Openings and Closings
I’m directing DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Covina Center for the Performing Arts. Oct 12 -Nov 4. Read here. The cast is led by Jody St. Michael (“Hellraiser”) as Willy Loman, Jill B. Gerber as Linda, Sean Vena as Biff and Chad Goodwin as Happy. Set design by Maureen Weiss. Sound by Jeff Gardner. Press tickets are available – email me at stevejulian@live.com.
OCT 17 – NOV 11: In La Razón Blindada, Argentine-born playwright/director ARÍSTIDES VARGAS infuses El Quijote with The Truth about Sancho Panza and testimonies. Rubicon Theatre of Ventura. www.rubicontheatre.org.
OCT 17 – NOV 18: Jeff Goldblum stars in Theresa Rebeck’s SEMINAR, directed by Sam Gold, at the Ahmanson Theatre. www.centertheatregroup.org.
THROUGH OCT 18: Thursdays only, THE LAUGH PACK. Bruce Fine hosts an all-star line-up of talent including comedy stars Cathy Ladman, Dennis Regan, 92-years-young Max Turell, vocalist Sonya Kahn, plus surprises. Buffet sponsor is Chipotle Mexican Grill. www.thelaughpack.com.
OCT 18 – DEC 9: Gigi Birmingham directs a double cast of YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Antaeus. www.antaeus.org. I appear in a cameo as the G-man on Friday, Oct. 26.
OCT 18 – 21: Five performances only of Charlayne Woodard’s one woman show that she wrote THE NIGHT WATCHER for LA Theatre Works at the James Bridges Theater on the campus of UCLA. www.latw.org.
OCT 19 – 21: Four performances only of NEARLY LEAR, Susanna Hamnett’s mischievous adaptation at 24th Street Theatre. Edith Tankus directs. www.24thstreet.org.
OCT 19 – 28: Nick DeGruccio directs 1776 at Cabrillo Music Theatre. www.cabrillomusictheatre.com.
OCT 19 – NOV 25: Joy Cha wrote and performs HAH NAH, a one woman show, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Gary Lee Reed directs. www.hahnah.com.
OCT 19 – NOV 18: Kent Nicholson directs Bill Cain’s HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE at South Coast Rep. www.scr.org.
THROUGH OCT 20: Karen Landry directs Cindy Lou Johnson’s BRILLIANT TRACES for the Ruskin Group in Santa Monica. www.ruskintheatregroup.com.
OCT 20 – NOV 4: Kappy Kilburn directs Joe Musso’s dark comedy CONK AND BONE presented by Mutineer Theatre Co at the Carrie Hamilton space at the Pasadena Playhouse. www.mutineertheatre.com.
OCT 20 – DEC 9: John Perrin Flynn directs Samuel Hunter’s 2011 Obie Winner A BRIGHT NEW BOISE for Rogue Machine. www.roguemachinetheatre.com.
OCT 20 – DEC 16: Darkness! Audience in the dark! Actors in the dark! No light! Evenings of short plays in a surreal setting by the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. “DARK” and “MORE DARK,” running in repertory. www.odysseytheatre.com.
OCT 20 – 28: SWEENY TODD at Porticoes Theatre, 2033 E. Washington, Pasadena. It moves to Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica Oct 31 – Nov 4. www.pacificoperaproject.com
OCT 20 – NOV 10: Jennifer Chang directs A. Rey Pamatmat’s EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM at GTC Burbank. ArtistsatPlayLA.blogspot.com
OCT 20 – NOV 25: Dámaso Rodriguez directs Shaw’s THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA at A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
OCT 20 – DEC 16: Shirley Jo Finney directs the LA premiere of IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER. www.fountaintheatre.com.
OCT 20 – 21: Theatricum Botanicum’s BOTANICUM SEEDLINGS – a look at new works, one weekend only. www.theatricum.com.
