Theatrical shows, Musical Concerts, and Festivals registered on the Better Lemons calendar! For more shows visit our Calendar.
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Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
Hamlet is turned topsy turvy in this brilliant, Tony Award®-winning comedy that thrusts Shakespeare's two minor characters to the frontlines with no rules except one: they are destined to die. Trapped in a universe ...read more
Just in time for the Halloween season, Villainy, or H.H. Holmes' Own Story arrives at the Whitefire Theatre. It's the incredible true story of H.H. Holmes (1861-1896), America's first serial killer. Born Herman Webster ...read more
W.C. Thornbush and The Great American Show, "The nation's salvation in a single night of entertainment". This comedic musical revue features classic Americana entertainment, peppered with biting humor, irreverent sketch comedy, and heartfelt moments. ...read more
ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles October 11-14th, 2018 is a four-day festival which showcases new and classic films, conversations, and artistic programs. ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles 2018 explores, embraces, and celebrates the diversity ...read more
SILENCE! THE MUSICAL The Unauthorized Parody of The Silence of the Lambs Music & Lyrics by Jon Kaplan & Al Kaplan, Book by Hunter Bell Adapted from the screenplay “Silence! The Musical” by Jon & Al ...read more
Comprised of multi-Grammy-Award-winners Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan, acoustic folk trio I'm With Her has garnered praise for their exquisite musicianship, family-like chemistry and “sweetly ethereal” indelible harmonies (the New York Times). ...read more
LA Femme International Film Festival is a premier festival that focuses on platforming women filmmakers “by women, for everyone”. Our Festival was created in 2005, when it became apparent that there was a need ...read more
Award-winning artists' collective Rogue Artists Ensemble takes over West Hollywood's Plummer Park through a commission from The City of West Hollywood's Arts Division for a site-specific immersive theater experience with Señor Plummer's Final Fiesta, ...read more
The scene is a stark motel room at the edge of the Mojave Desert. May, a disheveled young woman, sits dejectedly on a rumpled bed while Eddie, a rough-spoken rodeo performer, crouches in a ...read more
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Based upon the book Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl At LaCanada Presbyterian Church 626 Foothill Blvd, LaCanada Three performances only: October ...read more
Post Apocalyptic Bunker Comedy October 13th – October 28th Saturdays at 5:00pm and Sundays at 5:30pm The creative team behind The Awkward Party (Best Play of 2017, OC Weekly) and Pretendessee Williams we're proud ...read more
Winner! Encore Producers Award Hollywood Fringe 2018 Winner! Critics Choice Award Better-Lemons 2018 We're listed as Immersive bu only because there is no “INTERACTIVE” option! THE STUDY takes place during a psychological clinical test of the flight-or-fight ...read more
In a tiny, family-run factory, fabric flies and tempers flare when Ana, fresh out of high school, rebels against the status quo with dreams of becoming a writer. But deportation and the pressure to ...read more
The award-winning guerrilla-theater comedy “I'm Gonna Kill the President!” A Federal Offense will return to Los Angeles this fall, apropos of absolutely nothing happening in America. Performances take place in secret locations throughout Los ...read more
West Coast Premiere of "Cal in Camo" Presented by James Roday's Red Dog Squadron and VS. Theatre Company Written by William Francis Hoffman / Directed by Amy K. Harmon Do wounds from the past irrevocably impact our capacity to ...read more
Grammy-nominated writer JD Souther is an architect of the Southern California sound, whose lyrics defined the country rock songs of the '70s and '80s. He has penned countless hits for the Eagles (“Heartache Tonight,” ...read more
It's not about lust, not about violence. This October it's about POSSESSION. Are you ready? Experience the Play... Possession: An American Serial Killer puts you up close to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. ...read more
Thrills, laughs and excitement are on full display as Cirque Mechanics' 42FT – A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels transports audiences back to the timeless thrills of the big top circus ring. Deriving its name ...read more
“Uniquely funny” exclaims LA Beat. In 2016, Heather Keller, a healthy young vegan runner, was diagnosed with breast cancer and her life changed forever. This is her heartbreaking, inspiring and ultimately uplifting story. Winner ...read more
Welcome to the Binge! Your new BFF! Two weeks of free theatre October 15 to 28, 2018 with encore performances through November 11! Santa Monica Group Theatre presents The BFF aka The BINGE Fringe Festival of Free ...read more
Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
Award-winning Los Angeles Playwright and 16-time recipient of Artist-in-Residence grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. October 3, 2018 Silver Lake, CA - Henry Ong, a fixture of the Los Angeles theatre community for more than 35 years, died Saturday, September 29th after a long battle with cancer. Ong was the quintessential Los Angeles playwright: a first-generation Asian-American, he was interested in the exploring the immigrant experience, and conducted writing/oral history workshops in many LA communities as diverse as the city itself.
