Thursday, March 31, 2016

MUSICAL NEWS for Thursday, March 31, 2016

3-D Theatricals presents David Yazbek and Terrence McNally’s The Full Monty April 15 – 17 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center and April 22 – May 8 at Fullerton’s Plummer Auditorium. The production is directed by T.J. Dawson, with choreography by Leslie Stevens; and musical direction by conductor Corey Hirsch. In need of quick cash and low on prospects, six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers come up with the outrageous idea of putting on a strip act after seeing the local women’s wild enthusiasm for a company of touring Chippendales dancers. Short on time and with little talent or physical appeal, the gang promises their show will be better because they’ll go “the full monty” and bare it all.

 Allen Everman stars as Jerry and Matthew Downs as Dave, along with David Engel (Harold), Rovin Jay (Horse), Tyler Miclean (Malcolm), Nick Waaland (Ethan), Candi Milo (Jeanette), Dante Marenco (Nathan), Jeanette Dawson as (Georgie), Janna Cardia (Vickie), and Lauren Decierdo(Pam). www.3dtshows.com
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts has mounted a terrific revival of Dreamgirls directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom (Broadway: Side Show, Flower Drum Song) and starring Moya Angela as Effie. After completing its initial run at La Mirada, which plays through April 17, it will move to Valley Performing Arts Center for four performances May 6 – 8 and then go on to a 3-week stint in Tokyo, Japan in June. The musical follows the rise of a 1960’s girl-group in Chicago and, while it is not officially based on Diana Ross and The Supremes, it contains numerous similarities to their story. This powerhouse of a musical reveals all the highs, lows, and backstage drama of following a dream and is packed with showstopping numbers. www.lamiradatheatre.com
This weekend, comedy lovers will want to head on over to Three Clubs in Hollywood and catch Madlib, the Musical. For this fun show, the audience chooses which tunes they want to hear and in what order from a menu of famous Broadway and movie songs. Then the cast has 5 minutes to prepare an improvised musical using the selected songs as the score.  It’s free so why not check them out. More info at Facebook.com/madlibmusical.
The world premiere musical RAIN opens this Friday, April 1 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Somerset Maugham’s classic story Rain was adapted as a movie three times, his iconic character Sadie Thompson played successively by Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, and Rita Hayworth. Now a brand-new musical comes to the Globe from Tony Award nominees Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson. The year is 1924, the setting a boarding hotel on the island of Western Samoa, where a missionary, a doctor, and their wives are scandalized by Sadie’s arrival, particularly when they learn what she does for a living. But the missionary has secrets of his own, and when he tries to shut down Sadie’s business and save her soul, more heats up than the South Pacific sun. Artistic director Barry Edelstein makes his musical theatre debut with this gorgeous and powerful new work that reveals the explosive nature of repressed desire.

Cast includes  Eden Espinosa as Sadie Thompson, Marie-France Arcilla (Noi Noi), Elizabeth A. Davis (Anna Davidson), Jeremy Davis (Jo), Betsy Morgan (Louisa MacPhail), Rusty Ross (Kiwi), Mike Sears (Quartermaster, Hopper), Tally Sessions (Alec MacPhail), and Jared Zirilli (Alfred Davidson). www.theoldglobe.org
Rubicon Theatre Company’s Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Broadway Musical Concert Series will present Who Could Ask For Anything More? featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin, April 2 & 3. Richard Israel directs a cast that includes Lindsey Alley, Matthew Bohrer, Kim Huber, Rebecca Ann Johnson, Damon Kirsche [right], and Mark Edgar Stephens. The cast will sing timeless Gershwin classics such as “It Had to Be You,” “S’Wonderful,” and “Our Love is Here to Stay” Musical direction is by Jake Anthony, Resident Music Director at New Musicals, Inc. Created by Richard Israel, this concert gives audiences the opportunity to experience the sophisticated genius of this dynamic brotherly duo, whose music remains just as popular and relevant today as it was when it was first written. www.rubicontheatre.org
Also at the Rubicon in May, singer/songwriter Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary), returns with an intimate evening of story and melody spanning his 50 year career on Sunday, May 15. He will perform Stookey standards such as “The Wedding Song,” “In These Times,” and “Jean Claude,” and previously unreleased solo songs from the Peter, Paul and Mary albums. The program will also feature original folk songs written by Stookey about current issues such as “Familia del Corazon,” which addresses immigration concerns, and “Nukes R Nuts,” which was written in response to a letter from a nuclear age peace foundation in Santa Barbara. Tickets: www.rubicontheatre.org.
Conundrum Theatre Company and Friends of the Rialto present Jerry Herman’s Showtune, Saturday, April 2 at 8pm at the Rialto Theatre in Pasadena. The 90-minute musical revue conceived by Paul Gilger features songs from Mame, Hello Dolly!, La Cage Aux Folles and other great Jerry Herman musicals. It is directed by Bryan Snodgrass, with music direction by Ryan Luévano and choreography by Toni Fuller. General Admission and VIP tickets are available at www.showtune.eventbrite.com. VIP tickets include a pre-show wine tasting from Old Oak Cellars and a backstage tour of the historic Rialto Theatre. For more about Conundrum Theatre Company visit www.conundrumtheatreco.com.

