Los Angeles Events Calendar
7:00–9:00pm
Theater
Eureka Day
When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning PTA descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does not go well… As passive-aggression turns into a hysterical meltdown, Eureka Day brilliantly taps into the current…
7:30–8:30pm
Theater
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
THE TONY-WINNING COMEDY DIRECT FROM BROADWAYStep into the vibrant world of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a beloved Harlem hotspot where West African immigrant braiders work their magic on the locals’ locks. Amidst the lively buzz of a scorching summer, love…
7:30–8:30pm
Theater
Am I Roxie?
In this fiercely funny one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (The Casagrandes, The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit. Playing everything from a mermaid-obsessed aunt to a…
7:30–9:30pm
Theater
The Night of the Iguana
Tennessee Williams's rarely staged The Night of the Iguana tells the story of the Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked minister now conducting guided tours through Mexico on the verge of a nervous breakdown. As he struggles with his connection…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
MASCOGOS (MAHS-KO-GOHS)
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Miranda González explores her Mexican and African American roots and the untold stories of Mexico’s underground railroad in this world premiere of Mascogos. Eighteen-year-old Jamari is fighting an unknown illness that takes him through worlds he’s never seen before, from 1864 Mexico to today’s…
8:00–10:00pm
Theater
THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Following a DUI, Juan attends his first mandated AA meeting — where he’s mistaken for someone powerful and influential who might be of use to the corrupt mayor and his circle. Juan wields his new power to benefit himself, but…