T on October 23rd, 2011

Some of LA’s most enjoyable surprises can be found at its great collection of 99-seat theaters. Without really realizing it, I’ve found myself on a journey to discover each of them. Last evening I visited the Black Dahlia Theatre for the first time to take in a performance of Hey Morgan! It’s a musical written [...]

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T on June 27th, 2011

Sometimes I search long and hard for cool things to do in the city; other times, they just fall into my lap.  The latter was the case with last night’s amazingly fun event at the Steve Allen Theater. It all began about a month ago, at the Pacific Serenades concert, actually.  I was with friends [...]

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T on January 9th, 2011

It’s hard to believe that it was just over a year ago that I discovered the Troubadour Theatre Company and their amazing performances. The Troubies take  pop music, rousing dance numbers, improv comedy and well-known stories and fuse them into a night of pure fun. My love affair with them continued Friday when I went [...]

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T on January 16th, 2010

If there’s a better way to start a weekend, I sure can’t think of it. Last night I went with friends to see the Troubadour Theater Company‘s latest production, Frosty the Snow Manilow.  I didn’t want it to ever end. Maybe it was the fact that I’d had a stressful day. Maybe it was the [...]

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It’s really just a coincidence that on the same weekend I caught “It’s a Stevie Wonderful Life“, I also had tickets to LA Conservancy’s showing of the real “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the Million Dollar Theatre downtown. With our ticket we got a 10% discount at Clifton’s Cafeteria, so it provided the perfect opportunity [...]

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Despite having grown up to the sounds of the Carpenters, I had never had the opportunity to visit the performing arts center bearing their name. That all changed last night when I went with friends to a one-night-only performance of the Troubadour Theatre Company‘s Christmas classic, “It’s a Stevie Wonderful Life”. When you learn that [...]

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