 The Pepperdine University Fine Arts Division Theatre Department will present Bertolt Brecht’s groundbreaking musical The Threepenny Opera April 6 – 9 at at the Malibu campus’ Smothers Theatre. The Threepenny Opera tells the story of Macheath, a notorious London gangster, whose marriage to Polly Peachum threatens to undermine London's Union of Beggars, run by Polly's father. Without this trailblazing musical, which produced the hit song “Mack the Knife,” the political musicals of Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, and others might not have been possible. Pepperdine Professor of Theatre Bradley Griffin directs the student cast which includes Sarah Barney, Olive Bieni, Chris Bozzini, Will Craig, Dylan Forehand, Parker Johnson, Tasia Jungbauer, Brittany King, Isabel Klein, Kate Klimist, Caroline Pitts, Michael Mossucco, Jalon Matthews, Audrey McKee, Julian Ortega, Sarah Roach, Brooks Robinson, Kailee Rogers, Mathew San Jose, and Aidan Turner. Arts.pepperdine.edu
Parson’s Nose concludes its16th Season with As You Were: Stories and Songs for GIs in WWII, an original production by Lance Davis, April 16 –May 8 at Lineage Performing Arts Center. The 90-minute show features “American works the critic Alexander Woollcott put into a book for our troops in World War II,” says Davis. “It’s a sampling of great American writing, including stories that are funny, touching, and inspiring. Picture a 20 year old, far from home, sitting in a trench or hospital and being reminded of why he or she was fighting, through the works of Twain, Whitman, and O. Henry.” The cast includes Lance Davis, James Calvert, Marisa Chandler, Jill Rogosheske, Barry Gordon, Paul Perri, and Eric Babb. All performances are Pay What You Will ($5-$25) and reservations may be made online at www.parsonsnose.com. The company will hold a book drive in conjunction with their performances to donate books to men and women currently serving in the U.S. Military.

 The world premiere of A Night at the Black Cat Cabaret extends through April 30 at Edgemar Center for the Arts. The show is set in Paris in 1943 where soldiers, smugglers, and society’s elite all try to escape the WWII by dancing and drinking at the Black Cat Cabaret. www.edgemarcenter.org
The world premiere of Los Angeles choreographers Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Ally Voye’s new collaborative work, In Plain Sight is coming to the Bootleg Theater, May 12 – 14. “In Plain Sight is a new deeply personal work that choreographs the details of people’s real lives in poignant and humorous ways,” says co-creator Hermann Dietrich. “The work offers a window into wrestling with humanness, while exposing what is invisible, even when people are in plain sight.” It is a series of serio-comedic choreographic portraits, featuring four people, who each grapple with a compulsive behavior. The show was developed through in-depth videotaped interviews with each performer, with transcripts and videos of these interviews providing the material for the choreography and text. Inplainsightshow.com

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

First Look: Eden Espinosa as Sadie Thompson in RAIN at The Old Globe

The world premiere musical RAIN is now playing at The Old Globe in San Diego through May 1, 2016. Somerset Maugham’s classic story Rain was adapted as a movie three times, his iconic character Sadie Thompson played successively by Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, and Rita Hayworth. Now a brand-new musical comes to the Globe from Tony Award nominees Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson.
Eden Espinosa as Sadie Thompson and Jared Zirilli as Alfred Davidson
All photos by Jim Cox