THROUGH OCT 21 – The MainStreet Theatre Company’s first show of its 2012/2013 season: Pinkalicious the Musical. http://www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com
THROUGH OCT 21: David Rose directs Steven Tomlinson’s AMERICAN FIESTA at the Colony Theatre. www.colonytheatre.org.
THROUGH OCT 21: Kevin Bigger directs THE39 STEPS at the Laguna Playhouse. www.lagunaplayhouse.com.
THROUGH OCT 21: Ophelia’s Jump Productions brings AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY to The Grove Theatre in Upland. www.opheliasjump.com.
THROUGH OCT 21: Marya Mazor directs OVERLOOKED at the Chance Theatre, where a homeless man becomes an art exhibit. www.chancetheater.com.
OCT 23: ONE NIGHT ONLY – a free reading of Shaw’s THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE at A Noise Within in Pasadena. RSVP at www.anoisewithin.org.
OCT 24 – 28: Cirque du Soleil’s DRALION is in Ontario at Citizens Business Bank Arena. www.cirquedusoleil.com/dralion. It moves NOV 1-4 to the Long Beach Arena.
OCT 24 – NOV 24: Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA opens its Speakeasy Theatre in Atwater Village with two plays: Gates McFadden directs Steve Yockey’s THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE and Jenny O’Hara directs Carole Real’s DOESN’T ANYONE KNOW WHAT A PANCREAS IS? www.ensemblestudiotheatrela.org.
OCT 25: ONE NIGHT ONLY – a free staged reading of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, a new play by Jason Grasl (Blackfeet tribe) 7:30 pm, at the Wells Fargo Theater at the Autry National Center in Griffith Park. www.NativeVoicesattheAutry.org.
OCT 25 – NOV 18: Cornerstone Theatre presents Sigrid Gilmer’s SEED, directed by Shishir Kurup. The play was created in partnership with community organizations that are tackling the hunger crisis in Los Angeles. www.cornerstonetheater.org.
OCT 26 – NOV 18: Bonnie Hellman directs, and Roy Leake, Jr. music directs, Stephen Schwartz’ GODSPELL, JR. with new lyrics and with young performers. Eclectic Company Theatre. www.eclecticcompanytheatre.org.
OCT 26 – DEC 2: J. Michael Ferniany wrote and directs WHO CAN STOP THE MOON? Meta Theatre in LA. www.whocanstopthemoon.com.
OCT 26 – DEC 15: Mark St. Amant directs Keith Huff’s THE DETECTIVE’S WIFE at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, a Road Theatre Co west coast premiere. www.roadtheatre.org.
OCT 27: ONE DAY ONLY, ¡Vivan Los Muertos! Day of the Dead celebration at the Autry Museum. www.theautry.org.
THROUGH OCT 27: The Whitefire Theatre presents the world premiere of Andy Bloch’s The Bellflower Sessions directed by Bryan Rasmussen. (I directed the reading of this last year with Ray Abruzzo). www.brownpapertickets.com.
THROUGH OCT 27: Josh Morrison directs LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS for Theatre Unleashed at Studio Stage. www.theatreunleashed.com.
THROUGH OCT 27: A KIND OF LOVE STORY, written and directed by Jenelle Riley. The story of a man and woman perfect for each other, if only they could meet. www.sacredfools.org.
THROUGH OCT 27: Bill Voorhees directs Kirsten Vangsness’ POTENTIAL SPACE at Theatre of NOTE. www.theatreofnote.com.
OCT 27 – 28: ONE WEEKEND ONLY, Parson’s Nose presents Dion Boucicault’s melodrama RIP VAN WINKLE. Saturday at 7, Sunday at 2, in Old Town Pasadena. PAY WHAT YOU WILL. Bring the family and boo and hiss. www.parsonsnose.com.
OCT 27 – NOV 11: Musical Theatre West presents 42ND STREET at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the CSULB campus. www.musical.org.
