Theater

MAY

23-June 30: “Sorrows and Rejoicings.” Athol Fugard’s new drama exploring the legacy of apartheid on a South African white poet and the women in his life. With Brienin Nequa Bryant, John Glover, Judith Light and Cynthia Martells.

23-June 23: “Spoon River Anthology.” Theatre West’s revival of its 1963 Edgar Lee Masters musical that went on to a Broadway run. Adapted by Charles Aidman, with music and lyrics by Naomi Caryl, it is directed by original cast members Betty Garrett and Joyce Van Patten. With Lee Meriwether and Bridget Hanley. Theatre West.

23-June 28: “Two Small Bodies.” Neal Bell’s drama about a sexist detective and his intense relationship with a mother who may have killed her two children. Company of Angels Theatre.

24-June 2: “Burning Patience.” Antonio Skarmeta’s play upon which the film “Il Postino” was based. Stephen Rothman directs a cast of professional and student actors led by Henry Darrow and Marta DuBois. State Playhouse, Cal State L.A.

24-June 30: “Cosa Nostra.” Tribute to Hollywood’s Mafia movies, with re-creations of scenes from films by Francis Ford Coppola, Brian DePalma and Martin Scorsese. Hollywood Fight Club.

24-June 2: “High Button Shoes.” Staged concert-reading of the 1947 musical romp by Stephen Longstreet, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, about a small-time con man. Stars Jason Graae, Cynthia Ferrer, Doug Carfrae and Susan Egan. Rubicon Theatre Company at the Laurel.

24-June 23: “Jimmy Christ.” Nicholas Monahan’s play about the younger, “less cool” brother of Jesus. Space Theatre.

24-June 9: “The Miracle Worker.” William Gibson’s drama about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, the gifted teacher who rescued her from darkness and isolation. Curtis Theatre.

24-June 29: “Snowing at Delphi.” In Catherine Butterfield’s comedy, a group of young professionals celebrate Christmas in an isolated cabin in upstate New York. Hudson Avenue Theatre.

24-June 29: “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday.” Michael Brady’s exploration of love and rebirth as a family strives to come to terms with the loss of a mother, sister and wife. Golden Circle Productions. Third Stage.

25-June 30: “An Infinite Ache.” West Coast premiere of David Schulner’s intimate exploration of a couple’s dreams and downfalls. Globe Theatres’ Cassius Carter Centre Stage.

25-June 23: “Baby With the Bathwater.” Christopher Durang’s satire about a pair of not-so-stable parents raising their first child. Knightsbridge Theatre.

25-June 23: “Ghetto Cabaret.” Joshua Sobol’s fact-based drama, set in Vilna, Lithuania, during the Nazi occupation, about the formation of the Ghetto Theatre. L.A. Jewish Theatre at the A! Theatre.

25-July 13: “God Bless Americana: The Retro Slide Show Tour of the USA.” Charles Phoenix’s comical tour through 35mm slides taken by real people from the 1940s through the ‘60s. Egyptian Theater.

25-July 7: “Johnny on the Spot.” Neil Landau’s comedy-drama about the fear of responsibility and missed opportunities as a young man journeys through the past, present and future. Matrix Theatre Company.

25: “Love Letters.” Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood perform A.R. Gurney’s play about the bittersweet relationship between a woman and man told through their lifelong correspondence. St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort.

25-July 7: “Pentecost.” David Edgar’s political thriller about the discovery of an ancient fresco in an Eastern European church in a war zone. Historians, politicians and clergymen claim ownership as a group of militant asylum-seekers seize the church. Evidence Room.

26-July 14: God Bless Americana, Part 2: The Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California (The Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, [866] 754-3374). With Charles Phoenix.

27: “Come to Your Senses.” An exploration of things tangible and intangible, performed by an ensemble for one audience member at a time. Call for reservation for private curtain time. Santa Monica Playhouse.

28-June 2: “Penn & Teller.” The eccentric, edgy comedy-and-magic duo return with a combination of new tricks and old favorites. Wilshire Theatre.

28: “Solo Es El Viento (It’s Only the Wind).” Staged reading, with Lupe Ontiveros. MET Theatre.

30-June 29: “Crazyface.” West Coast premiere of Clive Barker’s tale of the macabre, about a prankster of European folklore who comes into possession of a mysterious substance. Sacred Fools Theater.

30-June 23: “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Oscar Wilde’s comic farce involving strained morals, mistaken identities and romantic desire. McCadden Place Theatre.

30-June 29: “Rearranging Grace.” Nancy Butscher’s comedy-drama centers on a psychic teenager with a drunken, depraved mother and allies that include her brothers and the ghost of her grandmother. MET Theatre.

31-June 29: “Go True West.” A wacky exercise in the possibilities of movement that combines the first 20 lines of Sam Shepard’s “True West” with vintage Buster Keaton routines. Lillian Theater.

