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Plane Talk Ten Short Plays – One Grounded Location. Plane Talk Ten Short Plays – One Grounded Location.

SkyPilot’s second annual “One-act’s, one location” production, featuring ten new short plays, all of which take place in an airport. Written by the SkyPilot resident playwrights and starring 29 members of SkyPilot’s acting ensemble. These short plays are a smorgasbord of genres for any theatre lover, including comedy, drama, theatre of the absurd and even
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ECHO THEATER COMPANY’S LA PREMIERE OF GOD’S EAR ECHO THEATER COMPANY’S LA PREMIERE OF GOD’S EAR

The Los Angeles premiere of God’s Ear, a play by Jenny Schwartz, directed by Rory Kozoll, is set to begin preview performances on January 12 at the Zephyr Theatre.  The engagement runs through Sunday, February 19. In God’s Ear, a couple suffers a tragic accident, and their grief propels them into a fantastical world where
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WORLD PREMIERE OF EXPECTING TO FLY BY MICHAEL HYMAN WORLD PREMIERE OF EXPECTING TO FLY BY MICHAEL HYMAN

Expecting to Fly is a dark and sometimes humorous journey through the young minds and memories of Jared and his former lover, Sean. As the two men look back on their time together, they try to come to terms with what they lost, and experience that one last perfect kiss, to set each other free. 
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Back by popular demand The REP opens the 2012 Season with the smash hit comedy JEWTOPIA Back by popular demand The REP opens the 2012 Season with the smash hit comedy JEWTOPIA

Jewtopia, written by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson is a comedy where stereotypes collide, cultures clash and chaos ensues! Oh, and it’s back at the Repertory East Playhouse! The production, co-sponsored by Friedman, Thompson and Co. and Wild Flour Gourmet Baking is the longest running comedy ever to come out of Los Angeles. Jewtopia tells
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A NOISE WITHIN BRINGS NOISES OFF TO ITS NEW PASADENA THEATRE A NOISE WITHIN BRINGS NOISES OFF TO ITS NEW PASADENA THEATRE

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, brings its hit production of MICHAEL FRAYN’s hilarious NOISES OFF to its new Pasadena theatre for a brief run from Friday, January 6 to Sunday, January 15, 2012, reprising for eight performances the comedy that played to sold-out houses at its former Glendale venue during
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THREE-TIME DAYTIME EMMY AWARD WINNER  MICHAEL E. KNIGHT (ALL MY CHILDREN) SET TO STAR IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF  THE COST OF THE ERECTION  A NEW PLAY BY JON MARANS THREE-TIME DAYTIME EMMY AWARD WINNER MICHAEL E. KNIGHT (ALL MY CHILDREN) SET TO STAR IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF THE COST OF THE ERECTION A NEW PLAY BY JON MARANS

Renowned daytime television stars Michael E. Knight (All My Children) and Robin Riker (The Bold and the Beautiful), along with Kal Bennett and James Louis Wagner are set to star in The Blank Theatre’s production of The Cost of the Erection by Jon Marans, directed by Blank Founding Artistic Director Daniel Henning. The West Coast
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THE LYRIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2012 SEASON OF PLAYS THE LYRIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2012 SEASON OF PLAYS

The Lyric Theatre’s  Dorrie Braun, Founder and Executive Director, JC Gafford, Artistic Director, has announced a season of four plays for 2012, which will kick off February 10 with a new production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, followed by two world premieres, Jupiter Zoom
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Stephen Sachs’ “Bakersfield Mist” optioned for London with an eye to Broadway Stephen Sachs’ “Bakersfield Mist” optioned for London with an eye to Broadway

Bakersfield Mist, the new play by Fountain Theatre co-artistic director Stephen Sachs, has been optioned by multiple Tony award-winning producer Sonia Friedman for productions in London and New York. Sonia Friedman Productions has signed an option to produce the play on the West End in London with plans to bring it to New York for
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Aphrodisiac Aphrodisiac

                  aphrodisiac By Rob Handel Directed by Lisa Mallette January 19 – February 19, 2012 “A genuine thrill ride!” – The New York Sun Congressman Dan Ferris is being questioned about the disappearance of his intern, Ilona Waxman. Sound awkward? Imagine if he were your dad! Loosely
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Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins Teaser Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins Teaser

  January 3 – February 12, 2012 Two-time Tony and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner sizzles as Molly Ivins, the brassy Texan reporter whose liberal journalism skyrocketed her to the national stage. From writing Elvis Presley’s New York Times obituary to becoming the most widely-read self-proclaimed “pain in the ass to whatever powers come to be,”
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NEW EYES- Now Playing at the Odyssey Theatre NEW EYES- Now Playing at the Odyssey Theatre

                    “New Eyes” is a smash-hit critically acclaimed one woman show playing in Los Angeles for 18 months with over 100 shows. Israeli actress, Yafit Josephson, portrays over 18 characters from over 5 different countries as she conveys her riveting and uplifting story, as she sees
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Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate’s Christmas Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate’s Christmas

          L.A.’s Holiday Family Favorite Returns! Join Black Eyed Johnny and his band of inept pirates as they infiltrate the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus and his elves attempt to save the day, but it all comes down to the actions of a little elf girl named Eve. Can
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Santasia – A Holiday Comedy – Demo Reel Santasia – A Holiday Comedy – Demo Reel

        Santasia — A Holiday Comedy is a perfect blend of Yuletide snark and sentiment. Produced and created by certifiable siblings Shaun and Brandon Loeser (ImprovOlympic) and their band of misfit elves present a freewheeling holiday romp. Santasia comedy sketches are being compared to old time Vaudeville and to the likes of
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HAIRSPRAY at Musical Theatre West Teaser HAIRSPRAY at Musical Theatre West Teaser

Musical Theatre West presents HAIRSPRAY the hit Broadway musical October 28 – November 13, 2011 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Starring Jim J. Bullock (“One Day at a Time,” “Spaceballs”) as Edna Turnblad, Gwen Stewart (RENT, original cast) as Motormouth Maybelle, Barry Pearl (the film version of “Grease”) as Wilbur Turnblad,
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