OCT 27 – NOV 18: Alex Levy directs Juan Francisco Villa in his one-man show EMPANADA FOR A DREAM at LATC. www.thelatc.org.
OCT 27 – NOV 18: Features new plays, visual arts, and community events, collaborators have created this platform for encouraging Black women to self-identify as dynamic, expressive, and nurturing contributors to society. BLACK WOMEN: STATE OF THE UNION – TAKING FLIGHT at the Skylight Theatre. Ayana Cahrr and Nataki Garrett direct the pieces. www.ktctickets.com.
OCT 27 – DEC 2: Theatre Banshee presents U.S. Premiere of The Muesli Belt by Jimmy Murphy at The Banshee, 3435 W. Magnolia, Burbank. www.theatrebanshee.org.
OCT 28: ONE DAY ONLY – LA Theatre Works presents two National Theatre Live broadcasts THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at 3pm and THELASTOF THE HAUSMANNS at James Bridges Theatre at UCLA. www.latw.org.
THROUGH OCT 28: Claudia Weill directs Nate Rufus Edelman’s THE BELLE OF BELFAST, Atwater Village Theatre. www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.
OCT 28: Stan Morse directs Liquid Radio Players’ improve – a take on 1940s radio shows – at Sierra Madre Playhouse. www.sierramadreplayhouse.org.
OCT 28: ONE DAY ONLY – The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts presents TREASURE ISLAND – part of the Young Audiences Season. www.lamiradatheatre.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: Rex Pickett’s SIDEWAYS THE PLAY at Ruskin Group in Santa Monica. www.ruskingrouptheatre.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: John Steinbeck’s SWEET THURSDAY at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice. www.PacificResidentTheatre.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: “The Circle” Written by W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by Jules Aaron. “The Circle” captures the poise of high society in the 1920s with observations about the sexes and the nature of relationships that are as fresh and funny today as they were when Maugham was alive. www.theatre40.org.
THROUGH OCT 28. Coeurage Theatre Co presents the West Coast premiere of Sean Graney’s hit play. Originally produced by The Hypocrites theatre company, The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide received a transfer to New York after a wildly successful run in Chicago. A truly dark comedy, the play is literally the suicide note of a ten year old, which his classmates are forced to act out. Director Joe Calarco was a cast member of the original production. www.coeurage.org.
THROUGH OCT 28: The world premiere of THE RED ROOM written by former WGA President Christopher Knopf and directed by NoHo Arts Center Artistic Director James J. Mellon. www.nohoartscenter.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: Ken Sawyer directs Ira Levin’s DEATHTRAP at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. www.lagaycenter.org/theatre.
THROUGH OCT 28: Anthony Skorid’s one man show ONASSIS at The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood. www.brownpapertickets.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: James Eckhouse directs Keliher Walsh’s YEAR OF THE RABBIT at Atwater Village Theatre. www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.
THROUGH OCT 28: For The Rogue Machine, John Perrin Flynn directs Henry Murray’s THREE VIEWS OF THE SAME OBJECT. www.roguemachinetheatre.com.
THROUGH OCT 28: 3-D Theatricals presents HAIRSPRAY at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton and NOV 2-4 at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, directed by TJ Dawson, choreo by Dana Solimando and music direction by Allen Everman. www.3dtshows.com.
OCT 30-31: A staged reading of Lee Blessing’s A VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS directed by Brian Shnipper for Hothouse at the Pasadena Playhouse, with Jane Kaczmarek and John Getz in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
NOV 2 – DEC 1: Jen Bloom directs the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel for Santa Monica Rep at the Santa Monica Little Theatre. www.santamonicarep.org.
THROUGH NOV 3: The Wanderlust Theatre Co debuts with David Lindsay-Abaire’s WONDER OF THE WORLD at The Lost Studio in LA. www.wanderlustla.org.
NOV 3 – DEC 4: Jessica Kubzansky directs THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE for East West Players. www.eastwestplayers.org.