31-Indefinitely: “Groundlings Drive-In.” The Groundlings comedy improv troupe explores drive-in movie culture. Groundlings Theater.

31-June 30: “The Hot l Baltimore.” Lanford Wilson’s comedy about a motley group of residents of a seedy, soon-to-be-demolished hotel. Mud-Luscious Theatre Ensemble at GTC Burbank Theater.

31-June 16: “Man of La Mancha.” The Dale Wasserman-Mitch Leigh-Joe Darion musical classic based on Miguel de Cervantes’ life and his novel, “Don Quixote.” Downey Civic Theater.

31-July 5: “A Lonely Monkeyhouse.” Martin Docker’s absurdist comedy about people whose paths cross when the world begins to crack apart. Company of Angels at Two Roads Theatre.

31-July 7: “The Menaechmi.” The ancient Roman comedy by Plautus, about long-separated twin brothers, which inspired Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” Knightsbridge Theatre.

31-Jun. 1: “Old Wicked Songs.” Harold Gould and Joseph Fuqua star in Jon Marans’ drama about an Austrian music teacher and a young American concert pianist. Norris Theatre.

31-June 22: “Relatively Speaking.” A comedy-drama double bill: “Relative Behavior” and “Dead Man Talking.” Secret Rose Theatre.

31-June 2: “Yellow Flesh/Alabaster Rose.” Reading of Erik Patterson’s drama about three siblings who were sexually abused by their father. Theatre of NOTE.

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JUNE

1-June 10: “Evita.” The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical rags-to-riches saga of Argentina’s Eva Peron, presented by Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities. Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

1-28: “The Laramie Project.” Drama centering on the small town that was at the epicenter of the murder of Matthew Shepard, by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. Colony Theatre Company.

1-30: “Peddlin’.” Street peddlers hang out at a neighborhood pub in Greenwich Village, 1979. New comedy by Tom Waters. Bitter Truth Playhouse.

1-30: “Satisfaction Guaranteed.” John F. Walter’s drama about deception, corruption and coercion at a failing retail store. Century City Playhouse.

1-30: “The Shape of Things.” Neil LaBute’s play explores the lengths to which a shy college student goes in order to retain the affections of the woman he loves. West Coast premiere. Laguna Playhouse.

1-July 6: “Smash.” Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s novel, “An Unsocial Socialist, “ about a millionaire-turned-socialist who tries to spark a proletarian revolt at a women’s college. Globe Theatres’ Old Globe Theatre.

2: “Broadway Stars.” Musical stage veterans Carole Cook, Sean McDermott, Valarie Pettiford and Tami Tappan perform a Broadway sampler. Directed by David Galligan; musical director, Ron Abel. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

2: “Dear Esther.” Barbara Bain and her daughter, Juliet Landau, perform a staged reading of the play based on the true story of Sobibor death camp survivor Esther Terner Raab. Westside Jewish Community Center.

2-30: “Meat, a Bible Tragi-comedy.” Dark comedy about King David, the origins of war in the Middle East and how perception is controlled by the media. Venice Mootney Company at Hopkins House Studio.

2-Sept. 29: “The Merchant of Venice.” Ellen Geer directs Shakespeare’s provocative tale of love, money and intolerance. Alan Blumenfeld stars as Shylock. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

3-12: “Jenny Keeps Talking.” Richard Greenberg’s comedy about two feuding sisters and the grandmother who tries her best to reconcile them. McCadden Place Theatre.

3: “Our Wide, Wide Sea.” Reader’s Theatre. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

4-23: “Greater Tuna.” The 20th anniversary tour of the two-man comic tour-de-force by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. Williams and Sears portray a host of eccentric Texans living in small town Greater Tuna. Lyceum Theatre.

4-14: “Proof.” David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about an enigmatic young woman, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, an unexpected suitor, and the search for truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. Wilshire Theatre.

4-9: “South Pacific.” Robert Goulet heads the cast in the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical based on James Michener’s novel. Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall.

5-30: “The World Goes ‘Round.” Revue celebrating the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Strohman and David Thompson, from “Cabaret, “ “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” the film “New York, New York” and other shows. David Henry Hwang Theater.

6-30: “The 10th Annual Blank Theatre Company Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival.” The winning 12 plays in the festival by playwrights ages 13 to 19, professionally staged by the Blank Theatre Company. Hudson Mainstage Theatre.

6-July 27: “Futon Culture.” In Matt Robertson’s play, four women try to find the right man or the means to find him, or create him. Theatre/Theater.

6-23: “Jump Kiss.” Diane Glancy’s drama exploring past and present events and relationships revolving around a mixed-blood Native American woman in mid-20th century Kansas City. Presented by Native Voices at the Autry. Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

6-July 13: “Mandy’s Yearbook.” Jeff Ham’s sendup of teen revenge-horror flicks. MET Theatre.

