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The House of Blue Leaves

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Sundays : 01:00 PM
Sundays : 06:30 PM
Tuesdays : 08:00 PM
Wednesdays : 08:00 PM
Thursdays : 08:00 PM
Fridays : 08:00 PM
Saturdays : 02:30 PM
Saturdays : 08:00 PM
Price: $20-$62
135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., CA  90012
213-972-0700
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7657 Melrose Ave., L.A., CA  90046
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Times Description

Nicholas Martin directs a sensational revival of John Guare's classic black comedy about a zookeeper from Queens who's prepared to ditch his family to realize his pipe dream of becoming an Oscar-winning songwriter. The cast, headed by John Pankow, Jane Kaczmarek and Kate Burton, adroitly handles the demands of a play that shifts rapidly between comedy and tragedy — and literally explodes at one point into all-out farce.

— Charles McNulty
Times Theater Critic
Sept. 16, 2008

Critic's Choice: Read the complete Times review. Also online: Times staff writer Diane Haithman's interview with actress Jane Kaczmarek.

Schedule notes: No matinee performance on Sept. 28. No evening performance on Oct. 19.

Hot Tix: $20 tickets may be purchased by phone or in person at the CTG box office using cash or credit. Subject to availability, Hot Tix may also be purchased on the day of a performance at the box office (cash only). Limited to two per household.

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    The House Of Blue Leaves is one of the great lesser known plays of the 20th century, written with outrageous humor to mask the pathos of the tiny little lives being examined on the day the Pope came to New York in 1965. The play is populated with people skating...

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