Ong grew up in Singapore and later attended graduate school in the U.S., graduating with a master's degree in journalism. Post-graduation, he moved to Los Angeles, where he began to pursue his career as a playwright. He was a member of Interact Theatre Company and Company of Angels. In 2014 he was awarded the Lee Melville Award from Playwrights Arena for outstanding contribution to theatre in Los Angeles.
An internationally-produced playwright, Ong's works span an eclectic mix, from plays inspired by true events to biographical drama and adaptations of classic novels. Credits include: Madame Mao's Memories, Sweet Karma, Fabric, The Legend of the White Snake, and People Like Me, which won him a Drama-Logue Award for Excellence in Writing in 1998. A number of his plays have been produced nationally, including New York and San Diego (at the Old Globe Theatre); as well as internationally in London, Edinburgh and Singapore. Other works include: The Masseur, Ascent, and theatrical adaptations of the Anthony Trollope novels Rachel Ray, and Nina Balatka, all in various stages of development.
Ong was a 16-time recipient of Artist-in-Residence grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. He collaborated with Marlton School, Los Angeles' only day school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, on staging a series of Asian folktales for youth. In addition, he was one of the founding members of the non-profit Artists Against Oppression (AAO), whose primary mission is to create and support artistic endeavors that elevate the lives of oppressed or disenfranchised communities.
In 2017, Ong fulfilled a life-long dream to have his six-hour adaptation of the Chinese classic, Dream of the Red Chamber staged, co-directing the play at the Edward Vincent Jr Park in Inglewood. In June his play, The Blade of Jealousy, an adaptation of the Spanish Renaissance Playwright Tirso de Molina's La Celosa De Sí Misma, had its world premiere at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks.
As a champion of LA theatre, Ong was an avid theatre-goer, attending 150 performances annually. He served for many seasons as an active voter for The Ovation Awards, the Southern California award for excellence in theatre.
Dubbed “the shyest man in theatre” by theatre website Stage Raw, Henry famously avoided the spotlight and cameras unless he was on the other side of the lens. Everyone in the theatre was “a famous person” in his world. No audience member or performer escaped his attention. Ong felt, he said in a 2016 Stage Raw interview, that “everybody deserves to be seen, and wants to be seen.”
Henry is survived by his husband Matthew Black, mother Geok Lian Yan, and sisters Noi Giddings and Stella Ong.
