Mia Bonadonna

Brian Peterson's hipsterized organized crime comedy, The Misadventures of Rick the Strangler, is playing at Electric Lodge in Venice. Set in a squalid apartment, the script follows assassin-for-hire Rick and his finger-eating dog through their pursuit of happiness exploits in the underground economy.

For this love story, the boy is a graveyard-dwelling, alligator owning, shy charmer absorbed will all things morbid; the girl is the epitome of sugar-and-spice-and-everything-nice sweetness who always leaves a trail of flowers and frosting-scented kindness in her wake.

Wilson's script does not really ask questions or reveal anything new, but it does illustrate that although young, our country does indeed have its own epic, and in the case of the mid-century Civil Rights Movement, one that must be honored with collective pride.

Through an authentically local voice, complex characters, and hearty nonlinear storytelling, Cedillo fuses crime and social drama to depict the intersection of morality, disenfranchisement, and depravity via three underdog best friends.

Dirty Filthy Love Story is a perfectly executed, short and slovenly bout of fun that challenges the typical boundaries of theatre in true Rogue Machine style, and certainly serves as a reminder of just how fun and enjoyable theatre can be.

The show's energized cast injects catchy and weird, permanently brain penetrating lyrics into the brain as they tease and heckle each other on the last day of Earth. While simple and unassuming in character, Doomsday Cabaret is charmingly seedy, fun, kitschy, and infused with local Angeleno underground sensibilities.

Ben Vereen is a masterful singer, actor, dancer; and in short, a legend own right. LAist spoke to Vereen about uniting the theatre community, empowering young creatives, inspiration, and about his upcoming show, Stepping Out with Ben Vereen at Santa Monica's Broad Stage.

Joe Drescher's We Are Gathered Here depicts an encounter between an unsure groom on the night before his wedding, an ex-girlfriend that is very determined to stop the wedding, and their circle of overly-involved, occasionally bitch-slapping friends.

Do you ever daydream about a place where roller skates, rainbow colors, singing, live Electric Light Orchestra covers, Pegasus, cotton candy, glitter, astral plane stuff, blonde wigs, tube socks, dancers, and Cyclops could exist together in peace and harmony with the sole purpose of making you deliriously, fabulously happy? If you answered yes, then you're in luck because that is EXACTLY what you will get at DOMA Theatre Company's production of Xanadu at the MET Theatre.

You know that suffocating, mindless feeling you get when you are trapped in the slow-moving crowd of otherwise absorbed tourists, excessive pop culture, landscape pollution, and costumed characters at Hollywood and Highland? Yeah, that is exactly what it feel like to watch this rendering of Helen.