WINTER SCHEDULE
31 December 2008: Glendale Centre Theatre – Barefoot in the Park
This Neil Simon classic was made into a movie with Jane Fonda (before her Vietnam protest and aerobics video) and Robert Redford (before Sundance and the Sundance Kid). Ends 7 February.
10-25 January: A Noise Within - Waiting for Godot
A reprise of this wonderful production. I might even go see it again!
10-25 January: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – The Magic Flute
15 January: Mark Taper Forum – Pippin
This small but popular musical is directed by Jeff Calhoun and produced with Deaf West Theatre. Ends March 15.
16 January: The Sierra Madre Playhouse – Murder on the Bounding Main
This comedy mystery takes place on a ship. Ends 21 February 2009.
21 January: Ahmanson Theatre – Minsky’s
A racy new musical set in a time when entertainment was about legs and laughs is what the Web site professes. Ends 1 March 2009.
21 January: Pasadena Playhouse – Stormy Weather
Leslie Uggams as Lena Horne. Written by Sharleen Cooper Cohen. Ends 28 February 2009.
18 February: David Henry Hwang Theatre – Ixnay
This play by Paul Kikuchi is about a Japanese American who refuses to be reincarnated as a Japanese American. Ends 15 March 2009.
21 February: The Theatre@Boston Court – Tartuffe
21 February – 15 March: Dorothy Chandler Paviilion – Das Rheingold
Moliere’s classic re-envisioned by director Josh Chambers. Ends 22 March 2009.
6 March: The Sierra Madre Playhouse – Picnic
7 March: A Noise Within - Taming of the Shrew Ends 17 May.
William Inge’s classic about love, lust and a wandering man who causes trouble in a small town. Ends 11 April 2009.
20 March: Pasadena Playhouse – Mauritius
Written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Jessica Kubzansky, this follows a woman and her relatives trying to get the rights to a rare stamp collection. Ends 26 April 2009.
21 March: A Noise Within – Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen’s play is billed as a haunting tale of unrequited passion and revelation. It ends 9 May.
4-25 April: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - Die Walkure
11-16 April: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – The Birds
18 April: A Noise Within – The Rehearsal
In Jean Anouilh’s play a count looks for salvation in the purity of a young visitor.
9 May: The Theatre@Boston Court – Courting Vampires
A world premiere written by Laura Schellhardt and directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Is about a young woman who falls victim to a fatal blood disease and a vampire is involved (but probably no garlic).
13 May: David Henry Hwang Theatre – Marry Me a Little & The Last Five Years
Two musical plays about love for the price of one. Ends 7 June 2009.
No current production schedule for:
The Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena
Furious Theatre Company at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre in Pasadena.
StillSpeaking Theatre in San Marino
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