Some would say theater is a dying art or that New York has the market cornered, but these shows are breathing life into the lost art form and bringing back the West Coast vs East Coast beef. From sketch comedy to drama this list has it all and all of it is going down on the streets of Hollywood! Vote on your favorites, or just see what theater shows are happening in L.A!
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California Dreamin (MET Theatre)
In "California Dreamin'," playwright Jill Charlotte Thomas dramatically speculates on the events that led to the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. - LA Times
Show Run: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Ends March 11. $20. (800) 838-3006. Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes.
Balm in Gilead (Coeurage Theatre Company at Actors Circle Theatre)
Set in a cafe in 1960‘s New York that Lanford Wilson actually frequented, Balm in Gilead tells the story of the "riff raffs, the bums, the petty thieves, the scum, the lost, the desperate, the dispossessed, the cool." In this volatile world, two people look to escape the cycle of f*tility that surrounds them.
Show Run: January 27th - March 4th
Mine ( Elephant Theatre)
"Profane, funny, and packed with more crotch-grabbing than vintage Madonna, the current revival of Miguel Piñero’s prison drama "Short Eyes" at the Los Angeles Theatre Center burns with vivid life." - LA Times
8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays. Ends Dec. 18. $30, limited $10 seats on Thursdays. (866) 811-4111 or www.thelatc.org. Running time: 2 hours.
Short Eyes (The Los Angeles Theatre Center)
The beautiful Van Den Blink (founder of Little Beast), who has the large eyes and tense demeanor of a woodland creature, plays many scenes half turned away from the audience, almost as though she recognizes Annie’s sneakiness and is ashamed to show her face. Relax! You’re young! Two guys are in love with you! Life could be a lot worse. - LA Times.
Show Runs: Feb. 9–March 10. Thu.–Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. (323) 960-7788 or www.plays411.com.
All My Sons (The Matrix)
Joe Keller, an up-by-his-bootstraps manufacturer, is African American and Kate, his plain-spoken, practical wife, is white. Their once-close neighbors, now estranged and living far away, are Asian American. This may better reflect the America of 2011 and may open additional alleyways of meaning, but the approach is at odds with itself, because in all other ways the production remains clothed in 1947, when anti-miscegenation laws and other forms of segregation still blanketed America. What's more, some of the alleyways prove tricky to navigate, including a deprecatory use of the word "yellow" that acquires a newly racialized connotation that no one on stage seems to realize. - LA Times
Show Runs: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Ends. Dec. 18. $25. (323) 960-7773 or www.matrixtheatre.com. Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes.
The Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, of course (Santa Monica Playhouse)
"An enchanting journey through the Black Forest replete with romance, lots of laughs, and musical and lyrical ideas brazenly borrowed from Gilbert & Sullivan…filled with ever-surprising delights that will lift up your spirits." (This Week in Show Business). It’s a hilarious, family-friendly reworking of the classic story, anything but a Grimm fairytale.
Show Run: Sunday, Feb 19 12:30p to 2:00p
The Cost of an Erection ( 2nd Stage)
A Manhattan raw-space condo is the setting for a story that uses the clever metaphorical conceit of building design and construction to illuminate the challenges that two couples face in rebuilding solid foundations for their shaky marriages.
Show Run: Feb. 11–March 18. Thu.–Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. (323) 661-9827 or www.theblank.com. Casting by Scott David, Erica Silverman, and Bob Lambert.
Casual Encounters ( Sketch Comedy @ The Complex Theatre)
This Hilariously Funny Product of the The Strait Jacket Society Located at 6470 Santa Monica Blvd. Opened Last Friday Night.
It immediately earned bragging rights as the Top Grossing Show at the theatre selling out the seats and forcing Standing Room Only. The show pokes fun at every thing under the sun!
Directed By: Chris "One" Liner & Trevor Trout, The show looks very hopeful as it begins it's 10 week run.
Show Run: Friday Nights @ 8:30. Feb, 24th - April 31st.
Reservations are strongly recommended. Call 323.769.5575 to reserve your tickets.
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF ( The Lyric Theatre)
The Tony Award nominated and Obie Award-winning play weaves lush movement and graceful verse into a truly stirring portrait of seven amazing black women trapped in their sex, color and consciousness. Each woman’s journey is unique, yet each seamlessly blends with the stories of the other six women to form one, united voice of pride and power. The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1976, was the inspiration for Tyler Perry’s recent film For Colored Girls. Directed by Lyric Artistic Director JC Gafford, For Colored Girls ... will run through March 4.
Monty Python's Spamalot (Pantages Theatre)
Spamalot is an hilarious adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the 1975 film that is the best loved and most successful of the Monty Python screen ventures. A smash hit on Broadway and across the world. With shows running through out the week and weekend as well as weekend Matinees. If you are in search of a show. They have you covered.