Opening Shows This Coming Week

"THE IMPOSTER" PRODUCED BY THE NEW GUARD THEATER COMPANY @ Atwater Village Theatre

January 31, 2018 8:00 pm

In a radical interpretation of Molière's classic, New Guard Theater Company's production of "The Imposter" finds new relevance for age-old characters in a starkly contemporary setting. After making a shady deal with the government, ...read more

A CRAZY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY OUT @ Whitefire Theatre

January 31, 2018 8:00 pm

Born to please, Adrian learns the hard way through hilarious and tragic misfortunes to be truthful about who his many identities hidden by shame and fear. ...read more

THE HOUSE IS BLACK @ Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

February 1, 2018 7:30 pm

The House is Black Media Project is Iranian American artist Sussan Deyhim's multimedia examination of the work of Forough Farrokhzad, one of Iran's most influential feminist poets and filmmakers. Travel through a visual, sonic ...read more

VIOLET @ Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center

February 2, 2018 8:00 pm

The best Tony-nominated musical nobody's ever heard of… Violet has wowed critics and audiences with its powerful story and energetic gospel, rock, country and R&B score by Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home and Caroline, or ...read more

PIZZA MAN @ The Loft (Main Space)

February 2, 2018 8:00 pm

Step inside a Hollywood loft for an experience where instead of viewing the action from a distance, you become immersed in it! In this site-specific production, the audience themselves are part of the 1980s ...read more

JACKIE [email protected] Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

February 2, 2018 8:00 pm

Hailed as an icon of style, grace and strength, Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis was known for her alluring mystery and piercing sensuality. Much has been written and said about America's most famous First Lady. ...read more

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre

February 3, 2018 11:00 am

Although it is the most modest toy in the nursery, the Velveteen Rabbit earns the love of a young child and learns the joys and pain of becoming "Real." Margery Williams' classic book springs ...read more

TWO FISTED [email protected] Odyssey Theatre

February 3, 2018 8:00 pm

Range of Light presents the world premiere of David Sessions' dark comedy Two Fisted Love, a visiting production at the Odyssey Theatre. Opens February 3. It's 2008 and Hollywood A-lister, Caroline Connors (Serena Scott ...read more

YEAR OF THE ROOSTER @ Theatre of Note

February 3, 2018 8:00 pm

Gil is a loser. He works at McDonald's, lives with his ailing mother, and hasn't had a girlfriend since...ever. But that's all about to change. He's been secretly training (and drugging) a rooster to ...read more

HENRY V @ A Noise Within

February 4, 2018 2:00 pm

The dogs of war are unleashed and a charismatic Warrior King emerges in Shakespeare's breathtaking depiction of the Battle of Agincourt. But the events before and after the decisive victory temper the fervor of ...read more

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY @ Celebration Theatre @ The Lex

February 6, 2018 8:00 pm

In SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY, riffing on Pirandello's classic title, Shores brings to life six one-of-a-kind characters he has met in real life that haven't quite made it into one of ...read more