The year is 1924, the setting a boarding hotel on the island of Western Samoa, where a missionary, a doctor, and their wives are scandalized by Sadie’s arrival, particularly when they learn what she does for a living. But the missionary has secrets of his own, and when he tries to shut down Sadie’s business and save her soul, more heats up than the South Pacific sun. Artistic Director Barry Edelstein makes his musical theatre debut with this gorgeous and powerful new work revealing the explosive nature of repressed desire. Tickets: www.theoldglobe.org

Eden Espinosa (Sadie Thompson-front) with Marie-France Arcilla
(Noi Noi), Elizabeth A. Davis (Anna Davidson) and Jeremy Davis (Jo)

Eden Espinosa

The cast of RAIN

Jeremy Davis (Jo) and Marie-France Arcilla (Noi Noi)

Eden Espinosa (Sadie Thompson) and Tally Sessions (Alec MacPhail)

Eden Espinosa (Sadie Thompson) and Mike Sears (Hopper)

Eden Espinosa and Tally Sessions

Tally Sessions Betsy Morgan as Louisa MacPhail

Marie-France Arcilla

The cast of RAIN

The cast of RAIN

Eden Espinosa

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

First Look: DREAMGIRLS at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts has mounted a terrific revival of Dreamgirls directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom (Broadway: Side Show, Flower Drum Song). After completing its initial run at La Mirada, which plays through April 17, it will move to Valley Performing Arts Center for four performances May 6 – 8. Get your tickets now!
Brittney Johnson, Jasmin Richardson and Danielle Truitt.
All Photos by Michael Lamont

David LaMarr, Scott A. People and John Devereaux (center) and company

L-R: Scott A. People, Jasmin Richardson, Brittney Johnson, Moya Angela,
David LaMarr and John Devereaux

Moya Angela, Jasmin Richardson, Brittney Johnson and David LaMarr

Brittney Johnson, Jasmin Richardson and Danielle Truitt 

The company of Dreamgirls

Brittney Johnson, Jasmin Richardson and Danielle Truitt (center) and company

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Musco Center for the Arts Celebrates with a Spectacular Grand Opening

Musco Center for the Arts Grand Opening Concert Cast and Chorus.
Photo credit Doug Gifford

 It was indeed an auspicious occasion at Chapman University on Saturday night where over a thousand guests gathered for the much-anticipated official opening of the Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts. The black tie event featured a concert performance by luminaries of the opera world, including Plácido Domingo, Deborah Voigt, and Milena Kitic, joined by a number of Chapman alumni, the Chapman University Singers, and Alumni Choir. 

 Acclaimed conductor John DeMain had the honor of being the first to conduct an orchestra from Musco’s pit, leading the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant Overture from Candide. In many ways, it was the perfect choice to open what would be a magnificent program because its fanfare, lush lyrical passages, and delicate rapidly-moving melody lines highlighted the impeccable sophistication of the hall’s acoustics. Every note was crystal clear.

 No surprise there, as the man responsible for creating the acoustics is world-renowned acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics (who also designed the acoustics for Walt Disney Concert Hall, Stanford’s Bing Hall, and the Sydney Opera House). 

 The building and site itself was designed by Pfeiffer Partners and follows the concept of a renaissance garden in both interiors and landscaping. Stunning views from the three-tiered structure overlook the graceful sloping lawn of the Bette and Wylie Aitken Arts Plaza which will also host outdoor productions. It was from this location that guests witnessed a spectacular light show and dedication following the gala concert before being wined and dined for the remainder of the night.

But back to the program. As the star of the evening, Mr. Domingo was undeniably charismatic. He led the gala cast and chorus in Verdi’s celebratory drinking song “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” from La Traviata and then displayed the full richness of his voice in “Di Provenza il mar, il suol.” But it was Agustin Lara’s “Granada” sung in front of the curtain that bears his name that had the audience eating out of his hand.
  
In a meta-theatrical moment, Ms. Voigt (who started her career as a Chapman student) proved utterly charming singing Wagner’s “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser, her ode to the “dear hall.” Musco’s acoustics facilitate the ring in a soprano’s high notes by picking up the overtones and letting the sound spill out over the audience like champagne bubbles, a result enjoyed by both Voigt and Ms. Kitic, whose rich tone and powerful high notes were exquisite. Kitic’s “O don fatale” from Verdi’s Don Carlo was a favorite of everyone who commented after the concert.

