MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG


Terrific lead and featured performances make The Fable Theatre’s back-to-basics intimate revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along at the Whitefire a tasty Sondheim lover’s treat.
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TWELVE O’CLOCK TALES WITH AVA GARDNER


Alessandra Assaf delivers a spellbinding solo turn as one of the most glamorous screen goddesses in Hollywood history in Twelve O’clock Tales with Ava Gardner, now playing Sunday matinees at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks.
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TELL HIM IT’S JACKIE

Kait Haire makes for an incandescent, captivating Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in Tom Dugan’s absorbing, elucidating Tell Him It’s Jackie, now playing live under the stars at the aptly named Dugan’s Backyard Playhouse in Woodland Hills.
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY

L.A.’s most popular year-end comedy extravaganza since the year 2000, Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back for even more December magic in 2019, making this year’s collection of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag (rated R-for-language and H-for-heart) even more of a must-see.
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THE BLADE OF JEALOUSY

The Blade Of Jealousy, Henry Ong’s contemporary updating of a 17th-century Spanish screwball farce, proves a misfire for the writer of the justly lauded Sweet Karma, a misdirected, overacted, and mostly laugh-free World Premiere now playing Sundays at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre.
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY

Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 18th annual potpourri of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag, the best possible news for audiences seeking holiday comedy rated R-for-language and H-for-heart.
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DEAR WORLD

When was the last time you got to experience Jerry Herman’s Dear World? If you’re the most fortunate of Angelinos, it was probably way back in 2003 at Musical Theatre Guild’s one-performance-only concert staged reading of the 1969 Broadway gem, that was until last night when Cal State Northridge’s Valley Performing Arts Center opened its 2016-17 season with Dear World In Concert, starring an exquisite Tyne Daly as Countess Aurelia, the Madwoman of Chaillot.
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DREAMGIRLS

Spectacular design, inspired direction and choreography, and above all one electrifying star turn—elements that together made the 2010 National Tour of the legendary Dreamgirls one for the ages—have been reassembled at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts to make for the big-stage, big-budget Dreamgirls revival its fans have been waiting for.
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