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

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Monday, Oct. 6 @ 8:00pm
Monday, Oct. 13 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Monday night will never be boring again with Mo' Better Mondays at the Hollywood Improv. Here, the hottest urban comedians from around the U.S. stop in for a night that'll leave you laughing so hard, you won't be able to resist returning next week! Host DeRay Davis' credits include Barbershop, Semi-Pro, BET's Comic View, and skits on Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration.

Monday Night Wine and Food Tastings at 55 Degree Wine

55 Degree Wine (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday, Oct. 6 @ 7:00pm (Sushi Night)
Full Price: $56.00 Our Price: $33.50*
Rated: No ratings yet

What better way to kick off the week than with a wine and food tasting? 55 Degree Wine is hosting a different themed tasting each Monday night, from Cuban cuisine to sushi. See the full event description for details.

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

Cote d'Azur Spa (Pasadena, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ Various Times
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ Various Times
and 20 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.

Wicked, Broadway's Hit Musical at the Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $98.00 Our Price: $50.25*
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Wicked, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, is "a phenomenon that keeps growing" (L.A. Times). Long before Dorothy drops in, two girls meet in the land of Oz and form an unlikely friendship, going on to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Wicked has won 20 major awards, including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards.

DateandDash Presents Speed Dating for College Grads: That Special Someone—Fast!

Tangier Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 7:30pm (Ages 23-33)
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Here's your chance to come face-to-face with that elusive someone you've always known is out there, but haven't managed to bump into yet at a bar. Speed dating allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you. For college grads only in their twenties and thirties.

The House of Blue Leaves at the Newly Restored Mark Taper Forum

Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $36.00 - $54.00 Our Price: $18.00 - $27.00*
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The Pope's 1965 visit to New York City brings the hope of answered prayers and a few unexpected guests to an apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, where Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper, pines for a new life as a popular songwriter. After a $30 million renovation, the new Mark Taper Forum begins performances with the first major production of this American classic in over twenty years.

9 to 5: The Musical, Based on the Hit Film, at the Ahmanson

Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $65.00 - $85.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Based on the movie about three office workers who turn the tables on their sexist boss, this new comedy features music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, including the blockbuster title song. Starring Emmy Award winner Allison Janney ("The West Wing"), 9 to 5: The Musical has a book by Patricia Resnick, who wrote the film, and is directed by Joe Mantello, director of Wicked.

This Beautiful City, A Mesmerizing True Tale of Colorado Springs, at Kirk Douglas Theatre

Kirk Douglas Theatre (Culver City, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 - $45.00 Our Price: $20.00 - $22.50*
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The Civilians, the Obie Award-winning theatre company from New York City known for its boldly theatrical snapshots of the human psyche, presents its newest project. This play with music captures the fervor behind the Evangelical movement, the effect its growth had on its unofficial U.S. capital, Colorado Springs, and the confusion of a community in crisis following the scandalous fall of pastor Ted Haggard.

Actor Charles S. Dutton (Roc) in From Jail to Yale... Serving Time on Stage

UCLA Freud Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $100.00 Our Price: FREE*
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The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation presents the Los Angeles premiere of Charles S. Dutton's one-man show From Jail to Yale... Serving Time on Stage. Dutton, best known as the star of TV's Roc will tell the remarkable story of how he rose from life as a convict to award-winning success on Broadway and in Hollywood.

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Medieval Times (Buena Park, CA)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 @ 7:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 7:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $37.40 - $54.65 Our Price: $19.43 - $28.18*
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Enjoy a meal and a show at Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in Buena Park. Enjoy food in a medieval hall as knights on horseback joust for your entertainment. Before your dinner, tour the grounds, which feature museum exhibits and an outdoor courtyard.

The Groundlings Present The Crazy Uncle Joe Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 15 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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, Oct. 8 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00pm (Dinner), 8pm (Show)
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $34.95 Our Price: $21.00*
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Enjoy an evening of Spanish cuisine and flamenco dancing on the beautiful wooden stage at El Cid, in hip Silverlake. Historic El Cid is a beautiful indoor-outdoor Spanish villa-style complex, and a night of flamenco could happen in no better venue. An inspiring, exotic evening! Price includes dinner and the show (but not beverages or tip).