 Joining Kitic for the “Barcarolle” from The Tales of Hoffman was Chapman alum Deborah Domanski who later returned as Count Orlovsky from Die Fledermaus. To the delight of the audience, the second verse of her aria featured a new comedic lyric in honor of the occasion. 

 Also returning to their alma mater to perform were coloratura Stacey Tappen singing “Glitter and be gay” from Candide; Lincoln Center’s 2016 Emerging Artist of the Year Ben Bliss singing “No puede ser” from Pablo Sorozábal’s La tabernera del Puerto; John Nuzzo with “Nessun dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot; Efraín Solís singing the crowd-pleasing patter song “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville; and Bruce Sledge, whose smooth, lovely tenor voice made “La donna e mobile” from Rigoletto another highlight.

 Voigt sang the evening’s one unusual selection, “My man’s gone now” from Porgy and Bess, which didn’t seem to fit the rest of the program but did feature the beautiful haunting wails of the women’s chorus. The other nod to musical theatre came from former Chapman student Weston Olson who is a member of the current Broadway cast of Les Misérables, singing “Bring him home.”

 The program also included the popular duet from The Pearl Fishers sung by Domingo and Nuzzo, and the quartet from Rigoletto featuring Tappan, Kitic, Sledge and Solis. The full cast and chorus concluded the evening with the finale from Candide, “Make our garden grow,” an appropriate sentiment given the extraordinary efforts that have gone into raising Musco Center and will now continue to grow its future.

 The celebratory event was an unforgettable evening honoring good people doing great work for the arts and for their community. May there be many who follow their lead.
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If you’d like to see what the buzz is all about, mark your calendar for Saturday, April 2. Musco Center for the Arts will host a day-long Community Open House & Arts Festival from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm featuring performances by many local artists, Chapman student ensembles, and Pacific Symphony. Events will include family activities, tours and demonstrations, food trucks, and three internationally acclaimed fusion/world music groups: Troker, Delhi 2 Dublin, and the Stooges Brass Band. For more information about the festival and a complete list of upcoming season events, go to www.muscocenter.com.
Musco Center for the Performing Arts. Photo credit: Doug Gifford

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Monday, March 7, 2016

MUSICAL NEWS for Monday, March 7, 2016

Jason Robert Brown will headline Broadway on Grand, Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2016 Gala Celebration on Saturday, March 19 (6pm) at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Artistic Director Grant Gershon conducts the Grammy-nominated chorus in a program featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter, with special guest composer/performer Jason Robert Brown, the Tony Award-winning composer of such acclaimed Broadway shows as Parade, The Last Five Years, and The Bridges of Madison County. Brown also serves as an Honorary Gala Co-Chair, along with his wife Georgia Stitt, an award winning composer, conductor and musical director. Photo credit: Alex Berliner.

 The evening includes a glamorous cocktail reception in Disney Hall’s lobby and sumptuous post-performance dinner by Patina in BP Hall. Guests will also have the opportunity to bid on an array of irresistible auction items, take in the Chorale’s signature LAMC “Surround Sing,” during which Chorale singers encircle gala patrons and shower them in glorious song, and trip the light fantastic into the wee hours. Proceeds help support LAMC’s artistic and education programs throughout the year. Tickets: 213-972-3162 or www.lamc.org.

Beginning May 27, there will be one place in Southern California where you can go for year-round snow when Frozen – Live at the Hyperion opens at Disney California Adventure Park. The new stage musical is based on Disney’s hit animated film Frozen and replaces the recently-closed Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular which played the Hyperion Theater for 13 years. It features music and lyrics by the creators of the film score, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and is adapted from the screenplay by 4-time Tony® nominee Chad Beguelin.

