A-LISTS theatre by tony reverditto


“LOVING REPEATING: A MUSICAL OF GERTRUDE STEIN” Is another West Coast premiere of a chamber musical by Tony Award-win-


ners Stephen Flaherty and Frank Galati, adapted from the writings of Gertrude Stein. Loving Repeating embodies loving life, loving making art, and loving love--chronicling Stein’s capricious love affair with her lifelong companion, Alice B. Toklas. The story fol- lows Stein from her student days in the late 19th century to the height of her artistic era in Paris. The score follows her life and love as a series of vaudevillian acts – while also paying homage to soft-shoe, opera, European cabaret and other exciting period and modern sounds. Runs January18 through February 20 at the INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd. Long Beach. Tickets: 562.436.4610 or ictlongbeach.org


‘TIL DEATH DO US PART: LATE NITE CATECHISM 3 Be on time and on your best behavior if you know what’s good for you! For if


you decide to attend the latest class in this sinfully funny series you never know who will be singled out. Miss Sister has become somewhat of an education icon since dedicating her life to the guidance of countless lost sheep by educating about the Saints, venial sins, purgatory and the like. Sister now expands her horizons by offering up hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and Last Rites, including her own wacky version of the Newlywed Game. Miss Sister was created and is portrayed by Maripat Donovan, the feistiest couple’s counselor around. She graces the La Mirada Theatre with her presence on January 28 through February 13 at the La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Boulevard, La Mirada. Tickets: 562-944-9801 or 714-994-6310 or lamiradatheatre.com


99 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS Harold is an inventor looking for the


STORIES BY HEART If you are a fan of Tony Award-winner John Lithgow, then this one-man show


is for you. The veteran actor, musician and author is armed with only an armchair and some yellowed pages. Lithgow narrates indelible stories spun from the likes of P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner. Stories lovingly and expertly dramatized by his parents and grandmother, handed down from generation to generation. In Lithgow’s skillful hands, each story is its own theatrical masterpiece brimming with peculiar characters, humor, plot twists and —most of all Lithgow’s unique charm, stagecraft and genuine affection for the tales and the storytellers who started introducing them to him over sixty years ago. Runs: January 4 through February 13 at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Avenue, LA. Tickets: 213-628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org


next great idea. He contemplates a large number of possibilities--as many as 99 Impossible Things. He’s one of the habitués of the local Magic Bean Coffee Shop. The people who work there and the customers are all dreamers. They clearly have unusual coping mechanisms; they seem to be ac- companied by beings that do not exist in the “real world”. We’re talking everything from an imaginary friend, to a guardian angel and even a human-sized sea mon- key. One day, a stranger moves into the neighborhood and jolts the coffee-house regulars out of their complacent existenc- es; much like a blast of highly-caffeinated


brew. She has some serious problems of her own, but not to worry, she sets life back at the Magic Bean into motion, and things begin to change. Runs: January 7 through Febru- ary 13 at The Eclectic Company Theatre, 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Valley Village. Tickets: 818.508.3003 or www.EclecticCompanyTheatre.org


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RAGE monthly | JANUARY 2011


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