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Once On This Island, A Caribbean Musical Fable from Reprise Theatre Company

UCLA Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Sep. 2 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 5 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $60.00 - $75.00 Our Price: $30.00 - $37.50*
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From the musical team that created Ragtime and Seussical comes this jubilant Caribbean fantasy in which a young girl must prove to the mythical gods of her island that the power of love is stronger than death. This colorful production features Grammy nominee Ledisi.

Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings, Starring Betty Garrett, at Theatre West

Theatre West (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 19 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 Our Price: $11.00*
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Noel Coward's affectionate tribute to theater is set in a retirement home for actresses, all former stars. Jealousies abound, especially between Lotta and May who once both loved the same man. A tragedy brings them to their senses and a new solarium brings out everyone's good nature. The production stars Betty Garrett, best known to audiences from her long-running roles on All in the Family and Laverne and Shirley.

Abigail's Party, a Stage Comedy by Award-Winning Filmmaker Mike Leigh

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, Aug. 28 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a hilarious and dark comedy from the director of the acclaimed films Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy. A frantic hostess forces food and cigarettes on her guests in an attempt to disguise both the failure of her party and of her marriage.

Ben Vereen: Up Close and Musical - An Evening with the Showbiz Legend

UCLA Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Sep. 8 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $75.00 Our Price: $37.50*
Rated: No ratings yet

Tony Award winner Ben Vereen (Pippin) sits down with award-winning playwright and director Charles Randolph Wright (Blue, Cuttin' Up) for a candid conversation about Vereen's extraordinary stage and screen career. Following the conversation, the audience will get a chance to speak with Vereen in a question-and-answer session. There will also be special musical guests performing songs from his most memorable roles.

Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare's Beloved Romantic Tragedy

The Colony Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, Sep. 25 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Shakespeare at Play presents Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers. Arguably Shakespeare's most famous play, Romeo & Juliet is an unforgettable tale of tragedy and romance. The unshakable love of Romeo and Juliet defies the hatred that divides their two families, driving them inexorably toward a tragic end.

Bouncers, a Play about the Nightclub Scene, at The Lost Studio

The Lost Studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Experience night life vicariously through the disco club tough guys of Bouncers. Gritty, feisty, dark and fun, Bouncers is as relevant and poignant in Hollywood today as it was in Edinburgh when first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1984. Five actors not only portray the Bouncers of a Yorkshire, England disco club, but the disco's patrons, both male and female, as well.

World Premiere Musical Little Green Men from Kentwood Players

Westchester Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 14 @ 2:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Little Green Men is a fun-filled, nostalgic comedy for the whole family, written in the toe-tapping style of the classic MGM musicals, with plenty of singing and dancing. Things are spooky enough for the group trapped overnight at Camp Gitchiegoomie, a wilderness retreat in New Jersey. But when someone tunes the radio to Orson Welles' infamous War of the Worlds broadcast, the excitement really begins.

Vanities: Comic Coming-of-Age Musical at Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $48.00 - $66.00 Our Price: $24.00 - $33.00*
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Pasadena Playhouse presents Vanities. Chronicling the comic journey of three vivacious Texas teens from cheerleaders to sorority sisters to housewives, liberated women and beyond, this musical evokes the turbulent, exciting era of the 1960s and '70s. David Kirshenbaum's tuneful score complements Jack Heifner's hilarious adaptation of his long-running off-Broadway smash.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Theatre for Kids

The Bubble Gum Playhouse at the Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:00am
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 10:00am
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: FREE - $6.00*

The Bubble Gum Playhouse presents live theatre specially tailored for children. In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks leads three bears on a merry chase until the bears catch her....or....him? It's a Fractured Fairytales for all ages!

Romantic Comedy Lovers and Other Strangers from 68 Cent Crew

Theatre 68 (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Lovers and Other Strangers is a charming comedy set in 1968 that examines the impact of the women's movement and explores the era's emerging views on marriage, work, family and divorce. The production stars Robert Costanzo (Dog Day Afternoon, Die Hard II, Total Recall and City Slickers).

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $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".