 The show is directed by Liesl Tommy, with choreography by Christopher Windom and its musical supervisor/arranger/adaptor is Jason Michael Webb. Master puppet designer Michael Curry (who co-designed the puppets for The Lion King on Broadway with Julie Taymor) will bring Olaf and the Trolls to life. Photo credit: Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland Resort.
The Pasadena Playhouse has announced its 2016-2017 season, which includes a brand new production of The Fantasticks (Sept 6 – Oct 2, 2016) by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones directed by associate artistic director Seema Sueko. Two additional musicals will be part of the upcoming season: Shout, Sister, Shout! (Jan 31 – Feb 26, 2017), about the life of legendary gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, conceived and directed by Randy Johnson (A Night With Janis Joplin) with book by Cheryl West, and a special holiday production  from Lythgoe Family Productions, Cinderella Christmas (Dec 8 – Jan 8, 2016).
Also included on the season is David Henry Hwang’s Tony Award-winning play M. Butterfly, a new production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and one additional “Artistic Director’s Choice” to be announced. Sheldon Epps, artistic director of The Playhouse, says, “My final season as Artistic Director is made up of passion projects for me and for the artists involved. These titles represent so many of the aspects of the art of the theatre that I truly love. It is a season that is boldly theatrical, diverse, and hopefully a celebration of the magic of the theatre and the joy that I have had in sharing that treasure with our audiences for two decades. I look forward to the party!” Tickets: 626-356-7529 or www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present Dreamgirls March 25 – April 17 at La Mirada Theatre, followed by performances on May 6 & 8 at Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge. Musical direction is by Dennis Castellano and the show will be directed & choreographed by Robert Longbottom. Cast includes Moya Angela as Effie, Jasmin Richardson as Deena, Brittney Johnson as Lorrell, Danielle Truitt as Michelle, David LaMarr as Jimmy, Scott People as Curtis, John Devereaux as C.C., and Lorenzo Hughes as Marty , along with Brandon Burks, Andre Darnell Myers, Davon Williams, Dedrick Bonner, Chavis Humphrey, Eran Scoggins, Trance Thompson, Remmie Bourgeois, Miah Blake, Liisi LaFontaine, Loreigna Sinclair, Fatima El-Bashir, Jennifer Akabue and Fay James. Tickets: www.lamiradatheatre.com or www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org.

Hershey Felder will make his debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with his critically-acclaimed production of Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro directed by Joel Zwick, August 10 – 28. The performance combines first-person narratives with the compositions of Bernstein, Beethoven, Mahler, Wagner, Copeland, and more as the audience is drawn deeply into this maestro’s fascinating life, one filled with tragedy, triumph, and extraordinary music. Leonard Bernstein’s only son, Alexander, says of Felder: “His performance truly reveals the man, the story and the music of my father, Leonard Bernstein.”

 “Every serious musician in America owes a great debt to Leonard Bernstein,” says Felder. “Besides being a maker of music and musicians, Leonard Bernstein also became the musical ambassador of the world with his affable musical manner, love of teaching and learning, photogenic countenance and the newly minted television broadcasting him into homes around the globe. Bringing this character to life based on personal time spent with many people who knew him well, including members of his family, and the study of his music and musical style has been an honor, a joy, and a truly incredible journey. Being able to bring him to life at the beautiful acoustically brilliant Wallis, in the city where I began these theatrical portrayals, is really a dream come true.”

 Felder will also offer a special one-night-only performance of Hershey Felder’s The Great American Songbook Sing-Along on Monday, August 22 at 8pm. Audience members are encouraged to sing along with Felder as he takes them on a musical journey through 100 years of American music from the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and more. Tickets: www.TheWallis.org or 310-746-4000.

Varla Jean Merman returns to the Renberg Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center April 1, 2 & 3. Long a favorite with Renberg audiences, Varla (the drag persona of New Orleans native Jeffery Roberson) will take the stage again after a 10-year absence during which the acclaimed performer did extensive research in outer space. Her new solo show, the science fiction-themed Varla Jean Merman’s Big Black Hole, is the culmination of this long and grueling research. It combines story, song, and video in “an inventive night of theatre, full of high-class production, vaudevillesque low-brow humor, and the vocal prowess of a grand dame of the stage.” (ibid.) Directed by Michael Schiralli, it also features the piano stylings of accompanist and Varla-foil, Gerald Goode. Tickets: 323-860-7300 or www.lalgbtcenter.org/theatre.

The world premiere of La Olla, a comedy with songs, opens March 26 at Los Angeles Theatre Center. Adapted from Plautus’ Pot of Gold by resident playwright Evelina Fernandez, it will be performed in English (with a few Spanish words). Previews begin March 24 and the show will run through April 24. Fernandez’s update of the ancient Roman comedy sets the action in Los Angeles in the 1950s at a Mexican night club. The night club’s guardian spirit intends for a four-pound pot of gold to benefit young Phaedria, a conscientious and good-hearted woman but it accidentally falls into the hands of her father Euclio, a clown and bit player in the club’s floor show. La Olla is directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela with choreography by Urbanie Lucero. Cast includes Esperanza America, Evelina Fernandez, Sam Golzari, Fidel Gomez, Castulo Guerra, Sal Lopez, Xavi Moreno and Geoffrey Rivas. It is produced by The Latino Theater Company. Tickets: (866) 811-4111 or www.thelatc.org.

