Posts Tagged ‘Center Theatre Group’

MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET


Daringly reconceived, thrillingly choreographed, and dazzlingly performed, the North American Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo And Juliet is the latest absolute must-see from the UK-based dance company that has made the Ahmanson Theatre its American home away from home for the past twenty-six years.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL


Entertainment Weekly’s 2nd-Best Christmas Movie of All Time* comes to irresistible song-and-dance life at the Ahmanson as Center Theatre Group treats audiences of all ages to Broadway’s A Christmas Story: The Musical.
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DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL


Kids’ shows don’t get any more adult-friendly than Dog Man: The Musical, which is why whether or not you have school-age children who want to tag along, the off-Broadway hit’s new National Tour, now playing at the Kirk Douglas, just might be the most fun you’ll have at a theater this entire holiday season.
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HADESTOWN


A nearly brand-new cast makes Hadestown’s two-week return to the Ahmanson not only a must-see for anyone who thrilled to the Best Musical Tony winner last year, but also a thrilling introduction to Anaïs Mitchell’s electrifyingly original musical smash for those discovering it for the first time.
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OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD

The four complex, authentic teen characters Alexis Scheer has created and the direction, performances, and design of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord’s West Coast Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre are all so rave-worthy, it’s disappointing that the play’s gratuitously violent, deliberately unintelligible, and “WTF is that supposed to mean?” last twenty minutes are not.
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PETER PAN GOES WRONG


The laughs keep coming and coming and coming as the mishaps keep piling up in Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the side-splittingest show to play the Ahmanson since The Play That Goes Wrong had audiences rolling in the aisles four years back.
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INTO THE WOODS


Stunningly fresh takes on iconic roles distinguish the the newest Broadway revival of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and book writer James Lapine’s Into The Woods, now playing at the Ahmanson, from the myriad productions that have preceded it.
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A TRANSPARENT MUSICAL

Center Theatre Group celebrates diversity just in time for Pride Month with A Transparent Musical, an exhilarating but overlong adaptation of the hit TV series Transparent.
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