Take a moment to see which stand-out productions are closing this week that you don’t want to miss! At the same time, get a jump on ordering your tickets for exciting new shows that are about to open!
Closing:
The Big Funk (Full Length) & Down and Out (Short Play)
8/5/09, 68 Cent Crew Theatre, Hollywood
Enjoy seven full length and six short plays at the first ever 13 by Shanley Festival at Theatre 68.
Crack Whore, Bulimic, Girl-Next-Door
8/8/09, Roadkill Productions, West Side
A One-Woman Show Performed by Three Women, and One Man.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Full Length) & Welcome to the Moon (Short Play)
8/8/09, 68 Cent Crew Theatre, Hollywood
Enjoy seven full length and six short plays at the first ever 13 by Shanley Festival at Theatre 68.
Hamlet
8/8/09, Theatre 150, Outside Los Angeles
Teeming with vitality and intensity… The LA Times
Heavy Like the Weight of a Flame
8/8/09, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, West Side
Actor/comedian/musician Ernie Silva’s coming-of-age story based on his life growing up on Brooklyn.
Wife Swappers
8/8/09, Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood
The hilarious, ,offensive and cutting edge comedy returns to LA at the Zephyr Theatre. Adults only!
One Ups!
8/8/09, Sacred Fools Theatre Company, Hollywood
Jaime Andrews, Terry Tocantins, and Richard Levinson in an evening of solo shows.
The Apple Tree
8/9/09, Crown City Theatre Company, Downtown
CRITICS PICK Bravo! 5 out of 5 stars”- Don Grigware, Former theater editor “Metro LA” “Noho LA”
Cabaret
8/9/09, Musical Theatre of Los Angeles, Hollywood
The Golddiggers
8/9/09, El Portal Theatre, San Fernando Valley
Dean Martin’s Golddiggers reunite to sing and dance their way into your heart!
The Illustrious Birth of Padriac T. Duffy
8/9/09, The Echo Theatre Company, West Side
A hilarious new comedy by Padraic Duffy presented by the award-winning Echo Theater.
The Nuclear Family
8/9/09, needtheater, Hollywood
A completely improvised musical! Kinda like your family, but with 200 wigs and a pianist…
Opening:
The Receptionist
8/5/09, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, West Side
Megan Mullally stars in The Receptionist, David Bock’s dark comedy about today’s paranoid times.
Closer Than Ever
8/6/09, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, West Side
The acclaimed musical revue about life, love and all the doors in between.
The Golddiggers
8/6/09, El Portal Theatre, San Fernando Valley
Dean Martin’s Golddiggers reunite to sing and dance their way into your heart!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
8/7/09, Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood
Sexy, hilarious, suspenseful… set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Summer of Love in 1967.
All in the Timing
8/7/09, Theatre Unleashed, San Fernando Valley
David Ives’ comedy of the absurd
Block Nine: Fellas
8/7/09, Elephant Stageworks, Hollywood
Performed in rep with an all male and an all female cast. Come once. Come twice. Just Come.
Life Could be a Dream
8/7/09, Hudson Mainstage Theatre, Hollywood
From the writer/director of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES comes a brand new show!
The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
8/7/09, Luna Playhouse, San Gabriel Valley
Dora is developmentally disabled. Taken off tranquillizers, she discovers her sexuality.
One Ups!
8/7/09, Sacred Fools Theatre Company, Hollywood
Jaime Andrews, Terry Tocantins, and Richard Levinson in an evening of solo shows.
4.48 Psychosis
8/8/09, Theatre Unleashed, San Fernando Valley
Sarah Kane’s final poetic plunge into the depths of depression.
