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Dorie Theatre at the Complex
6476 Santa Monica Blvd., HollywoodThis new two-hander by Walter Williamson and Larry Thomlinson explores the funny, contentious and frequently brutal 40-year relationship between Pulitzer Prize-winning writer...
Oct 11, 2008 08:00PM
Oct 12, 2008 07:00PM
The Met Theatre
1089 N. Oxford Ave., L.A.In Yves Lola St. Vil's compelling portrait of an impoverished African American neighborhood, fine performances and eloquent writing far outweigh occasional lapses into...
Oct 11, 2008 08:00PM
Oct 12, 2008 03:00PM
Elephant Space Theater
6322 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A.Louis Jacobs' comedy centers on a first-time playwright and seven L.A. actors striving to tell the story of a boy who is willing to be a cheerleader for love. Amy French...
Oct 11, 2008 08:00PM
Oct 12, 2008 07:00PM
Attic Theatre & Film Center
5429 W. Washington Blvd., L.A.This comic take on McCarthyism by Charles Busch sets the action in 1951 Hollywood. Groundlings favorite Drew Droege plays the role of heroine Mary Dale.
Oct 11, 2008 08:00PM
Oct 12, 2008 02:00PM
Elephant Performance Lab
6324 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A.Firefly Theater and VS. Theatre Company stage the Los Angeles premiere of Itamar Moses' play about the friendship and careers of two writers. Michelle Tattenbaum directs...
Sacred Fools Theatre Company
660 N. Heliotrope Drive, L.A.The weekly late-night comedy show premieres five serials and asks the audience to vote on which three should move on to the next week, when their subsequent episodes are...
Lillian Theater
1076 N. Lillian Way, HollywoodElephant Theatre Company presents Tony Foster’s surreal comedy, which centers on an Italian diva, an ax-happy Lizzie Borden wannabe, a talking cat and more.
Sacred Fools Theatre Company
660 N. Heliotrope Drive, L.A.If Jon Stewart, the Smothers Brothers and the League of Women Voters invaded the Hall of Presidents at Disney World, the results might resemble this vitally engaging survey...
Matrix Theatre
7657 Melrose Ave., L.A.They may not look much like Louis Prima and Keely Smith, but actors Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith channel the lounge duo with sensational athletic mimicry and vocal...
Davidson/Valentini Theatre, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, the Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place, HollywoodCharting the course of three gay males and two lesbians through a quarter century of choppy emotional and spiritual waters, Nick Salamone's handsomely staged downbeat...
Zephyr Theatre
7456 Melrose Ave., L.A.Inkwell Theater presents two one-acts by Elliott Shoenman: "Red Flags," a political farce, and "Above the Fold," a companion piece to the previously...
The Blank Theatre Company
6500 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A.“"The Crucible" meets "High School Musical”": Stephen Karam'’s goofy, endearing take on teenage growing pains gets a boost from a winning cast,...
Hudson Backstage Theatre
6539 Santa Monica Blvd., HollywoodDirector Zeke Rettman ingeniously scales down this epic musical portrait of fin-de-siècle America to fit the small stage of a sub-99-seat theater, but the true...
Oct 11, 2008 08:00PM
Oct 12, 2008 02:00PM
Gardner Stages
1501 N. Gardner St., Los AngelesJolts of caustic brilliance and nascent tenderness vie with trademark manipulation in this well-acted program of short plays by Neil LaBute, variations on the theme of games...
The Lex
6760 Lexington Ave., HollywoodRick Pagano directs his new comedy about the conflicts, expectations and perils of male-female relationships.