Los Angeles Events Calendar
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
Acts of Coeurage
Davidson/Valentini Theatre - Los Angeles LGBT Center
RELEASE IT: BRAVE NEW WORLD (Nov 15)It will be a night of collaboration. As part of our mission to make space for new work and emerging artists, Release It invites audiences to a brave space of dance, music, and visual…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh… and Merry Christmas)
It's Christmas Day in Pasadena, and the Woodruff clan has gathered to celebrate. What promises to be a beautiful day full of good cheer gets turned on its head by the foul-mouthed couple down the hall, who subject the Woodruffs…
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
Hughie
City Garage @ Bergamot Station Arts Center
Hughie, one of Eugene O’Neill’s last works, takes place in a seedy New York hotel lobby at 3:00am on a hot night in the summer of 1928. Erie Smith, a small-time gambler, down on his luck and at the end…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
Waiting for Godot
As Vladimir and Estragon wait and wait for the arrival of the elusive Godot, a cast of mysterious misfits interrupt their endless vigil in Samuel Beckett’s tragi-comic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for decades. Timeless and multi-layered, Waiting for Godot…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
The Importance of Being Earnest
“Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere?”When bachelors Jack and Algernon both create alter egos, the lies quickly spiral into chaos, hilarity, cucumber sandwiches, and Victorian handbags.Oscar Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” with its sparkling wit, quotable…
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
Pacific Overtures
1853, and it’s the end of the world. Commodore Matthew C. Perry intends to open the gates of isolationist Japan. When Samurai Kayama and America-loving fisherman Manjiro are tasked with meeting the American gunboat docked on the coast of Kanagawa…
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
La Cage aux Folles
Beautiful. Bawdy. Bizarre. Welcome to La Cage aux Folles, the hottest drag club in St. Tropez and one of theater’s all-time biggest hits. Experience the groundbreaking musical comedy with a heartfelt score by Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!, Mame) and a…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
I, Daniel
Daniel is a caring, warm-hearted middle-aged man who suddenly finds himself unable to work. Katie hopes for a fresh start for herself and her teenage daughter. Both must navigate the nightmarish unemployment and public housing system while clinging to their…
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
Robbin, From The Hood
In this reimagined, classic tale, corporate greed dominates the deceptive game of capitalism, until 17-year-old math genius, Robbin Woods, discovers how to level the playing field. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing for the right reason.
8:00–9:30pm
Theater
TOPSY TURVY (A Musical Greek Vaudeville)
The Actors' Gang Theater @ Ivy Substation
Step right up to the spectacle that is Topsy Turvy! In this mashup of classical Greek theater and rollicking vaudeville, a Greek Chorus finds their unity shattered by a mysterious illness. Desperately calling upon the Gods for help, chaos ensues…