Respect: The Girl Em-Powered Musical — Lives of Women Told in Top 40 Songs

El Portal Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 3:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00 Our Price: $20.00*
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Respect: The Girl Em-Powered Musical is a funny, exuberant look at the lives of women as told through your favorite Top 40 songs. From "Someone to Watch Over Me" to "I Will Survive!" to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," this is girl power at its most triumphant. If you liked Beehive and The Wonderettes, you'll love Respect!

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

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $34.00 Our Price: $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.

Bury The Dead: The Actors' Gang Presents Irwin Shaw's Classic Anti-War Drama

Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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The Actors' Gang presents a production of Irwin Shaw's Bury The Dead. This classic anti-war drama, which premiered in 1936, tells the story of six soldiers who rise from the dead, refusing to be buried until they can tell the world about the brutality of war.

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

Skylight Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
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.

Educating Rita: Colony Theatre Company Presents Poignant Comedy

The Colony Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 2:00pm
Friday, Aug. 29 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $37.00 Our Price: $18.50*
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The Colony Theatre Company presents Willy Russell's Educating Rita. The story of a disillusioned, alcoholic teacher whose interest in education is reawakened, then called into question, by a young student, the play has been widely popular since its premiere, and inspired a 1983 film starring Michael Caine. This production marks the US premiere of a newly revised script by Russell.

Lerner & Loewe's Musical Brigadoon at Glendale Centre Theatre

Glendale Centre Theatre (Glendale, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug. 28 @ 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."

Live Radio Drama Captured Aural Phantasy Theater

The Alexandria Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 29 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Captured Aural Phantasy Theater combines the art and drama of a vintage radio program with the live entertainment of a vaudeville show. Golden and Silver Age comic book tales filled with horror, shock and suspense are performed in the style of a live radio drama and accompanied by sound effects, projected art, musical interludes, prizes and more.

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

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 7:00pm
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.

The Jim Henson Company's Puppet Up! - Uncensored

Avalon Hollywood (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*

Puppet Up! - Uncensored is a demonstration of what happens when the perilous and provocative forms of traditional comedic improvisation are mixed with a bunch of puppets. With a motley group of characters brought to life by the world renowned puppeteers of The Jim Henson Company, this is not your average night at the improv and it is definitely not for children.

Ragtime - The Tony Award-Winning Musical - From Musical Theatre of L.A.

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 8:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: $17.50*
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Ragtime paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.

Sissystrata: Gay Adaptation of Aristophanes' Greek Comedy

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm (Opening Night)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 21 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $20.00*
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Celebration Theatre presents Allain Rochel's Sissystrata. Based on Aristophanes' classic Greek satire Lysistrata, the play is set in West Hollywood's gay community in the year 2013. When all the 'tops' decide to join the military, the 'bottoms' come up with a risque plan to bring an end to war.

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

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 13 more dates.
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.

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

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 2:00pm
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.

Blood Brothers, a Musical Drama, at Whitefire Theatre

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 8:00pm (Opening Night)
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 3:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $50.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $25.00*
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Twin brothers, separated at birth, lie reunited in death at both the beginning and end of Blood Brothers. Who is responsible? There are many suspects: two women who strike a deal to trade in human life; a woman whose love for both men will drive a wedge between them; and an errant older brother whose trajectory towards crime seems inevitable.

Dark Fable The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch from Rogue Artists Ensemble

Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Based on the graphic novel by internationally acclaimed artists Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (creators of the Sandman comics and Henson Pictures' "MirrorMask") and adapted for the stage by Hyper-theater mavericks Rogue Artists Ensemble, Mr. Punch is a twisted tale of murder featuring a dizzying array of puppets, masks and sounds.

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

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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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.

Award-Winning Play Desert Sunrise

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $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.

Clue: Murder Mystery Based on the Board Game and Cult Film

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:30pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Six individuals, each with a hidden past, gather together to a Mansion on a special night with an old acquaintance. Little do they know that they are in fact in the middle of a blackmail scheme threatening each of their careers and social standing. A night of murder and mayhem ensues reminding each of them that in fact "Only the truth shall set you free."

West Coast Premiere of Brett Neveu's American Dead

Theatre/Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $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.

Campy Comedy 7 Redneck Cheerleaders from Elephant Stage Works

Elephant Space Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00 Our Price: $10.00 - $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.