80s British rock band, Hell Kross, stands accused of hundreds of wrongful deaths, as their music leaves a wake of death and destruction. This heavy metal musical comedy rock opera extravaganza requires YOU to ...read more
THE TEMPEST @ Brand Park
October 4, 2018 7:30 pm
Exiled and left stranded to raise her young daughter on a deserted island, Prospero's chance for revenge has finally come. Aided by magic and the spirits of the island, will justice finally be won? ...read more
THE LONE [email protected] Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University
October 4, 2018 8:00 pm
Americana country trio The Lone Bellow is known for their transcendent harmonies, serious musicianship and raucous live performances, which display their “open-hearted, vein-bursting conviction” (NPR Music). The group continues their introspective and poignant music ...read more
SAN PEDRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL @ Warner Grand Theatre
October 5, 2018 5:30 pm
The San Pedro International Film Festival was founded to celebrate the diverse culture and community of San Pedro with a wide spectrum of independent film, documentaries, and shorts. SPIFF is committed to exhibiting films that ...read more
FANCY NANCY: THE MUSICAL @ Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center
October 5, 2018 7:00 pm
A sophisticated evening for the fancy side in all of us Fancy Nancy and her friends Bree, Rhonda, Wanda, and Lionel are going to be performing in their very first show, “Deep Sea Dances.” ...read more
5TH ANNUAL HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL @ Highland Theatres
October 5, 2018 7:00 pm
The Highland Park Independent Film Festival (HPIFF) was founded by a group of filmmakers whose express mission is to promote the art of film in their community. HPIFF is the first film festival of ...read more
THE SECRET IN THE WINGS @ Stage 12
October 5, 2018 8:00 pm
The Secret in the Wings October 5th, 2018 – November 4th, 2018 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm Written by Mary Zimmerman Directed by Patti Cumby A captivating voyage into our collective ...read more
LA FASHION FILM FEST @ various venues
October 6, 2018 11:00 am
LAFFF has partnered with two venues with a combined history of 159 years at the forefront of fashion and technology in Los Angeles to host the two-day festival, taking place on October 5th and ...read more
TOWNE STREET THEATRE IN RESPONSE; YEAR OF THE WOMAN @ Stella Adler Theatre
October 6, 2018 8:00 pm
Towne Street Theatre's IN RESPONSE: Year of the Woman is the latest installment of the critically acclaimed IN RESPONSE series reflecting on the current State of the Union. Past and present issues of women ...read more
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN @ Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University
October 7, 2018 2:00 pm
Through his live performances, recordings, film and television appearances, and his songwriting Michael Feinstein is an all-star force in American music. Over the three decades of his career, Feinstein's five Grammy Award nominations, Emmy ...read more
After serving in the Iraq war, Carter's brother, Owen, has been withdrawn and mute. In the hopes of getting the brother he once knew back, Carter invites two of Owen's service buddies, Bergsey and ...read more
Hilarious and moving coming-of-age story with music from the theater, that chronicles Jones' childhood as a budding theater queen, ten years on Broadway in "A Chorus Line," through to the present and his successful, ...read more
Better Lemons has lots of registered shows and events and lot of them have Critics and Audience reviews posted. Here you can see their favorites and when you click on a title, you will see all the critics' and audience reviews and ratings. From there you can choose what your adventures this weekend will be. We wish you a fantastic weekend!
