Geffen Playhouse: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater / Los Angeles
On through 4 March
geffenplayhouse.com/wrecks
Neil LaBute is the snobby theatre-goer’s favorite punching bag– what with his “gimmicks,” his twist endings, and his seeming unwillingness to uplift our noble human spirit or adequately chastise his brutal white male leads. But what gets lost in the obsession over his misanthropy— [...]

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The Broadway-bound musical has its first single out and it’s available on iTunes. The song is pretty stellar when Green Day does it, but to hear it in a Broadway Theatre will be a whole other experience. The show starts previews on 24 March. You can read all about it on Playbill.

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Hopefully it’s as good as “Movin’ Out.” Twyla Tharp’s new dance musical “Come Fly Away” will feature the music of Frank Sinatra, and is scheduled to open at the Marquis Theater in March. “Come Fly Away” follows the romantic entanglements of four couples over a single evening in a nightclub. The show features a cast [...]

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Barrow Street Theatre
On through 31 January 2010
http://ourtownoffbroadway.com/tickets.html
Trailer
Director David Cromer’s production of Thornton Wilder’s classic play has make quite a splash on the New York theatre scene this past year.  New York Magazine ranked it as their number one choice for the best theatre of 2009, and it has appeared on many a year-end list.  Mr. [...]

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Elvis is alive and well in Las Vegas. Well, sort of. “Viva Elvis,” the new Cirque du Soleil show, opens with great anticipation Friday at Aria, the lavish CityCenter hotel. Unlike “LOVE,” Cirque’s Beatles tribute, “Viva” is more about the music than the circus. Executive producer Stephane Mongeau told USA Today:
“Our responsibility was to develop [...]

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Geffen Playhouse / Westwood, CA
On through 20 December
http://geffenplayhouse.com/equivocation
Bill Cain’s new play, which premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is about “how to tell the truth in difficult times.”  We are thrust into Shakespeare’s London to witness the playwright and his band of merry men grapple with the theatrical re-telling of the Gunpowder plot, commissioned by [...]

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Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
On through 7 February 2010
As a general rule, I don’t really care for children, so attending the opening night of “Mary Poppins” was rather trying. The good news is that the ankle-biters of Los Angeles have learned how to dress for the theatre. I was sitting next to a young [...]

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