Live Music at the Jazz Bakery: Piping Hot Jazz!

The Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 9:30pm (Ernie Watts Quartet)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 9:30pm (Ernie Watts Quartet)
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $30.00 Our Price: $12.50 - $15.00*
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All week long the Jazz Bakery offers the best in hot new jazz! LA Weekly called the Jazz Bakery the "most prestigious jazz space in Los Angeles," and it lives up to that by focusing on fantastic new acts as well as classics of the genre. A don't-miss, not only for jazz fans, but for lovers of all sorts of music!

Hot Jazz with John Reynolds and Friends in Hollywood Hotshots

Steve Allen Theater, at the Center For Inquiry West (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Jazz guitarist John Reynolds and his washboard-playing brother, Ralf Reynolds, perform an evening of "upstairs" hot jazz in Hollywood Hotshots. Reynolds, who has played alongside legends such as Cab Calloway and Thelonious Monk, frequently welcomes special guests to the show.

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

Sierra Stage (West Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 15 @ 8:00pm
and 2 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.

Girl's Room, Starring Broadway Icons Carol Lawrence & Donna McKechnie

El Portal Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 2:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $50.00 Our Price: $25.00*
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A young ballet dancer about to break into the big-time has another kind of break — an accident that could end her career. Two Broadway legends, Donna McKechnie who created the role of Cassie in A Chorus Line and Carol Lawrence, Broadway's original Maria in West Side Story, star in this charming new comedy about three generations of lively women, the lies that bind them together, and the truths that tear them apart.

Romantic Comedy The Rainmaker from A Noise Within

A Noise Within at the Historic Masonic Temple (Glendale, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $28.00 - $44.00 Our Price: $14.00 - $22.00*
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On the water-starved western plains, Lizzie Curry has resigned herself to a life without love as she and the men of the family struggle to keep the farm from collapsing under the weight of devastating drought. Out of this arid ether, a shadow larger than life fills the horizon, offering intriguing possibilities.

Ghost of Bruce Lee in Be Like Water from East West Players

David Henry Hwang Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Set in the 1970s, a few years after Bruce Lee's death, Be Like Water is the story of 14-year-old Tracy Fong, who is trying to deal with school bullies and family expectations. A huge fan of Bruce Lee, she trains in martial arts to deal with her rivals, but when she bypasses the philosophies of Jeet Kune Do, the Ghost of Bruce Lee appears to guide her.

A Crime of Passion: Porcelain at the Celebration Theatre

Celebration Theatre (West Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 21 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Porcelain is an examination of a young man's crime of passion. Triply scorned — as an Asian, a gay man and now a murderer — 19-year-old John Lee has confessed to shooting his lover in a public lavatory in London. Winner of the London Fringe Award for Best Play, Porcelain dissects the crime through a prism of conflicting voices: newscasts, flashbacks and John's own recollections to a prison psychiatrist.

Classic Comic Books Live in Captured Aural Phantasy Theater

The Alexandria Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 15 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Company of Angels and Park Avenue Produce present Captured Aural Phantasy Theater. This unique show presents dramatic readings of classic Golden and Silver Age comic books, in a rich multi-media format. A long-running institution in Chicago, the show makes its Los Angeles debut at the historic Alexandria Hotel.

August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean at Fountain Theatre

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Fountain Theatre presents Gem of the Ocean, one of August Wilson's most celebrated works. Set in Pittsburgh in 1904, it tells the story of Citizen Barlow, who seeks the aid of the legendary healer Aunt Ester to cleanse him of his guilt.

New Kids on the Block at the STAPLES Center

STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Wednesday, Oct. 8 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $100.00 Our Price: $75.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

The STAPLES Center presents the New Kids on the Block. The boy band which scored hits in the late '80s and early '90s with albums like Hangin' Tough and Step By Step is back. This reunion features all five original band members: Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and Jordan and Jonathan Knight. Enjoy the concert from STAPLES Center's luxurious, fully-furnished VIP Suites.

All-Pro Comedy at The Ice House Comedy Club

The Ice House (Pasadena, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm (Sean Cullen)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:30pm (Sean Cullen)
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $12.50 - $17.50 Our Price: $5.00 - $8.00*
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The Ice House Comedy Club, Pasadena's famed comedy club, presents some of the best stand-up comics in the business. You've seen them on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Comedy Central. Now you can see them in person, live on stage. Check the complete listing for more details.