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

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 6 @ 4:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 4:00pm
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.

Made Me Nuclear, Charlie Lustman's Pop Operetta about Surviving Cancer

Santa Monica Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Saturday, Sep. 6 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Made Me Nuclear, the pop music operetta from cancer survivor Charlie Lustman, blends humor and intimacy to tell a story that is both personal and universal. Television audiences will recognize him as the performer of the theme song on ABC's The Mike and Maty Show, but Lustman is perhaps best known for his role in reviving L.A.'s Silent Movie Theatre, the world's last remaining silent cinema.

Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Long Day's Journey into Night

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 5 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: $14.00*
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Eugene O'Neill's masterwork follows the Tyrone family on one fateful, heart-rending day in the summer of 1912. This prize-winning piece of writing seduces its' audience into the Tyrone families' web as they cling and spin together in a downward spiral of addiction and ignorant pursuit of hope.

deLEARious, a Shakespearean Musical Comedy, at Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 7:00pm
Friday, Aug. 29 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The authors of the award-winning The People vs. Friar Laurence: The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet have gotten together again to tell the story of Shakespeare, King Lear, King James and the Bible. Great songs, a clever story and talented actors all guarantee a wonderful evening of fun.

Comic Rock Musical It's the Housewives! at the Whitefire Theatre

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Sep. 5 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 3:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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Get ready for the Divas of Domesticity! Corinne Dekker, Jamey Hood and Jayme Lake star as The Housewives, three young homemakers who form a band for their PTA talent show, then go on to become bigger than Brillo with their hilarious brand of "domestic" rock 'n roll. The 19 hilarious songs include "In Sink and at Your Disposal," "Ironing Bored" and more.

French Fables for a Modern World in Fables du Theatre at Unknown Theater

Unknown Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 20 more dates.
Full Price: $24.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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Succubae, princesses and clowns collide in an entertaining feast for the senses. Fables du Theatre is an intoxicating adaptation of three classic French fables for a modern world. With a touch of Jean de la Fontaine and a pinch of Hermann Hesse, the cast weaves a magical night of s*x, death and clowns.

Pen: West Coast Premiere of Psychological Drama at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre (Beverly Hills, CA)
Monday, Aug. 25 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Aug. 26 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
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.

One Night Stands - A Hysterical New Comedy

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 11:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 7:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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.

The Pavilion: LA Premiere of Pulitzer, Drama Desk-Nominated Play

The Lyric Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 25 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The Lyric Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of The Pavilion. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a Drama Desk Award, it's the story of Peter, who returns to his high school reunion hoping to rekindle his love with Kari, the girl he left behind after an unexpected pregnancy. Playwright Craig Wright is also an accomplished TV writer, whose credits include Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money, and Lost.

Sona Tera Roman Hess, a World Premiere Drama

Lounge Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
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Named for its four main characters, Sona Tera Roman Hess probes the lives of a family struggling to reconstruct itself in the aftermath of a crushing infidelity. Set against a backdrop of impending war, the play juxtaposes the charged atmosphere of adultery and incest with circus cousins who bring music, magic and predictions of the future.

Shakespeare's Political Tragedy Macbeth at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 4:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 7:30pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $28.00 Our Price: $14.00*
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William Shakespeare's supernatural tragedy is also a brilliant political thriller about the rise and fall of a brave warrior who would be king at any price. Full of murder, treason, ambition and greed, Macbeth is a journey into the very heart of evil.

Inherit the Wind, One of the 20th Century's Greatest Plays

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 6:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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A classic courtroom drama that stands the test of time, Inherit the Wind puts on trial our perceptions of "right" and "wrong." Although the play is a fictional re-creation of the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 — in which a Tennessee high-school science teacher was tried for teaching evolution — it also fits into the ongoing battles of morality and belief systems we face today.

Murder Mystery The Sound of Murder at Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 18 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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A children's book writer who hates children pushes his trophy wife into the arms of another man, and the lovers plan his perfect murder. But what if things go horribly wrong? And what do the man's secretary and the police inspector investigating the crime really know? The Sound of Murder keeps everybody guessing until the last moment.