THROUGH NOV 4: I direct Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Covina Center for the Performing Arts. Read here.
THROUGH NOV 4: Michael Colgan directs John Hurt in Samuel Beckett’s KRAPP’S LAST TAPE at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. www.centertheatregroup.org.
NOV 4-5: Eddie Frierson writes and performs in MATTY: AN EVENING WITH CHRISTY MATHEWSON, the first superstar of baseball, at Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. www.fremontcentretheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 4: Ed Begley, Jr and Felicity Huffman in David Mamet’s NOVEMBER, directed by Scott Zigler, at the Mark Taper Forum. www.centertheatregroup.org.
THROUGH NOV 4: Crown City Theatre presents J.B. Priestley’s DANGEROUS CORNER, directed by Gary Lamb. http://danger.brownpapertickets.com/
THROUGH NOV 4: Eric Hunicutt directs Carrie Barrett’s FOCUS GROUP PLAY at the Skylight Theatre Complex. www.katselastheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 4: CHEKHOV UNSCRIPTED & TWILIGHT ZONE UNSCRIPTED – a different play every night. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., LA. www.odysseytheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 4: Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Impro Theatre present CHEKHOV UNSCRIPTED and TWILIGHT ZONE UNSCRIPTED. A different play every night. www.odysseytheatre.com.
NOV 6 – DEC 2: Sheldon Epps directs Vanessa Williams, David St. Louis and others in INTIMATE APPAREL at the Pasadena Playhouse. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
NOV 9 – DEC 16: Richard Israel directs AVENUE Q for DOMA Theatre Company. www.domatheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 10: Wicked Lit tackles three plays at Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery. M.R. James’ “Count Magnus”, F. Marion Crawford’s “The Dead Smile” and Johann Ludwig Tieck’s “Wake Not the Dead.” All three adaptations by Jonathan Josephson, Jeff Rack, and Paul Millet. www.wickedlit.org.
THROUGH NOV 10: The new adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera “Ruddigore” re-sets the action to Morro Bay, California in the late 1950s. www.sierramadreplayhouse.org.
THROUGH NOV 10: Pulitzer winner Donald Margulies’ COLLECTED STORIES at the Odyssey Theatre, executive produced by three-time Academy Award nominee Diane Ladd, directed by Terri Hanauer. www.odysseytheatre.com/collectedstories.
NOV 10 – DEC 9: Ben Guillory directs and produces Philip Yordan’s ANNA LUCASTA. Presented by Robey Theatre Company in association with Latino Theater Company at LATC. www.thelatc.org.
NOV 11, DEC 9, JAN 13, FEB 10, MAR 10, APR 14, MAY 19: Le Salon de Musiques (a personal favorite of mine) – very intimate performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 5th floor, with food and champagne. www.leSalondeMusiques.com or (310) 498-0257
THROUGH NOV 11: Cate Caplin directs and David O music directs THE BEAT GOES ON starring a cast 60 and over. The Theatre of Arts Arena Stage, 1625 N. Las Palmas in Hollywood. 818-606-6679 or email pinklady7@earthlink.net.
THROUGH NOV 11: THE FULL MONTY at Third Street Theatre in WeHo, www.showclix.com or call 1.888.71.TICKETS (84253)
THROUGH NOV 11: The Theatre @ Boston Court presents “Creation” a world premiere play by Kathryn Walat, directed by Michael Michetti. www.bostoncourt.com.
THROUGH NOV 11: Paul Stein directs Leonard Nimoy’s VINCENT at the Black Dahlia Theatre. www.thenextarena.com.
THORUGH NOV 11: Griot Theatre of the West Valley presents as its inaugural production, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, directed by Malik B. El-Amin, produced by Sabah El-Amin and Malik B. El-Amin. At Bethel Encino. www.plays411.com/juliuscaesar.