The Groundlings' Improv Show: Cookin' With Gas

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
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.

Speed Dating with DateandDash: That Special Someone—Fast!

Matteo's (Los Angele, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:30pm (Ages 27-37)
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*

Meet up to 20 potential dates at Matteo's in a fun, laid-back atmosphere where friends meet over drinks and maybe you'll meet The One! Speed dating allows you to skip the excruciating hit-or-miss first date experience. Instead, with DateandDash you can chat with a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you.

Kiss of the Spider Woman: Award-Winning Musical, Presented By Havok Theatre Company

Bootleg Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $34.00 - $40.00 Our Price: $17.00 - $20.00*
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Havok Theatre Company presents Kiss of the Spider Woman. Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb's musical won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The story of two inmates in a Latin American prison, it dazzlingly mixes gritty realism with opulent fantasy. The show's music will be performed live by a six-person ensemble.

Irreverent Comedy Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues

Hudson Mainstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 17 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
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This irreverent comedy — equal parts sophisticated, sexy, and saucy — explores the modern-day trials and tribulations of being young, female and living in the big city. Told in five short one-acts, each vignette plows headfirst into challenging contemporary definitions of sexism, feminism, homophobia and gender roles, giving audiences a refreshing and intelligent look at what's right, wrong, fantastic and inexplicable about modern metropolitan women.

Asylum Improv Jam: Open Long-Form Improv Show

Theatre Asylum (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 10:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 10:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $5.00 Our Price: FREE*
Rated: No ratings yet

The Theatre Asylum presents the Asylum Improv Jam. See performers from LA's top improv venues, plus students of all levels, as they present a free-wheeling long-form improv show.

All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken — A Comedic Stage Tribute

Theatre 68 (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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Returning to Hollywood after sold-out runs since the fall of 2006, All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken stars nine actors, male and female, of diverse ethnicities and ages, giving their takes on Walken through monologues, scenes, improv, music, dance and more. The show evokes moments from many of the unique actor's films, TV appearances and music videos.

Tilted Frame - Multimedia Meets Comedic Improv

Theatre Asylum (Hollywood, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 8:30pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Created during the .dot com era of San Francisco, Tilted Frame is back again to examine the world of technology and entertainment. The show brings together the best of Los Angeles comedic improv including veteran Patrick Bristow (Groundlings, Ellen, Puppet Up) to co-direct and features a rotating cast of established performers who come from diverse improv backgrounds.

Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara — A Musical Based on the Vegas Lounge Act

The Matrix Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Inspired by the true story of the original Vegas lounge act, Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara is the musical tale of the 1950s' legendary King of the Swingers, and his relationship with his most famed duet partner — and fourth wife. The show includes favorites such as "Just a Gigolo," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Autumn Leaves" and more.

Global Drum Project, Featuring Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead

Royce Hall at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $52.00 Our Price: $26.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

UCLA Live presents the Global Drum Project. Led by the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, the group comprises tabla player Zakir Hussain, Nigerian talking drum player Sikiri Adepoju, and conga legend Giovanni Hidalgo. They originally formed to release 1991's pioneering world music album Planet Drum.

It's a Wonderful Life: Advent Theatre Presents Live Radio Play

The Advent Theatre (Studio City, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

First Christian Church of North Hollywood's Advent Theatre presents a live radio play adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life. Ten actors play 63 roles in this version of the story of George Bailey and Mr. Potter, with live sound effects performed on stage.

Freedom of Speech: Award-Winning Solo Show at Sidewalk Studio Theatre

Sidewalk Studio Theatre (Burbank, CA)
Thursday, Oct. 9 @ 7:00pm
Thursday, Oct. 16 @ 7:00pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet

Sidewalk Studio Theatre welcomes Eliza Jane Schneider's Freedom of Speech. Voted Best Solo Show at the New York Fringe Festival, the show features Schneider portraying thirty different characters from across the country. Schneider, who formerly voiced most of the female characters on TV's South Park, traveled across the country exploring the effects of dialect on modern culture; the results are shocking, insightful, and hilarious.

The Groundlings Present The Completely Different Late Show

The Groundlings Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:00pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 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!

