theatre by bill biss
Life Could Be a Dream
Continuing his flair for frothy and delightful musical stagings, writer and direc-
tor Roger Bean is enjoying the successful run of his new production Life Could
Be a Dream at Hudson Mainstage in Hollywood. It’s time to meet the Crooning
Crabcakes of 1960 and revel in all their musical hopes and dreams along with a
wild case of heartache and romance thrown into the mix. Will they pull it together
and win the local radio contest on station “Big Whopper?” You will have to travel
back to a much simpler time with Life Could Be a Dream to find out. Roger Bean’s
production was honored with the 2007 Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musi-
cal. Performances are now through November 29 and tickets are $40. The Hudson
Mainstage Theatre is located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. For tickets
call 323.960.4412 or purchase on the web at
plays411.net.
Christine ebersole
At the samueli theatre
Known for her star theatre turns in both Grey Gardens and 42nd Street,
Christine Ebersole is both wildly comedic and a stellar vocalist. Under
the musical direction of John Oddo, she will perform for four nights
from October 8 through October 10 at 7:30 p.m. and then at 7:00 p.m. Happy Endings Are Extra
on Sunday, October 11 at the Samueli Theatre at Segerstrom Center For Theatre Out is presenting the Orange County premiere of the stage adaptation
the Arts. The New York Times music critic, Stephen Holden described her of Ashraf Johaardien’s Happy Endings Are Extra. Taking place in Cape Town, the au-
thus, “[Ebersole] is an entertainer who might be described as a hybrid of dience will experience a witty script that deals with men and open relationships,
Bernadette Peters and a toned-down Madeline Kahn, wistful but playful, rent boys and sexual escapades. Experience love and betrayal between gay, bi-
like a precocious grown-up kid in an attic playing dress-up.” Catch up sexual and straight characters in what has been called “a mature, considered and
with Christine Ebersole for one of these special four performances. The highly enjoyable play.” Performances of Happy Endings Are Extra begin on October
Samueli Theatre is located at The Orange County Performing Arts Center 2 and the show runs through October 25. Theatre Out is at The Empire Theatre at
at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For performance times and ticket 202 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. Contact the box office at 714.826.8700 or online at
information phone the box office at 714.556.2787 or go to
ocpac.org.
theatreout.com to purchase tickets or for additional information.
14 RAGE monthly | OctOber 2009
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