Hollywood Fight Club Presents Broadway...Sex, Lies & Murder

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 3:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Back by popular demand, the Hollywood Fight Club presents a sexy night of murder, madness and mayhem — with plenty of dancing and singing. Broadway...Sex, Lies & Murder is a compilation of some of the sexiest musical and dance scenes of our time. So lace up your corsets and fill your flasks for a trip back in time.

Arthur Miller's Detective Drama Some Kind of Love Story

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $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.

The Boychick Affair, An Interactive, Comedic Show a la Tony n' Tina's Wedding

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 3:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 14 @ 3:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $36.00 Our Price: $18.00*
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In the tradition of Tony n' Tina's Wedding and Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, this comedy gives new meaning to the phrase "dysfunctional family." The Boychick Affair is a hands-on show where audience members will mingle with the actors and enjoy a meal and dancing. From Harry Boychick's ceremony to the reception afterward, the play tells the story of 23 different characters dealing with contemporary issues in a funny way.

Musical Comedy Hello, Dolly! at Whittier Community Theatre

The Center Theatre (Whittier) (Whittier, CA)
Friday, Sep. 5 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 6 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Dolly Levi is a matchmaker with her hand in everyone's business. Today is her red letter day as she tries to smooth out the course of true love for a young couple, a shy store clerk—and one very busy matchmaker. Hello, Dolly! is filled with toe-tapping tunes like "Put on Your Sunday Clothes," the romantic ballad "It Only Takes a Moment," and, of course, the rousing title song.

Hilarious Comedy The Foreigner from ELATE

Lincoln Stegman Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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ELATE presents The Foreigner, a farce set at a Georgia fishing lodge that is visited by a British sergeant and his shy English friend, Charlie. The sergeant declares to all that Charlie is a foreigner and speaks no English (so he won't have to carry on conversations). It's what Charlie overhears, but shouldn't, that fuels the non-stop hilarity and sets up the wildly funny climax.

Relationship Drama Plastic Crystal at Open Fist Theatre

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 2:00pm
Wednesday, Aug. 27 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug. 28 @ 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.

Down the Rabbit Hole, Fairy Tale Musical with a Twist, at the Whitefire Theatre

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Straight from sold-out shows in NYC, Down the Rabbit Hole comes to L.A. This one-woman musical is based on the classic fairy tale characters but with an adult twist, starring pop star EJ. It will dazzle your senses, tickle your funny bone and touch your heart.

Racism, Deceit and Intrigue in Thriller The Girls of Summer

Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:30pm
Saturday, Aug. 30 @ 8:30pm
Saturday, Sep. 6 @ 8:30pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Layon Gray's The Girls of Summer won the 2006 NAACP Award for Best Play. In 1945 Chicago, the coach of an all-black female baseball team is found dead. Who did it? Racism, sexism, deceit, and betrayal are brought to light as this powerful drama unveils the hidden story beneath the surface.

Excuse for a Swordfight: Hollywood Satire at Miles Playhouse

Miles Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Excuse for a Swordfight, a new comedy by A.F. Cronin, makes its world premiere at Santa Monica's Miles Playhouse. It's the satirical story of four aspiring artists revising their screenplay — the story of an idealistic doctor — in an attempt to make it more marketable.

Wag the Dog, a Staged Reading of David Mamet's Screenplay

S. Mark Taper Amphitheatre at Coldwater Canyon Park (Beverly Hills, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
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On the eve of the Democratic Convention in a critical election year, the ACE Classic Movie Theatre Players present a unique staged reading of David Mamet's acclaimed screenplay for this hit political satire. Filled with humor and bite, it's the story of a White House spinmaster and a Hollywood producer who work together to create a phony war to keep a presidential scandal out of the headlines.

Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi from Hollywood Fight Club

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 26 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday, Sep. 2 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $16.00 Our Price: $8.00*
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Corpus Christi dramatizes the story of Jesus and the Apostles. Some consider it to be controversial due to its depiction of Jesus and the Apostles as gay men living in modern day Texas. It contrasts modern devices like television with anachronisms like Roman occupation. It has received both critical acclaim for its exploration of gay themes in Christianity and condemnation for what some people view as blasphemy.

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

Open Fist Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 30 @ 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.

