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The Met Theatre
1089 N. Oxford Ave., L.A.In Stephen Fife's drama, a crusading reporter strives to free a boxer he believes was wrongly convicted of murder. L. Flint Esquerra directs.
Theatre West
3333 Cahuenga Blvd., L.A.An agreeable, inoffensive staging of Noel Coward's late-career ensemble comedy doesn't make a case for changing the work's minor status, but it affords a welcome opportunity...
El Portal Theatre--Forum Theatre
5269 Lankershim Blvd., North HollywoodSusan Johnston’s elliptical tale of a child abduction and its aftermath is staged with deft grace by Casey Stangl. The play doesn’t quite satisfy, but the...
Colony Theatre Company
555 N. Third St., BurbankSet in and around World War I, Stephen Massicotte's syrupy drama about young lovers separated by war requires a bracing astringency. Unfortunately, director David Rose layers...
Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Ave., PasadenaThis one-woman show about advice columnist Ann Landers — written by David Rambo and charmingly acted by Mimi Kennedy — tries to make a virtue out of...
Boston Court Performing Arts Center
70 N. Mentor Ave., PasadenaPaul Mullin's new play chronicles the race between two scientists to map the human genome. Drawn directly from real-world events, this flashy and ambitious production...
Stillspeaking Theatre
2560 Huntington Drive, San MarinoTwo interrelated ghost stories by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrestle with the mysteries of death and the afterlife. Donald Shenk directs.
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way, L.A.The latest offering in the Autry's Native Voices series, Diane Glancy's play traces the dismal fortunes of a Native American family struck by fate — a deadly car...
Falcon Theatre
4252 Riverside Drive, BurbankThe setup sounds excruciatingly cute: A tart but lonely matron contracts the services of a mouthy gay dance instructor. But the nice surprise is that Richard Alfieri's...
Nov 23, 2008 04:00PM
Ruskin Group Theatre
3000 Airport Ave., Santa MonicaIn this comedy-drama by Chazz Palminteri, a quirky bond develops between a hit man and the woman he's been hired to kill on her 20th wedding anniversary. Mike Myers directs.
Odyssey Theatre
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A.Independent Shakespeare Company stages Shakespeare's tragedy about the brooding Prince of Denmark.Nov. 15 gala reception (6:30 p.m.) and performance (7:30 p.m.): $100.
Hollywood Court Theater
6817 Franklin Ave., L.A.Laurel Grove Theatre Company presents the premiere of a semiautobiographical dramedy by Jeffrey Davis, set in 1990s New York. Staged as five connected one-acts, the play...
Nov 23, 2008 03:00PM
Hollywood Fight Club Theater
6767 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 6, HollywoodSeven suspects, six weapons, five bodies and three endings. Every performance is different in this stage production based on the 1985 Hollywood comedy.
Nov 23, 2008 03:00PM
Malibu Stage
29243 Pacific Coast Highway, MalibuMalibu Stage Company Theatre presents the premiere of Steven-Elliot Altman's comedic celebration of geekiness. Shoshana Kuttner directs.
Nov 23, 2008 07:00PM
Stella Adler Theatre
6773 Hollywood Blvd., second floor, L.A.The Theatre Perception Consortium stages a tribute to Loretta Mary Aikens, a.k.a. Jackie "Moms" Mabley, one of the most successful entertainers of the black...
Nov 23, 2008 04:00PM