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Fringe Festival tickets range from $7.00 to $10.00 (two shows are free), with a ten-show Frequent Fringer pass at $75 and a five-show pass at $45. The EXIT venues are all within walking distance of Union Square and the Powell Street BART station. For complete listings of venues, shows, and times, go to www.sffringe.org. Or call the fringe hotline at (415) 673-3847. A WINTER'S TALE Written by Troubadour Theater Company. Directed by Matt Walker. A mixing Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale with the music of smooth soul singer Bill Withers. August 11-September 26, 2010

TEA AT FIVE Written by Matthew Lombardo. Directed by Jenny Sullivan. Stephanie Zimbalist slips into the voice and being of p Katharine Hepburn. October 13-November 14, 2010

THE FIRST JO-EL Written by Troubadour Theater Company. Directed by Matt Walker. The Troubies are telling the story of the nativity with the help of "Piano Man", Billy Joel. December 1, 2010-January 16, 2011
THE CATHOLIC GIRL'S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITYWritten by Annie Hendy. Story of Lizzy, a witty and soulful Midwestern girl blossoming in the big city of her dreams. February 2 - March 6, 2011

JAMAICA, FAREWELL Written by Debra Ehrhardt. Directed by Joel Zwick in association with Rita Wilson. Based on a mostly true story about her journey to the USA from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s of the Manley Era,. March 16-April 17, 2011


Leap of Faith, anew musical , will launch the 2010-11Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre seaon. It's based on the Paramount motion picture of the same name and is writtenby Janus Cercone. Four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza and Golden Globe Award nominee Brooke Shields will star in thi world premiere which begins performances at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre September 11th, with an official opening October 3rd and run through October 24th. Direction and choreography is by Rob Ashford. Esparza will play Reverend Jonas Nightengale, the consummate flim-flam man, and Shields will be Marva, the small-town woman and single mother who challenges everything he believes in. The show features a score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, a book by Janus Cercone with Glenn Slater and lyrics by Slater.
East West Players (EWP), 45th Anniversary Season which include works about two boys who share a dark secret, eccentric sisters navigating through life, an elderly porn star trying to make it big, and a hip-hop dance battle for respect, honor, and love. This season, themed Shake It Up includes the following: September 9 – October 10, 2010), Mysterious Skin, a Los Angeles Premiere by Prince Gomolvilas based on the novel by Scott Heim.

February 10 – March 13, 2011. Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize winner/

February 10 – March 13, 2011. Wrinkles, a World Premiere developed in the EWP David Henry Hwang Writers Institute by Paul Kikuchi, May 12 – June 26, 2011. Krunk Fu Battle Battle with book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal music by Marc Macalintal.

All performances will be staged at the David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts at 120 Judge John Aiso St. , Los Angeles , CA 90012 . For more information www.EastWestPlayers.org or 213-625-7000.


Streamlined, gender-bending versions of classic plays are the name of the game in a five-week summer theater festival from the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company. Longtime fans of the company's all-female explorations of classic texts will be intrigued to discover this festival's inclusion of male actors - although not always in the roles one might expect. Macbeth3, A Tyrant's Tale, The Importance of Being Earnest and Lovers and Madmen will be performed in repertory under the collective title The Wicked Wilde Shakespeare Festival at Santa Monica's Miles Memorial Playhouse, 808 Wilshire Blvd., May 29 through June 27. Tickets $15 single performance, 2 performances in one afternoon or evening, $25, Festival pass, $40. For more information: www.brownpapertickets.com


News about La Jolla Playhouse 2010/11: The the world premiere musical Little Miss Sunshine iwll run February 15 — March 27, 2011 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre featuring te Tony Award-winning creative team of composer/lyricist William Finn and writer/director James Lapine. More details TBA

Forty-six years after founding South Coast Repertory, David Emmes and Martin Benson have decided it is time to begin the search for their successor. They have greenlighted a detailed leadership transition plan that is set to culminate later in the year with the naming of a new Artistic Director to join the leadership team. This does not mean, however, that Emmes, the Producing Artistic Director, and Benson, the Artistic Director, are retiring. They will continue to serve in their current capacities until a new Artistic Director is in place, at which point they will assume the titles of Founding Directors. In their new roles they will serve as counselors and advisers to their successor. They will continue to play an active role in assisting the new Artistic Director in the finding and development of plays, and they will continue to direct productions. Emmes and Benson transformed SCR from a company with $17 and a station wagon into a three-theatre complex with a $9 million annual budget and numerous awards, including a Tony.


At the Mark Taper Forum: Palestine, New MexicoU to Jan. 24th. Culture Clash, LA's Chicano performing group, presents Captain Catherine Siler's visit to the reservation home of PFC Raymond Birdsong, killed in Afghanistan. The notion of occupied homelands permeates the play. Reservations: 213-628-2772.

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