winter: Kentwood Players Present Classic Tale of Medieval Plotting

Westchester Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: $9.00*
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The Kentwood Players present James Goldman's The Lion in Winter. It's the story of King Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, known for their acrimonious relationship. The King and Queen's battle to determine the royal succession is marked by treachery, scandal, and some of the sharpest dialogue ever seen on stage. The classic 1968 film version starred Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.

Sketch Comedy and Music in Bar Tricks and Other Human Feats

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 10:30pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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From Todd Milliner and Rob Mello, the creators of 1985, Id Napped! and Milk Cartons comes a brand-new sketch comedy experience. Bar Tricks and Other Human Feats is a witty and fast-paced hour of comedy and music centered around finding a new perspective on life, love and everything in between.

Shakespeare's Hamlet, Reimagined by Gangbusters Theatre Company

Little Victory Theatre (at the Victory Theatre Center) (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Departing from their usual practice of presenting 20th century classics with their original speed and violence, the Gangbusters Theatre Company is delving into Shakespeare's most famous play. The director, who is new to the company, is maintaining a respectful faithfulness to the Bard's text, while taking a startling approach to the material.

Comedy of Manners The School for Scandal at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: $14.00*
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sparkling comedy of manners may have been written in the 18th century, but its comic look at human frailty and hypocrisy is as scathing and hilarious today as it was back then. Brimming with witty dialogue, mistaken identities, supposed infidelity, eavesdropping and scandal, both real and invented, The School for Scandal is a madcap and delightfully catty romp.

Marriage on the Rocks in Refuge from the Storm at Actors Group Theatre

Actors Group Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $18.00 Our Price: FREE - $9.00*
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A tavern serves as refuge from a fierce storm for Tom and Doris, whose marriage is in a crisis. As the raging storm forces others into the tavern, they become players in the couple's drama. Can their marriage survive all the ghosts in their closet?

Macbeth - Shakespeare's Tragedy As You've Never Seen It Before

Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Porters of Hellsgate are proud to continue their second season with William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Set within a representational, ever-shifting gothic fever dream, the events of the classic tragedy unfold with a visceral dread and nightmarish immediacy while traversing the path toward a poignant, bittersweet, inevitable conclusion.

The Comedy of Errors: Shakespeare's Uproarious Classic, Set in 1960s Venice Beach

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, based on an ancient Roman play, is the western world's prototypical sitcom, replete with lies, mistaken identities, and infidelities. Open Fist Theatre Company's brand new adaptation is set in Venice Beach in the 1960s, and its mayhem is the perfect cure for the summertime blues. Ron West directs.

The MisMatch Game: Camp Version of Classsic Game Show

Renberg Theatre at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center presents the return of their cult-favorite show The MisMatch Game. A camp take on classic game show Match Game, the show features top local performers and comedians impersonating the show's regular panelists (including Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly). Local radio host Dennis Hensley portrays host Gene Rayburn in this wacky, spontaneous show.

Suddenly Last Summer: Lodestone Theatre Ensemble Presents Tennessee Williams Drama

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, the pioneering Asian-American theater company, presents a production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. The Asian-American cast brings a unique spin to Williams' story of Sebastian Venable's mother and sister, who are forced to come to terms with the horrifying secret underlying his death.

George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Chandler Studio Theatre

The Chandler Studio Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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The Production Company presents Mrs. Warren's Profession, George Bernard Shaw's controversial comedy. The story of a young woman who discovers that her mother's success is due to her ownership of a chain of brothels, Shaw's daring attack on social hypocrisy was banned in the US and Britain for many years after its debut. Gillian Doyle, Joanna Strapp and Jeremy Lelliott star.

Attic Theatre Ensemble's 17th Annual Denise Ragan Wiesenmeyer One Act Marathon

The Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Attic Theatre Ensemble presents their 17th Annual Denise Ragan Wiesenmeyer One Act Marathon. It's an evening of four new one-act plays, which the theater has carefully selected from hundreds of submissions. The evening includes Ron Fromstein's compelling one-man piece Black and Blue; Tom Sime's Ex's Exes; Kasey Wilson's Marked For Love, a film noir parody; and Donald Steele's poignant Misconceptions.

Pleiades, a Cluster of Work Created within Seven Days by Seven Progressive Dancemakers

Highways Performance Space and Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 8:30pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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As part of Sweat! — Highways Performance Space's 1st annual festival of new dance by emerging choreographers — artist and curator Flora Wiegmann and her select group from New York and Los Angeles present Pleiades. Highways will host this part commune, part collective for seven working days in which the group will create brand new material within a shared space.

One Woman's Comedic Quest for Greatness in Saint Alice of Chattahoochee

The Cavern Club Theatre (at Casita Del Campo) (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 8 2008 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 9 2008 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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