orange & los angeles counties on stage
12 ANGRY MEN Laguna Playhouse’s presentation of the powerful, riveting and timely
courtroom drama12 Angry Men will keep you guessing, with pure, on-the- edge-of-your-seat excitement. A jury of twelve men, decide the fate of a teenager accused of murdering his abusive father.What will the verdict be? Find out in this suspenseful thriller that pits passionate jurors against one another in a bold examination of the American justice
system.Performances will be heldWednesday, October 4 through Sunday, October 22,with a specialLGBTQ Community Pride Night, taking placeSunday, October 15, beginning at 5:30 p.m. “We are so excited to be presenting this classic of the American theatre on our stage. Our subscribers and audiences are going to experience this timeless play at a time that will feel more relevant than ever,” says Laguna Playhouse Executive Director Ellen Richard. Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham added, “We are so honored to be presenting thirteen of Southern California’s finest actors in this production. We are particularly thrilled to have the inspired direction of Michael Matthews leading this courtroom.” For tickets and more information, call 949.497.2787 or go to
lagunaplayhouse.com.
EXIT STRATEGY A fierce and funny new work from award-winning playwright, Ike
Holter (Hit the Wall), about the chaotic final days of an urban public high school and the power struggles that ensue among the faculty and students desperate to keep it open.Exit Strategy is a riveting, edge-of- your-seat drama, that was first produced in Chicago in 2014 and then off-Broadway in 2016. The Off-Broadway Alliance Awards namedExit Strategythe best new play of the 2015–16 New York theatre season. The Los Angeles LGBT Center will present the west coast premiere of Exit Strategyat their Davidson/Valentini Theatrethrough Sunday, November 5. For tickets and more information, call 323.860.7300 or go
tolalgbtcenter.org.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Join the Long Beach Landmark Theater Company (LBLTC), the team that
brought you the critically-acclaimed production ofTitanic the Musical, as they transport you to Paris circa 1482 to follow the tale of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Marrying the epic Victor Hugo novel with the soaring score from the beloved Disney film, this tragic tale of temptation, love and acceptance comes to life within the historic, magnificent sanctuary of Long Beach’s First Congregational Church, featuring a stellar cast of over 60 actors and singers (many from the local Long Beach area), a full choir and 14-piece live orchestra. “When choosing a show for a young theatre company like ours—one that’s
MARIINSKY BALLET AND ORCHESTRA Segerstrom Center for the Arts opens its 2017/2018 dance season with
the return of Russia’s renowned Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra,Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15. For its ninth visit, the Company has created a program featuring four beloved ballets choreographed by Michel Fokine. The program opens with his undisputed masterwork, the Romantic one-act balletChopiniana set to music by Frédéric Chopin. It is often said that if Fokine had choreographed no other ballet, his stature in dance history would have been assured with this ballet. Next, in its Segerstrom Center premiere,Le Spectre de la Rose will be performed to music by Carl Maria von Weber. A tour de force created for the legendary Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina, the ballet became famous for the male dancer’s legendary leap in the exit scene. The third is Fokine’s moving solo for ballerina,The Swan, originally choreo- graphed for the great Anna Pavlova. This work portrays the final moments in a swan’s life. For the finale, Fokine shares his interpretation of the Arabian tale of One Thousand and One Nightsin the exoticSchéhérazade, danced to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s lush score. For tickets and more information, call 714.556.2787 or go
toscfta.org.
still building its reputation-- it’s vital that we go with something we’re confident we can ‘hit out of the park’ every time. AndHunchbackis that show for us. It’s big, with a gorgeous, lush musical score. With so many great voices at our disposal, not to mention a 14-piece orchestra and the biggest pipe organ in the area, we can deliver the rich, haunting, transcendent sound and feel that this show requires,” said Executive Director Mark Wheeler. Artistic Director Megan O’Toole added, “We’ve cast actors that can not only sing and dance, but are equipped with the kind of acting chops that will have audiences enrapt in the multi-layered nuances that live within this classic, heart wrenching tale.” With four successful productions over the past three years under the First
Congregational Church’s banner, the LBLTC is now a separate entity housed on the campus of the church, allowing them to utilize the amazing assets and sup- port of this progressive community. “We perform in the sanctuary of the historic First Congregational Church in Long Beach. A place that, when theLos Angeles Times wrote about it when it first opened back in 1914 said, ‘The sanctuary is magnificent—it’s architecture and appointments are without peer in Southern California. It is the largest church in the Southland, and with its 55-foot high ceilings and glorious stained-glass windows, one is given the impression he is entering one of the great cathedrals of Europe.’ What better place in all of Southern California to presentTheHunchback of Notre Dame?” said Wheeler. In closing, O’Toole points out that “while it’s vitally important to us that we
give our audiences an evening of first-rate entertainment, it’s also important that we give them something to think about on the way home. Hunchback tackles themes of prejudice, man’s inhumanity to man, and standing up for the outcasts and forgotten of our society, while holding to account those with the power to help or abuse. The question that rings through the entire show is, ‘What makes a monster and what makes a man?’ If that’s not timely right now, I don’t know what is.”
The Hunchback of Notre Dame runs Saturdays and Sundays, October 14 through 29.
For tickets and more information, call 562.436.2256 or go to
lblandmark.org/hunchback.
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