Richard Villa's Refried Fridays at the Hollywood Improv

The Hollywood Improv (West Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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The world-famous Improv serves you Refried Fridays, the hottest Latino Night to hit Hollywood in years. Hosted by Richard Villa, the show is a rotating line-up of the funniest Latino comics mixed in with some very special guests. Come see what everyone is talking about.

Old Town Haunt: Pasadena's Largest Haunted House

Old Town Haunt (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm-Midnight
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm-Midnight
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $18.50 - $20.00 Our Price: $9.25 - $10.00*

Explore the haunted history of Pasadena, including the basement of the old Union Savings Bank, a building where, legend has it, a number of dead bodies turned up in the catacombs. It's a haunted house in a legendary haunted location.

Short-Form Comedy and Musical Improv with Stranger than Fiction

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 9:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 9:00pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 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.

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

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 11:00pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 11:00pm
Friday, Oct. 24 @ 11:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Sacred Fools presents Magnum Opus Theatre — the all-new return of a long-running show with an ardent cult following. The premise is simple: a cast of talented performers produces staged versions of terrible film scripts sent to Hollywood studios by aspiring screenwriters, with hilarious results.

The High: Improvised Teen Soap Opera at ComedySportz Los Angeles

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 10:30pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 10:30pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Welcome to The High, where the students are beautiful, the teachers are bold and the secrets are scandalous. It's an addictive, edge-of-your-seat teen soap and a hilarious, seat-of-your-pants comedy show, improvised live before your very eyes based on an audience suggestion.

One Night Stands - A Hysterical New Comedy

Avery Schreiber Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 11:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 11:00pm
and 4 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.

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

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm (All_Star Comedy and Blues Weekend)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm (All_Star Comedy and Blues Weekend)
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $5.00 - $7.00*
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Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club features some of the hottest names in comedy, performing at their new home in the Wilshire Grand Hotel. Comedians from Saturday Night Live, Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show and much more are on the bill. Check the listing below for details on who's appearing.

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

Victory Theatre Center (Burbank, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 4:00pm
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.

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

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 10 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.

Farmers' Market and West 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour

3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 9:30am
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 9:30am
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $49.00 Our Price: $30.00*
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Spend a Friday or Saturday morning sampling delicious world cuisine in the heart of mid-city Los Angeles. This walking and tasting tour from Melting Pot Tours includes tastings at various stops in the famous L.A. landmark Farmers' Market at 3rd and Fairfax. Then, heading west along 3rd Street, you'll enjoy additional small gourmet bites at specialty eateries and a visit to a renowned cookbook store.

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*
Rated: No ratings yet

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.

Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry in Tony Award-Winning The Belle of Amherst

Actors Forum Theatre (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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William Luce's play based on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson is set in Massachusetts in 1883, when Emily had published only seven poems. This deeply moving and surprisingly humorous one-woman show in which 15 characters are portrayed shares with the audience the drama of a poet's inner consciousness in an intimate, one-on-one relationship.

The Four of Us, A Clever, Bittersweet Comedy About Friendship

Elephant Lab Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: FREE - $5.00*
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The Four of Us is a poignant two-man comedy about a question Angelenos understand: What if all your dreams came true...for your best friend? Time Out New York called the recent Off-Broadway run "wickedly smart," and the New York Times called it "a clever comic drama with a nifty twist."

Surreal Comedy Asleep on a Bicycle from Elephant Stage Works

Lillian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Tony Foster's Asleep on a Bicycle paints a trippy dreamscape that features a phantasmagoric Italian diva, an axe-happy Lizzie Borden wannabe, a talking cat, a back-to-the-future child, a martini-mad Mother (who ran off to "live in sin" with her best friend, a not-quite-ex-nun) and much more.

World Premiere Comedy The Friendly Hour from Road Theatre Company

Road Theatre @ Lankershim Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Based on the actual minutes of a women's club called The Friendly Hour, formed in rural South Dakota in 1934, this poignant comedy charts 70 years of personal and national history, from skinning skunks and julebukking when the tale begins, to restoring the native prairie in the new millennium. Join these fascinating women as they laugh, cry, navigate the difficult changes in their relationships, and share their lives at their "friendly" monthly gathering.