THROUGH NOV 12: Ty Mayberry directs Joe Penhall’s BLUE/ORANGE at the Dance Conservatory of Pasadena. Winner of the Olivier and London Evening Standard Awards for Best New Play, as well as the London Critics Circle Theatre Award. http://blueorange.brownpapertickets.com/
NOV 15 – DEC 15: “Mrs. Mannerly.” West Coast Premiere. Written by Jeffrey Hatcher. Performed In Repertory with “The Last Romance.” www.theatre40.org.
THROUGH NOV 17: Elina de Santos directs Rob Mersola’s DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY at Rogue Machine. www.roguemachinetheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 18: Bart DeLorenzo directs Shakespeare’s CYMBELINE for A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
THROUGH NOV 18: Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre in Hollywood. www.actorsco-op.org.
THROUGH NOV 18: Ilmar Taskar directs Steve Gough’s world premiere absurdist work, G () D () T in the Great Scott Theatre at The MET Theatre in Hwood. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/275533
THORUGH NOV 18: Doug Kaback directs Lanie Kazan in the world premiere of SURVIVING MAMA at Edgemar Center for the Arts. www.survivingmamatheplay.com.
THROUGH NOV 18: Linda Kerns directs Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Actors Co-op’s David Schall Theatre. www.actorsco-op.org.
THROUGH NOV 18: Jeff Liu directs Paul Kikuchi’s SLICE at Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. Presented by Metamorphosis Theatre Company. www.metamorphosistheatre.org.
THROUGH NOV 18: Moliere’s THE FOOLS at Actors’ Repertory Theatre. www.santamonicaplayhouse.com.
THROUGH NOV 18: Candlelight Pavilion presents ANYTHING GOES with Stage and Musical Direction by Douglas Austin Clark, Choreography by John Vaughan. http://www.candlelightpavilion.com.
THROUGH NOV 18: “SILENCE! THE MUSICAL” with Davis Gaines at the Hayworth Theatre. www.silencethemusical.com. My interview with the song writers here.
NOV 19/25: Musical Theatre West performs CALL ME MADAM at the Alex Theatre on the 19th and at the Thousand Oaks Civics Arts Plaza on the 25th. www.musicaltheatreguild.com.
NOV 23 – DEC 9: Jim Culleton directs Pat Kinevane’s SILENT about a homeless man. Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First and the Herald Festival Fringe 2011 and the Argus Angel, Brighton Festival 2012. Odyssey Theatre. www.odysseytheatre.com.
THROUGH NOV 25: Cate Caplin directs and David O music directs THE BEAT GOES ON: A Celebration of the Young at Heart, with performers 60 or over. Theatre of Arts Arena Stage in Hollywood. 818-606-6679 or pinklady7@earthlink.net.
THROUGH NOV 25: Frédérique Michel directs Charles Mee’s ORESTES 3.0: INFERNO at City Garage, Building T1, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica. www.citygarage.org.
THROUGH NOV 25: THE BOOK OF MORMON comes to the Pantages.
THROUGH DEC 1: John Langs directs BAD APPLES, inspired by real-life prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. Atwater Village Theatre. www.circlextheatre.org.
DEC 8 – DEC 23: Geoff and Julia co-direct Geoff’s adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
DEC 13 – 23: Curt Hansen (Next to Normal and Hairspray) joins Charlene Tilton and the cast of A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS at the Pasadena Playhouse. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
THROUGH DEC 20: After a critically acclaimed extended run (LA Weekly – PICK OF THE WEEK) at Beverly Hills Playhouse, A Child Left Behind now runs at Ruskin Group Theatre, in Santa Monica. When LAUSD teacher and playwright Alan Aymie was given his second pink slip from the school district that he had worked in for a decade, and later “graded” by the LA Times, he decided that it was time to provide a voice for the teaching professional. www.ruskintheatregroup.com.
