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The Geffen Playhouse presents Equivocation. Bill Cain's witty and contemporary exploration of political power and artistic integrity was the breakout hit of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Commanded by King James I to write a play based on the Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare discovers that the official story of the plan to blow up Parliament may conceal a darker truth. Learn more...

From the writer/director/producer of The Marvelous Wonderettes comes Life Could Be a Dream. This 1960s doo-wop musical is the story of the Crooning Crabcakes, who try to find their fame and fortune by entering a radio talent contest. Featuring such classic songs as "Stay" (Just a Little Bit Longer)," "Runaround Sue," "The Great Pretender," "Tears On My Pillow," "Unchained Melody," "Earth Angel" and more. Learn more...

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities presents the Tony-nominated family musical based on the books by Dr. Seuss. In Seussical, the mischievous Cat in the Hat joins Horton the Elephant, the Whos of Whoville and a cast of beloved characters as they bring more than 20 of the author's classic tales to life, accompanied by an original score. Learn more...

It's murder served with soup and salad. This night of edgy, interactive dinner theater at Silverlake's historic and hip El Cid restaurant begins with characters from the play mingling with guests at the bar, and continues with a production on stage that requires audience members to help solve a mystery. Guests have a choice of entrees, plus dessert. Learn more...

Ruskin Group Theatre presents Italian American Reconciliation. This sparkling, gritty romantic comedy is set against the backdrop of New York's Little Italy. Playwright John Patrick Shanley has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Academy and Tony Awards; his works include Doubt and Moonstruck. Learn more...

The comedy Moonlight and Magnolias is set during the golden age of Hollywood. When producer David O. Selznick halts production of Gone with the Wind three weeks into filming, it falls to playwright Ben Hecht to rewrite the unwieldy script. The catch? Hecht is given just five days to do the job, and he's never read the book. Learn more...

In this world premiere by Julie Hébert, three generations divided by race, culture and time connect when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African American half-brother. Melding realism and poetry, Tree is also a play about family and memory. Learn more...

Part of the Actors' Gang's WTF?! Festival, All Cake, No File is a hybrid of a live cooking show and a Johnny Cash tribute concert, hosted by blogger and "celebrity chef" Jewell Rae Jeffers. In the show, Johnny Cash tribute band With a Bible and a Gun performs as Jeffers cooks for guests of the California state prison system. Learn more...

The King and I is the popular and elaborate musical and story of the tutoring of the stubborn King of Siam's wives and children by widowed English school teacher Anna Leonowens in 1862. It was based on Margaret Landon's 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam that was based on Anna's own autobiographical story. Includes the songs "Shall We Dance?," "Getting to Know You," "Hello, Young Lovers" and "I Whistle a Happy Tune." Learn more...

Jonathan Larson's Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning musical uses dance, pop, rock, R&B and salsa to tell an emotional tale about a community of young artists who celebrate life while struggling to make it. Based on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent mixes the classic themes of love and loss, pain and hope, and a need to belong with an energetic score and contemporary attitude. Featuring Emmy Award-winner Jai Rodriquez (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) as Angel. Learn more...

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's moving, Tony-winning musical traces the life of Argentine icon Eva Peron, from her origins as a small-town peasant girl to her heroic rise to become one of South America's most powerful and controversial women. The stunning, unmistakable score features show-stoppers like "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" and "High Flying Adored." Learn more...

Climb aboard the Queen Mary for a holiday dinner and show at TIBBIES Cabaret and Dinner Theater. Holiday Follies 2009 features dazzling holiday production numbers like "White Christmas" and the Rockettes' Holiday Spectacular as well as the greatest holiday arrangements of today. Join the thousands of people who have made visiting TIBBIES for the holidays part of their yearly tradition. Learn more...

A fictional Carl Reiner, New York delivery boy David Kolowitz loves the movies. Although discouraged by his girlfriend, parents, and boss, he joins an off-Broadway theater company. Despite a lack of talent, David triumphs over all odds, and his debut earns acceptance by family and girlfriend. Learn more...

