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Loot at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
A bank heist, a corpse and a crazy cast of characters. Joe Orton’s darkly comic masterpiece continues to shock and delight over five decades later. Two young friends, Hal and Dennis, rob a bank next to a funeral parlor… and what safer place to hide the money than in the coffin of Hal’s recently deceased […]
Find out more » Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum
2019 Summer Season
Summer has arrived! The 2019 repertory season at Theatricum Botanicum’s magical, outdoor Topanga amphitheater includes: Twelfth Night, with original music that lends Shakespeare’s joyous romantic comedy a refreshing new sound and lifts the elevated language to even greater heights Theatricum’s signature production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which the Topanga woods are once again […]
Find out more »Scraps at The Matrix Theatre
Set in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, three months after the fatal shooting of black teenager Forest Winthrop by a white police officer, Scraps is a highly theatrical, frequently funny mash up of poetry, realism and expressionism that chronicles the effects of Forest’s death on his family and friends. “A PLAYWRIGHT TO WATCH… melds various styles… in […]
Find out more »The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht's satiric comedy of war, love and justice. Deep in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, a humble kitchen maid named Grusha risks her life to rescue an abandoned baby from civil war. But when the child’s aristocratic mother returns to claim him, the entire social order of a corrupt and violent world is put […]
Find out more »Dancing at Lughnasa at Open Fist Theatre
The beautiful, rolling hills of Ireland hold many stories and secrets. Set in the summer of 1936 during the Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasa, Brian Friel’s Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on the lives of his mother and aunts, is a rich and deeply moving portrait of the everyday lives of five sisters, just as […]
Find out more »Pass Over
Antoinette Nwandu’s provocative mashup of Waiting for Godot and the Exodus saga is a rare piece of politically charged theater by a bold new American voice. Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner — talking smack, passing the time, and hoping that today a miracle will come. Emotional and lyrical, Pass Over crafts everyday […]
Find out more »Fefu and Her Friends at Odyssey Theatre
In this splendidly surreal comedy-drama, performed in multiple spaces in the Odyssey complex, a group of eight women gathers at the country home of the brilliant and eccentric Fefu to plan an event for their do-gooding educational work. As multiple conflicts unfold between the old friends, they struggle to define who they are and what […]
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Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich at The Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles fashion designer Rudi Gernreich (1922–1985) introduced the “monokini,” the thong, unisex caftans, pantsuits for women, and enough inventive clothing to earn him a worldwide reputation. Yet Gernreich was far more than one of the most prominent designers of his time—his clothing was fearless. Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich explores the visionary and progressive ensembles that […]
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APOLLO 11: An Immersive 360° Adventure
In 1969, NASA launched its most daring mission in sending astronauts to land on the moon and returning them safely home. As we move towards the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface, the time has come to tell one of the greatest stories in human history. Apollo 11 is a […]
Find out more »The Gipsy Kings Featuring Nicolas Reyes & Tonino Baliardo
Also featuring Las Cafeteras Artists The Gipsy Kings Las Cafeteras Las Cafeteras About This Performance Melding flamenco, rumba, salsa, and pop to the tune of 20 million albums sold, the Grammy® Award–winning hitmakers The Gipsy Kings return with dance-ready furor, celebrating their 1988 eponymous breakthrough. It’s party-starting perfection forged by the raucous spirit of the […]
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