JAN 8-9: A staged reading of Ellen Simon’s AUNT STOSSIE’S COMING FOR FIV DAYS directed by Jon Mascone for Hothouse at the Pasadena Playhouse, with Marsha Mason in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
JAN 11 – FEB 3: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents I LEFT MY HEART (A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett). FEB 8 – MAR 24: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents THE SOUND OF MUSIC. MAR 29 – MAY 5: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents SWEET CHARITY. MAY 10 – JUN 16: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents THE FULL MONTY. JUN 21 – AUG 4: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents THE KING AND I. AUG 9 – SEP 8: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents THE SOUND OF MOTOWN. SEP 13 – OCT 13: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents SWEENY TODD. NOV 30 – DEC 28: Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont presents BECAUSE IT’S CHRISTMAS.
JAN 11 – FEB 10: Judd Hirsch and Tom Cavanaugh star in FREUD’S LAST SESSION at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Tyler Marchant directs. www.thebroadstage.com.
JAN 24 – FEB 24: January 24- February 24, 2013. “7 Stories.” West Coast Premiere. Written by Morris Panych. Directed by Bruce Gray. www.theatre40.org.
JAN 25 – FEB 17: International City Theatre presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. MAR 22- APR 14: Terrence McNally’s MASTER CLASS. JUN 7-30: Sarah Ruhl’s DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE. AUG 23 – SEP 15: John Logan’s RED. OCT 11 – NOV 3: Marc Camoletti’s DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER. www.InternationalCityTheatre.com.
FEB 11 & 17: Musical Theatre Guild presents CHESS at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on the 11th and the Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks on the 17th. http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/
FEB 12-13: A staged reading of a play to be determined directed by Michael Arabian for Hothouse at the Pasadena Playhouse. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
FEB 16 – MAR 17: Chris Fields directs Gary Lennon’s A FAMILY THING with Ted Sizemore, Ethan Embry and Johnny Messner at Echo. www.echotheatercompany.com.
FEB 23 – MAY 11: Michael Michetti directs Frank Galati’s adaptation of THE GRAPES OF WRATH at A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
FEB 26 – APR 11: DIVORCE PARTY THE MUSICAL at the El Portal Theater in NoHo. www.elportal.theatre.com.
THROUGH MAR 2: “Hansel and Gretel” an interactive musical. Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, in Los Angeles, 90068. www.theatrewest.org.
MAR 2 – APR 14: Pavel Cerny writes and directs BELZ! THE JEWISH VAUDEVILLE MUSICAL at the Whitefire Theatre. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/276015
MAR 12-13: A staged reading of Claire Willett’s DEAR GALILEO directed by Courtney Harper with Matthew Lillard for Hothouse at the Pasadena Playhouse in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
MAR 16 – MAY 19: Geoff and Julia co-direct Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE at A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
MAR 21 – APR 21: “Remembrance.” Written by Graham Reid. Directed by Tim Byron Owen. “Remembrance” charts the love that develops between a Protestant father and a Catholic mother who meet in the cemetery where their sons are buried, both victims of violence. www.theatre40.org.
APR 6 – MAY 26: George Farquhar’s THE BEAUX STRATAGEM at A Noise Within. www.anoisewithin.org.
APR 2013: In 2013, to celebrate the City of San Gabriel’s Centennial, the Mission Playhouse will present a fully‐staged version of The Mission Play. This work, set in California during the 1700’s, was first staged 100 years ago, ran for decades and drew millions of people to San Gabriel. More information http://www.missionplayhouse.org.
APR 15 & 21: Musical Theatre Guild presents A CATERED AFFAIR (Los Angeles premiere) at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on the 15th and the Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks on the 21st. http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/
MAY 16 – JUN 16: “Opening Night.” West Coast Premiere. Written by Norm Foster. Directed by Bruce Gray. From the writer and director of this past season’s hit, “The Long Weekend.” www.theatre40.org.
JUN 10 & 16: Musical Theatre Guild presents Gershwin’s GIRL CRAZY at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on the 10th and the Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks on the 16th. http://www.musicaltheatreguild.com/
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