 The new jukebox musical Down on Your Knees & Up to the Moon set during the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, both of which took place in New York, will have its world premiere March 12 – April 30 at T. U Studios. The musical spans 25 years from the golden age of the great American songbook, to the era of rock and pop, and the early days of the British invasion. It is written by Gloria Gifford (who also directs), Lucy Walsh, Jade Warner, Lauren Plaxco, Chad Doreck, Billy Budinich and Danny Siegel.

 The cast includes Hayley Ambriz, George Benedict, Raven Bowens, Davon Brown, Billy Budinich, Marlin Chan,  Leana Chavez, Heather Compton, Yvette DeVito, Sonia Diaz, Chad Doreck, Joshua Farmer, Kevin Ferris, Lindy Fujimoto, Dylan George, Irini Gerakas, Keturah Hamilton, Chris Jones, Abigail Kochunas, Christian Maltez, Sam Mansour, Alex Miller, Maya Moore, Kelly Musselwhite, Nakta Pahlevan, Kasia Pilewicz, Lauren Plaxco, Antonio Roccucci, Cynthia San Luis, Deidra Shanell, Danny Siegel, Tejah Signori, Pamela Renae Smith, Samiyah Swann, Nancy Vivar, Lucy Walsh, Jade Warner, Teagan Wilson, Sabrina Won and Diva Yazdian. Tickets: (310) 366-5505 or www.tix.com.
Santa Monica Playhouse presents the musical exposé Audition! The Musical, based on the all-too-true-life Hollywood experiences of the award-winning creative team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, with even more harrowing, haunting and hilarious Hollywood horror stories than when it debuted in 2006. For anyone who’s ever wanted to be the best. At Anything. The show runs now through April 24. Cast includes Evelyn Rudie, Serena Dolinsky, and Cynthia Zitter. Click Here for tickets.
La Mirada’s Programs for Young Audiences presents Artspower’s Chicken Dance, Sunday March 13 at 1:00 & 3:00 pm. In this new musical, Marge and Lola are two chickens on a mission to win the barnyard talent contest. First prize: two tickets to see the great Elvis Poultry in concert! But first, the two chicken hopefuls must find a way to score higher than a flock of very talented ducks that appear to have the contest all locked up. Will Marge and Lola have the courage to face their challengers against all odds and summon up a winning performance? Get your tickets today and find out! www.lamiradatheatre.com

 Storybook Theatre at Theatre West will begin performances of its family musical Sleeping Beauty on March 19. Featuring book and lyrics by Lloyd J. Schwartz, directed by David P. Johnson, and produced by Barbara Mallory, it stars Lukas Bailey, Kira Brannlund, James Cronin, David P. Johnson, Bonnie Kalisher, Julie McKay, Emily Rose McLeod, Charlie Mount and Laura Wolfe. This classic tale includes original songs and plenty of audience participation. Tickets: (818) 761-2203 or www.theatrewest.org.
The delightful new family show EGG by the acclaimed Cahoots NI from Belfast, Northern Ireland will play The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on March 12 & 13.  Directed by Cahoots NI co-founder and artistic director Paul Mc Eneaney, with music by Garth McConaghie, EGG is an ovular extravaganza – a musical non-verbal and theatrical flight of the imagination that unfolds on a tiny magical, rustic set. The sad, funny and delightful tale explores the theme of “flying the nest” and is told through the medium of physical theatre, illusion, and music. Resonating as strongly with adults as it does with children, EGG is a magical experience, an enchanting tale of three birds....and an egg! Pre-show activities for children begin one hour prior to performance. Tickets: 310-434-3200 or www.thebroadstage.com. Photo credit: Richard Watson Photography.

 At the Grove Theatre in Upland, the family Broadway musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman, the Musical will play April 22 – May 8. Directed by Kristopher Kyer, it is the tale of Superman’s efforts to defeat a vengeful scientist, Dr. Abner Sedgwick, who seeks to destroy the world’s symbol of good. Tickets: 909-920-4343 or www.grovetheatre.com.

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