Kentwood Players celebrates its 60th anniversary with a production of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music. This witty romantic comedy tells the story of a group of husbands, wives, lovers and rivals who gather for a weekend in the country; farcical complications and beautiful music ensue. The score features the classic tune "Send in the Clowns." Learn more...

Slasher is the story of a D-list Hollywood movie director, Marc Hunter, who goes to Texas to shoot Bloodbath, a low-budget slasher flick. After he loses his name actress he casts a local Hooter Girl named Sheena McKinney as "The Last Girl" to be killed. This unleashes the thwarted feminist rage of Sheena's invalid mother. The ensuing events -- comical, intense and emotional -- result in a degree of horror Marc could never have imagined. Learn more...

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye is a story about the tragic life of a young black girl in 1940's Ohio. With rich language and bold vision, this powerful adaptation of an American classic explores the crippling toll that a legacy of racism has taken on a community, a family and an innocent girl. Learn more...

A theatrical family of several generations is visited for the weekend by their two daughters and one potential son-in-law -- a civilian -- in their run-down home Just 45 Minutes From Broadway. Learn more...

East West Players presents Po Boy Tango, a drama that celebrates the artistry of food while exploring issues of racism, family and death. After the death of his mother, Richie Po reunites with Gloria, an up-and-coming soul food chef. The pair bond over a shared love of cooking to discover a deeper understanding of food, culture and friendship. Learn more...

Schoolmaster Crocker-Harris is stuck in a loveless marriage with a wife who openly cheats on him. The enthusiasm he once showed for his career and his pupils has long since vanished and he has become a figure of disdain among the students whose life he has made a misery. With ill-health forcing him to resign his long-standing post, a simple act of kindness from one of his students has a profound impact on the seemingly heartless headmaster. Learn more...

It's Christmas Eve, 1947, and the Lutz Radio Hour is about to make its final broadcast, one day before the radio station converts to television. Complete with sound effects, radio commercials and holiday songs, this lively, comedic play at the Long Beach Playhouse evokes both the spirit of the season and nostalgia for a bygone era. Learn more...

Attic Theatre Ensemble presents a radio-style performance of Frank Capra's holiday movie masterpiece live on stage. Complete with live sound effects, microphones and a dozen actors playing 78 different roles, It's A Wonderful Life recreates a radio broadcast of this heartwarming tale of troubled George Bailey's Christmas Eve journey through his life history. Learn more...

About Productions presents Bleeding Through, a stage adaptation of Norman Klein's acclaimed novella. L.A.'s Angelino Heights and Downtown areas have been the site of more cinematic "murders" than any other location. This noir-influenced show, which incorporates live music and videos, evokes the city's narrative ghosts and explores the shaping of Los Angeles' culture by stories told on film. Learn more...

Long Beach Playhouse presents David Lindsay-Albaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the aftermath of a life-shattering tragedy. A thoughtful, honest and compassionate study of heartbreak and forgiveness, Rabbit Hole explores the strained relationship between a husband and wife after their young son is killed in an accident. Learn more...

In the aftermath of the United States' second civil war in year 2060, two brothers lay dead. The conservative theocracy of Creon decrees that one will be buried with honors, and one will be unburied, dishonored and abandoned. Their sister, Antigone, is torn between the laws of her uncle's government and her love of family and own moral imperative. Her actions will set off a chain of devastating events leading to death and an ultimate rebirth. Learn more...

The All American Melodrama Theater presents two great family Halloween melodramas for the price of one -- Drac in the Saddle and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both shows are filled with music, comedy, thrills in the old-timey melodrama tradition. Learn more...

Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic gets the Broadway treatment in this musical version of A Christmas Carol, featuring a score by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime) that includes the hit "A Place Called Home." This family-friendly musical features characters such as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit in a timeless story of redemption and forgiveness. Learn more...

Eight: Love is a Gamble begins with a series of one-acts by award-winning New York playwright Adam Kraar, whose plays include Storm in the Iron Box, The Lost Cities of Asher and Freedom High. His one-acts depict people whose outsized passions don't fit into their odd environments. Second on the bill are one-acts written by Michael Bassett, a Chicago-based playwright whose plays are dark comedies where the characters' lives are perched on a razor's edge. Learn more...