A razor-sharp, darkly comic drama about ambition, office warfare and pecking orders by MacArthur “genius” grant recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. For the 20-somethings working at a chic, unnamed New York magazine, the only thing that ...read more
BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL @ Pantages Theatre
September 13, 2018 2:00 pm
BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King's remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow ...read more
SHORT+SWEET HOLLYWOOD @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre
September 13, 2018 7:00 pm
Festival of short plays. Week One (Sept. 13- Sept. 16): PROGRAM A (Thurs&Friday&Sat 7pm, Sunday 6pm) Slow Dating. Written by Adam Szudrich. Directed by Katie Burson. Cast. Julie Collis When an elderly lady tries ...read more
FIRE IN A DARK HOUSE @ Whitefire Theatre
September 13, 2018 8:00 pm
The Whitefire Theatre and Slowly I Turned Productions present a world premiere drama FIRE IN A DARK HOUSE, about two star-crossed young lovers, their families and community, all thrown into turmoil as anti-immigrant fervor ...read more
It's 1949, the war is over, and America is beginning a new chapter. Eugene Jerome and his brother Stan are being given a chance to audition as comedy writers for CBS in the emerging ...read more
WE ARE TRAFFIC - A SOLO RIDESHARE ADVENTURE @ Stephanie Feury Theater
September 13, 2018 9:45 pm
Audience Lemonade: 100%
SPECIAL ENCORE PERFORMANCE! COMBINED ARTFORM PRESENTS: "ONE LAST CHANCE" Shows from the 2018 Fringe "We Are Traffic: A Rideshare Adventure" "In 2014 Jonathan lost his faith, so he got in his car...and drove. 'We Are Traffic' is ...read more
MOVING PARTS FILM FESTIVAL @ The Complex
September 14, 2018 12:00 pm
2 Days of International Independent Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, Live Staged Readings & Web Series The Moving Parts Film Festival is Hollywood's International Web Series and Film Festival. In response to the 2016 election, ...read more
THE MARRIAGE ZONE @ Santa Monica Playhouse The Main Stage
September 14, 2018 8:00 pm
Critics Lemonade: 90%
Cal and Beth are selling their home. They're visited by Skip and Ellie, an engaged couple, very much in love who are eager to buy their first home. They're joined by Mike and Liz, ...read more
MARTIANS - AN EVENING WITH RAY BRADBURY @ Whitefire Theatre
September 14, 2018 8:00 pm
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING “...the warmth and good humor of Ray Bradbury is wonderfully embodied in the performance of Mr. Mount... His performance is a TOUR-DE_FORCE! The ensemble invests their characters with passion and ...read more
DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME ANYTHING BUT MOTHER @ Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre
September 14, 2018 8:30 pm
Don't You Ever Call Me Anything But MOTHER with Tina Preston by John O'Keefe Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group proudly presents the amazing Tina Preston in John O'Keefe's solo-sonata centering around a crazy old ...read more
CAMBODIA TOWN FILM FESTIVAL @ Art Theatre
September 15, 2018 11:00 am
One of the key purposes of Cambodian Town Film Festival (CTTF) is to highlight the diversity of the Cambodian experience through the art of filmmaking. By specifically featuring films that deal with Cambodian social ...read more
AMERICAN [email protected] Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse
September 15, 2018 8:00 pm
IAMA Theatre Company opens its 2018-19 season with the L.A. premiere of Bess Wohl's darkly comic celebration of the power of teamwork and unity to overcome adversity. At a toasted subs franchise in the ...read more
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE September 14 – October 21 studio/stage (Los Angeles) Production developed at the Actors Studio West, Martin McDonagh's award-winning black comedy THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, directed by Mark Kemble (Film: co-writer/director “Bad Hurt”; writer/director award-winning ...read more
With modern audiences in mind, renowned theatre artist Tony Tanner has created this adaptation of the classic play "Ghosts" by the immortal Henrik Ibsen. Reimagined in a taut, lean, focused framework, "Give Me the ...read more
Hot Off the Press is a program of new writing by talented women playwrights as excerpts of their newest works are performed. The program includes: Fertile: An Exploration of the Expectations of Procreation. Written ...read more
NEW! Shows and film festivals that have registered on the Better Lemons calendar. For more shows visit our Calendar. For shows with a LemonMeter rating, visit our LemonMeter page. Share on social media.
A delightful new play showing why the Brothers Grimm decided to write down all those fairy tales, and who helped them do it. Watch favorite tales come to life! Good for the whole family! ...read more
A suspense thriller that explores religious superstition and terrorism in the name of Islam versus unscrupulous Western imperialism and war mongering. When an American anthropologist is kidnapped in Baghdad by seemingly ruthless fundamentalists, an ...read more
A Fundraiser for GRT Sept. 4, 5, & 6 The Group Rep is proud to present the world premiere of AROUND THE WORLD WITH SUZY LONDON written by Suzy London and Calvin Remsberg, directed by ...read more