43 Plays for 43 Presidents - A Whirlwind Tour of U.S. History

Sacred Fools Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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In this important election year as America looks forward to electing its 44th President, Sacred Fools is taking a look back at the 43 preceding Commanders-in-Chief with 43 Plays for 43 Presidents, a whirlwind tour-de-force march through American history from George W. to George Dubya.

Jane Austen Unscripted - Witty, Improvisational Theater

Theatre Asylum (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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Jane Austen only wrote six novels, but they are some of the most beloved tales of love and misunderstanding, wit and wisdom, and passion and betrayal ever written. Now Impro Theatre will deliver a new Jane Austen story every night. Passionate, willful women flirt and verbally joust with handsome, brooding young noblemen. Hearts are broken, secrets are revealed and true love wins out in the end. Or does it?

Joshua Kane Performs Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror

Caltech's Beckman Auditorium (Pasadena, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $26.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Joshua Kane celebrates the bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe's birth at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Acclaimed actor Kane performs "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Raven", and more horror classics with animation, conviction, and a sly sense of humor.

Old Glories — Two One-Act Plays at the Zephyr Theatre

Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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Old Glories is an evening of two one-act plays by Emmy Award winner Elliot Shoenman. In Above The Fold, a friendship between veteran sportswriters is tested; the dark comedy Red Flags, looks at America's trade imbalance and the government's self-proclaimed "flexibility" in dealing with our civil liberties.

Courtroom Drama Nuts from Vagabond Players

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 5 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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A strong-willed, upper-class woman, who has turned to prostitution, must prove herself competent to stand trial for the murder of one of her clients. While her parents and a state psychiatrist want her to be committed to Bellevue Hospital, her defense lawyer struggles to help her prove that she is not crazy and capable of standing trial.

Thank Gays It's Friday: Stand-Up Comedy at The Laugh Factory

The Laugh Factory (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 11:59pm
Friday, Oct. 17 @ 11:59pm
and 8 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00*
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The world-famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood presents Thank Gays It's Friday. This special midnight show every Friday features stand-up comedy from L.A.'s funniest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comics. Each show features a different host and a new lineup of comedians.

Hilarious and Scathing Musical Bush Is Bad: Alaskan Beauty Queen Edition

NoHo Arts Center (North Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: SOLD OUT*
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Bush Is Bad: Alaskan Beauty Queen Edition is the updated edition of the critically lauded, unabashedly partisan hit musical revue that won the LA Weekly Award for Best Musical Ensemble. In this updated version, all gloves are off as the actors satirically skewer the present White House administration, with musical parodies of the newly minted Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Canek, a "Life-Size" Puppet Show, at the New LATC

The New Los Angeles Theatre Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 3:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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This visually inventive show is sure to transform the audience's notions of what a puppet show is. Jacinto Canek, a young Mayan warrior, befriends Guy, the young descendant of Yucateco landowners. Despite the good will between them, Jacinto comes to realize he must engage in social warfare against the ruling class to protect the dignity and legacy of his indigenous community.

Oregon and California Pinot Noir Tasting from Learn About Wine

A+D Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $65.00 Our Price: $39.00*
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Taste over 20 great Pinot Noir wines at this event produced by Learn About Wine. The evening will be an exploration of some of California and Oregon's best producers, and a chance to socialize with 100 new wine-loving friends. The tasting includes wine, music and cheese.

Earth Sucks - A Cosmic Rock Musical

Art|Works Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 9 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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When a renegade Earth girl falls for a fugitive alien lead singer, their love — and their music — are all that stand between an evil pop diva and the destruction of the universe. Earth Sucks is a hilarious and touching rock musical by acclaimed playwright Jonas Oppenheim.

The Marriage Chronicles, A Dramedy of Extremes at The Underground Theatre

The Underground Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 Our Price: $12.50*
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How far would you go to save your marriage? Dr. Jailan Masters, a famous psychologist who runs a private marriage counseling practice, has chosen three couples to participate in an "extreme" marriage retreat. What ensues is hilarious and moving as secrets are revealed, hearts are challenged and one of the relationships meets its demise.

John Patrick Shanley's Savage in Limbo at Glendale Community College

Glendale Community College, Auditorium Building (Glendale, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $3.00*
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Anything can and does happen as five "thirty-something" acquaintances question the meaning of their rootless lives in this play by acclaimed playwright John Patrick Shanley. In the gritty, down-and-out world of Savage in Limbo, some find answers, others only questions.