Inside Private Lives - The Acclaimed Interactive Theater Experience

Fremont Centre Theatre (South Pasadena, CA)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 14 @ 7:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Inside Private Lives takes audiences behind the headlines into the private lives of very public personas. This groundbreaking show encourages audiences to challenge and confront cult leaders, celebrities, political operatives, sports figures and other notorious newsmakers of the 20th century. Six controversial figures are featured at every performance, and with a gallery of notorious newsmakers to choose from, every show is different.

Shakespeare's Political Drama Macbeth, Set in Modern Times

Next Stage (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 30 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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This production of Macbeth keeps the classic dialogue while updating the setting to a modern-day political thriller. Set in a time and place where both men and women can engage in battle while a queen can rule a country, this Scottish play is tight with a fast pace.

Bruno Kirby Celebrity Reading Series: Bruce Davison Stars in Sin

Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Aug. 25 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Bruce Davison (Oscar nominee for "Longtime Companion") stars in this reading of Sin. In Suffolk Superior Court, lawyer Orson Krieger treads a fine line between respect and contempt as he relentlessly pursues answers from the elusive Cardinal Bernard Law, the Archbishop of Boston, for his failure to protect the victims of s*xual abuse at the hands of priests in his archdiocese.

Suddenly Last Summer: Lodestone Theatre Ensemble Presents Tennessee Williams Drama

GTC Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 @ 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.

Shakespeare for Everyone: A Midsummer Night's Dream from The Berubians

Next Stage (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Aug. 29 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Sep. 5 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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In a place of enchantment inhabited by lovers both fairy and human, three worlds collide. Presented in a fast paced and trimmed down manner that celebrates the comedy, this show still maintains the original Shakespearian text. Chris Berube's madcap version allows fun and understanding for the entire family.

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, Aug. 26 @ 8:00pm (Guests Andy Kindler, Jim Turner)
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!

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

Hollywood Fight Club Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 27 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Sep. 3 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
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.

Twelfth Night: Fast-Paced Adaptation of Shakespeare's Classic Comedy

Crown City Theatre @ St. Matthew's Church (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Sep. 6 @ 8:00pm (Opening Night)
Sunday, Sep. 7 @ 2:00pm
and 9 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
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Crown City Theatre Company presents a fast, funny production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. The plot concerns Viola, a young woman who survives a shipwreck and disguises herself as a man to gain employment, only to find herself caught in a love triangle with Duke Orsino and Countess Olivia. Meanwhile, Olivia's ne'er-do-well uncle plots to make a fool of Malvolio, her self-important servant.

Crave, Sarah Kane's Poetic, Haunting Four-Character Play

Sierra Stage (West Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Aug. 27 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Sep. 3 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Crave examines four voices, two men and two women, all of whom are singly, overwhelmingly traumatized by life. They examine memories, relationships and actions—identifying, repeating and trying to overcome their trauma. Fragments of speech reveal infidelity, loneliness, familial rejection, romantic rejection and more.

The Subject Was Roses: Frank Gilroy's Classic Post-War Domestic Drama

El Centro Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Aug. 26 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Aug. 27 @ 8:00pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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A classic of American theatre, Frank Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Subject Was Roses is an unblinking exploration of domestic warfare. After serving on active duty in the Army, Timmy Cleary returns home to find his parents are strangers to him and to each other. Long-hidden resentments surface as the tenuous ties that hold the family together unravel.

Served (Gratuity Not Included): Scott Jones' One-Man Show

Whitefire Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Tuesday, Sep. 9 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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After six years of working as a waiter, Scott Jones serves up something fresh: a show about waiting tables. Through the main course of character monologues, Jones shows both sides of the table, revealing a world that's hilarious and all too human. Putting both customers and servers in the spotlight, Served (Gratuity Not Included) revels in society's obsession with being waited on.

The Most Mediocre Story Never Told: A Deconstruction of the One-Man Show

Meta Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, Sep. 21 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, Sep. 28 @ 7:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Meta Theatre hosts The Most Mediocre Story Never Told, a deconstruction of the one-man show. Playwright and performer Jay Sefton, a veteran of Los Angeles and Philadelphia's theater scenes, has created a show that focuses incisively on the nature of memory, its unreliability, and the obstacles it presents toward living in the present.

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