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There's an eclectic mix of comedy, drama and spoken word in this week's theatre picks. Shut Up and Eat Your Groundlings The Groundlings’ latest sketch show hits the stage this weekend. Groundlings Theater. 7307 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 934-4747 ext. 37. Tickets are $21.50. Opens Friday at 8 pm. Runs Fridays at 8 pm and Saturdays at 8 and 10 pm until Nov. 24. L.A. Voz L.A. Voz (Los Angeles Voice) is a series...

The Jazz Tap Ensemble will play at Santa Monica City Hall's front lawn tomorrow. It's always a good weekend to go enjoy free... Did you say puppets? We like puppets. "Titus the Clownicus" - In the hands of The Actors' Gang, Shakespeare's bloodiest and most macabre drama (Titus Andronicus) becomes rip-roaring family fare. Titus the Clownicus is leader of the Red Nose Army. He returns home with his entourage of clowns and puppets victorious...

Like Circle X, the theatre troupe, Son of Semele (as in Dionysius the God) took 7 of Suzan-Lori Parks plays influenced by the War in Iraq to another level. In a small narrow room that is the theatre's house, the audience is whirled into worlds of chaos, confusion and dark enchantment. Usually, plays in this year-round 365 Days/365 Plays festival last about 20 minutes. Son of Semele took the plays in a lengthy direction, methodically...

By day, Terence McFarland is known throughout the LA theatre community as the Executive Director of the LA Stage Alliance, a reputable non-profit service organization dedicated to building awareness, appreciation, and support for the performing arts in Greater LA. After leaving the fashion industry in New York City to attend CalArts for a master's degree, he quickly found his role as a leader helping solve problems within the experimental art school's bureacracy of BS. It...

She: I love a gray day. I forgot how much. He: Me too. She: I hope we dont move out there and miss this gray. And the view from here. He: The view from here is great, yeah. She: Like you said, remember? "Sometimes, nothing beats standing in the shadow of a tall building." He: Yeah. I couldn't be more pleased with the state of Los Angeles theatre these days. 365 is showing us the...

Gopher: Why you pissing on it [Chevy Impala]? Chuck: So chicks know its mine. Dudes too. This is my Impala. Not yrs. Gopher: It gets you pussy? Chuck: No, man. Gopher: No? Chuck: It gets me dick. A constant hard one. Gopher: Shit Chuck: Shit is right. From December 3rd's play, "Impala". "I want to see a show in every theatre space in LA," I once told a friend a few years back. Thanks to...

The Sun: I am The Sun. I am always shining. Shine: I'm called Shine, as was my father before me. Sometimes I shine. Sometimes I dont shine. The Sun: I am The Sun. See me shine. Shine: I am a son, called Shine. Can we swear for a second? Okay, here goes... Fucking amazing. Just fucking amazing. Last night's presentation of week 2 in the yearlong 365 Days/365 Plays festival was just that. The...

In our continuing yearlong coverage of 365 Days/365 Plays, we present you with weeks two through four: Week 2: The Open Fist Theatre Company Tuesday, November 21 at 7:45 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Friday, November 24 at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, November 25 at 6:45 p.m. Week 3: Playwrights’ Arena Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 8 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Master, 10931 Santa Monica, Los Angeles Week 4: The Elephant Asylum Theatre December 5 -...

Excerpt from Day 2 (Nov. 16): Father Comes Home From The Wars (Part 1) Father: Hi honey, Im home. Mother: Yr home. Father: Yes. Mother: I wasnt expecting you. Ever. Father: Should I go back out and come back in again? Mother: Please. We're going to say this right now and get it over with: get off your arses and participate in this yearlong national theatre festival. which is being held simultaneously around the...

On 13 November, 2002, I had this silly idea that I would write a play every day for a year. It would be about being present and being committed to the artistic process every single day, regardless of the ‘weather.’ It became a daily meditation, a daily prayer celebrating the rich and strange process of a writing life ~ Suzan-Lori Parks Hey, LAist writes everyday too. How strange that we share this habit with...

La America Tropical, the once-controversial, then painted over mural is coming back to Olvera Street thanks to the city and The Getty: The mural, one of three done during Siquieros' six-month stay in Los Angeles, depicts an Indian being crucified on a double cross topped by an American eagle. The piece, depicting the struggle against imperialism, was considered so controversial at the time that it was painted over shortly after it was finished. Here...