Cassie Rolle's Tupperware Party Plan - A Musical Cabaret

The Cavern Club Theatre (at Casita Del Campo) (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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From the director and co-writer of Chico's Angels comes something new in cabaret. Aunt Cassie Rolle is a Tupperware Lady with a song in her heart...actually a few songs, and she just needs to get them out. She will be demonstrating her latest Tupperware and singing about it. You may learn more about this little lady, then she cares to reveal.

Mexican Jazz/Freestyle Band Troker in Concert

The New Los Angeles Theatre Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $17.50*
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Blending rhythms of jazz, hip hop, break beats and cumbia, Troker breaks the mold of Mexican pop culture with their eclectic genre mix. With only one album under their belt, they have already shared the stage with some of the greats of the contemporary jazz/world music scene, including Medeki Martin and Wood, German Bringas, Forms of Plasticity and more.

The Way We Get By: Six Short Plays by Neil LaBute

Gardner Stages (Los Angeles, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 Our Price: $7.50*
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3KO Broadway Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of The Way We Get By, a collection of short plays and monologues by well-known, controversial playwright Neil LaBute. These six intense pieces present characters confronting crucial moments in their lives, in situations ranging from murder to stand-up comedy.

Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights

Universal Studios Hollywood (Universal City, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:00pm - 1:00am
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 7:00pm - 1:00am
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $44.00 Our Price: $39.00*
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Enter the worlds of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface as each one comes to life in the most terrifying Halloween event in Southern California. See them in the flesh in four new mazes and witness the horror as each one comes to life when you step off the all-new Terror Tram and onto the Backlot — only at Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights.

World Premiere Comedy Torn Between Two Bitches from Unknown Theater

Unknown Theater (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 12 more dates.
Full Price: $24.00 Our Price: $12.00*
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Jim and Debby Goat, the self-proclaimed angriest couple in Los Angeles, re-locate to Portland, Oregon to escape the success generated by their foul self-published magazine. Their move puts them right in the trap of a teenage fan of their 'zine — who is even angrier than they are — challenging their two decade-long love/hate relationship.

Disney Film Something Wicked This Way Comes, Introduced by Ray Bradbury

Egyptian Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $10.00 Our Price: $5.00*
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Legendary author Ray Bradbury introduces the American Cinematheque's screening of the film Something Wicked This Way Comes, for which Bradbury wrote the screenplay, based on his novel. A strange carnival comes to a small town on a windy night, bringing with it Mr. Dark, a sinister impresario who will bewitch many of the town's inhabitants with apparent answers to their dreams.

Comedy Leading Ladies from Actors Co-op

Crossley Theatres (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 10 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 8:00pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00 Our Price: $15.00*
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In this comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor, two hapless English actors are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on Pennsylvania's Moose Lodge circuit. When they hear that an elderly woman is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English relatives, they hatch a plot to scam her of the fortune. The trouble is, upon their arrival, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces.

L.A. Connection's 2001: An Improv Odyssey

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 9:00pm
Full Price: $12.00 Our Price: $4.00*
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L.A. Connection puts on an outrageously funny improv show in the "Who's Line Is It Anyway" style. The show is one of the LA Times picks for New Year's Eve.

U-Sical, the Improvised Musical, from ComedySportz

National Comedy Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 10:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 10:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 10:30pm
Full Price: $17.00 Our Price: $8.50*
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The National Comedy Theatre presents U-Sical, a full-length improvised musical comedy, featuring audience participation.

Fun for the Whole Family at Giggle Gaggle: Kids Perform Improv for Kids!

Raven Playhouse (North Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 12 @ 2:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $8.00 Our Price: FREE*
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Two shows, two casts—four feet tall! This improv show performed by kids is a great day out for families who love to laugh together. Take a ride into the minds and world of the children of the Valley as the kids of Joy Theatre perform comedy, standup, improv and sketches at the Raven Playhouse.

Improv Comedy for Kids at LA Connection

L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Saturday, Oct. 11 @ 5:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 5:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 5:30pm
Full Price: $7.00 Our Price: $3.00*
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