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For most of this decade, the Hawthorne High School drum line has arrived at competitions dressed in black, tuxedo-cut uniforms with the boys smartly extending their arms to...
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Cabrillo Music Theatre presents Irving Berlin's holiday musical classic.
Sat., Dec. 26, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 27, 2 & 7 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 28, 2 p.m.; Tue., Dec. 29,...
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Premier prestidigitator Ricky Jay's latest show, A Rogue's Gallery — An Evening of Conversation and Performance, is one in which he opens up in such an expansive way that...
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Towering, glistening skyline? Check. Outdoor skating rink? Check. A revolving lineup of wildly eclectic entertainment provided free of charge? Check. What city is this,...
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It's Christmas Day -- what are you looking at us for? Um . . . well, okay . . . this is awkward. Let's see -- the Laugh Factory in Long Beach is open tonight. And the New...
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Lula Washington Dance Theater reprises its joyous, high-stepping celebration of the seven traditions of Kwanza in a two-day Kwanzaa Festival . The locally based troupe...
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Gabriel Iglesias makes a sacrifice almost as big as the Baby You-Know-Who and performs his popular standup comedy on Christmas Day.
Fri., Dec. 25, 8:30 p.m., 2009
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Just when you were debating what to do with that bedazzled sweater vest you got for Christmas (and I hope my mother-in-law's not reading this!) comes Regifted! Todd Fasen is...
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About this time of year, the relationship between an (award-winning) event blurbist and her reading public is challenged by the dearth of stimulating diversions. Even in a...
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Twist and shout in the New Year exotically, strangely, excitefully! with Dengue Fever, whose righteous mishmash of the dislocatedly rocking musical fetishes of Cambodia circa...
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Screening of an Xmas-themed episode of Sherlock Holmes from Mystery! Theater..
Wednesdays-Fridays, 4 p.m. Starts: Dec. 18. Continues through Dec. 31, 2009
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Most kiddie so-called comedy shows make me want to throw myself under the wheels on the bus. Naomi Odenkirk, wife of humor guy Bob (Mr. Show, blah blah blah, pictured)) and...
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What do you get when you take a team of writers, directors and actors, throw a few random key words and concepts at them, and tell them to come back in 24 hours with eight new...
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When Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith first assumed the roles of Louis Prima and Keely Smith in a recreation of their Las Vegas lounge act from the 1950s, it was a modest...
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Family-friendly musical take on the Dickens classic.
Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Starts: Dec. 18. Continues through Dec. 27, 2009
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In the spirit of the season, comics ask a random audience member for their most horrific story from the most wonderful time of the year, then re-create the scene onstage.
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It's an XXX-rated show with Mr. Rogan, where 100 bucks gets you dinner and mucho macho jokes.
Thu., Dec. 31, 10 p.m., 2009
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot? If by "auld acquaintance" you mean "the 2-liter bottle of Pepsi and some Mentos I may or may not have used as a sex toy," then yes!...
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Artistic director Natasha Middleton and her Media City Ballet have assembled a lineup of six local troupes for a program celebrating A World of Holiday Dance . In a...
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Though Andy Williams and his fancy sweaters are nowhere to be seen, the Rubicon company misses little else this corny Christmas delight. Not a word of spoken dialogue or...
