Events Opening This Week

SCREWBALL COMEDY @ Theatre 40

July 19, 2018 8:00 pm

The title Screwball Comedy refers to an American genre of story-telling which had its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s. The elements included a male and female who may be adversarial at first, but …read more

BUCKET LIST CABARET: DARK & DIRTY @ Three Clubs

July 19, 2018 8:00 pm

The third installment of Bucket List Theatre’s new cabaret series. Bucket List Cabaret: Dark & Dirty is an eclectic mix of “dark and dirty” show tunes and comedy songs…NSFW has never been so fun. …read more

MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN @ Lounge Theatre

July 19, 2018 8:00 pm

The newest work from legendary poet/playwright Murray Mednick is a dramatic character study incorporating historical footage and photos to explore two distantly connected relationships: that of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his wife Nadya, …read more

UNDER MILK WOOD@ Atwater Village Theatre

July 20, 2018 8:00 pm

Intensely beautiful, poignant and sublimely funny, this “play for voices” by the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas recounts the dreams, gossip and waking hours of the sleepy, Welsh seaside town of Llareggub — a …read more

ARE YOU BRINGING SOMETHING FROM MEXICO? @ Frida Kahlo Theater

July 20, 2018 8:00 pm

A timely, relevant play that explores immigrant lives caught up in the U.S. Justice System. Written by Mexican playwright Daimary Sanchez Moreno, it is based on the real life stories of undocumented immigrants from …read more

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY@ Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

July 21, 2018 7:00 pm

The Wallis presents: Celebrity Autobiography All Star Cast including Laraine Newman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shep-herd, Jennifer Tilly, Steven Weber, Fred Willard, and some surprises slated to perform in a special edition of …read more

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM @ Odyssey Theatre

July 21, 2018 8:00 pm

The sophistication, wit, insight, heart and genius of Broadway’s most innovative and influential artist is at the center of this tribute to composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. A musical treat, Side by Side features a dazzling …read more

WINGS @ Sierra Madre Playhouse

July 23, 2018 7:00 pm

July’s selection for the ongoing Off The Page series of free staged readings at Sierra Madre Playhouse is Wings by Arthur Kopit. Emily Stilson, seventy years old and a celebrated former aviatrix and stunt …read more

THE PLEASURE PROJECT @ The Lyric Hyperion

July 24, 2018 8:00 pm

Critics Lemonade: 100%

Audience Lemonade: 100%

Described as “the love child of The Vagina Monologues and Mars Attacks!”, The Pleasure Project tells the story of five aliens preparing to leave earth in light of an impending nuclear war who pose …read more