7-July 27: “Beirut.” Alan Bowne’s drama about a paranoiac future world where people with a sexually transmitted virus are forced to live in quarantine. Theatre/Theater.

7-July 28: “Epic Proportions.” Zany comedy of Hollywood’s heyday, about two brothers who are extras in a Cecil B. DeMille-type extravaganza. By Larry Coen and “Friends” co-creator David Crane. West Coast premiere. West Coast Ensemble.

7-July 14: “Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies.” New comedy by Matt Chaffee about misconceptions and game playing among singles at a local bar. Zoo Theatre.

7-23: “King o’ the Moon.” Los Angeles premiere of the sequel to Tom Dudzick’s comedy “Over the Tavern, “ about the Pazinski clan at a crossroads at the end of the turbulent 1960s. La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

7-9: “The Life of the Land.” The mainland premiere of the last play in Edward Sakamoto’s trilogy about four generations of the Kamiya family in Hawaii, from 1929 to 1980. Japan America Theatre.

7-Indefinitely: “Murdering Marlowe.” Charles Marowitz directs the premiere of his new work, imagining a rivalry between a young Shakespeare and the already established Christopher Marlowe. Malibu Stage.

7-23: “Sweet Charity.” The Neil Simon-Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields musical with the Bob Fosse choreography. With Kirsten Benton. Performance Riverside.

7-8: “Us.” Performance artist Tim Miller’s new work-in-progress exploring immigration rights in terms of home and exile, from his perspective as a gay man. Los Angeles Theatre Center.

7-July 7: “The Winter’s Tale.” Shakespeare’s tragicomedy. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

8: “Cabaret Show.” Cabaret artist Lynda Kay and her Lickity Splits band present comic characters and original musical. Stages Theatre Center.

1-July 28: “The Cherry Orchard.” Circus Theatricals and the Odyssey present Chekhov’s comedy, directed by Jack Stehlin. With Alfred Molina, Jill Gascoine and Neil Vipond. Odyssey Theatre.

8-July 27: “Fifth of July.” Lanford Wilson’s seriocomic look at an extended family of gay and straight friends one summer in 1977. Diversionary Theatre.

9-July 7: “Valparaiso.” Don DeLillo’s darkly comic examination of marriage, media and modern life as one man’s business trip goes awry. Sledgehammer Theatre.

10: “Volvio una Noche.” Presented by Reader’s Theatre. In Spanish. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

11: “David ‘Dudu’ Fisher in Performance.” The Jewish recording artist and Broadway star performs his theatrical concert show. Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

12-29: “Dreamplay.” Tracy Young’s play inspired by Jung, the archetypal imagery of the Tarot and news coverage of “sleepwalking killer” Scott Falater, as 12 men and women envision themselves jurors of the case while asleep. Performed at a site-specific venue; directions given with reservation confirmation. San Fernando area.

14-16: “Farsa Quixotesca/The Farce of Quixote.” Brazil’s Pia Fraus Teatro presents a broad satire of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. In Portuguese with projected English titles. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

14-July 13: “The Foreigner.” Larry Shue’s comedy about a shy Englishman who pretends not to speak English when he finds himself vacationing at a remote Georgia hunting lodge filled with oddball characters.

14-23: “King Lear.” The Center for New Theater at Cal Arts presents Shakespeare’s tragedy. Directed by Travis Preston with an all-female cast, it is staged in six factory space locations within the complex and features visual installations that include 40-foot video projections and a suspended car wreck. Brewery Arts Complex.

14-July 21: “The Madness of Esme and Shaz.” Sarah Daniels’ play about an elderly religious woman who takes in her lesbian niece, just released after spending 13 years in a psychiatric for committing a horrific crime. Hospital. Celebration Theatre.

14-Aug. 24: “Napoli Milionaria.” Eduardo de Filippo’s comedy about a family in Italy during WWII, caught up in the black market for survival. Road Theatre at Lankershim Arts Center.

14-Aug. 3: “The Poseidon Adventure.” Musical-comedy spoof of the blockbuster disaster film, adapted by William Robens and Genemichael Barrera. Tamarind Theatre.

14-July 14: “She Stoops to Conquer.” Oliver Goldsmith’s 18th century comedy of mistaken identities, fools outwitted and love triumphant. Pasadena Shakespeare Company at Fremont Centre Theatre.

14-July 20: “Stranger.” A couple is stalked by a devious stranger, forcing the woman to confront the monsters of her past in Brett Pearson’s new psychosexual thriller. Mature audiences. Theatre/Theater.

14-Indefinitely: “The Third Annual Directors Festival.” One-acts by Beth Henley, Christopher Durang, Wallace Shawn and Jim Cartwright directed by Shana Wilde, Christopher Spencer, Dietrich Smith and Russell Milton, respectively. Shows run in repertory. Open Fist Theatre Company.

14-July 20: “Where Do Babies Come From?” Vicki Juditz’s new solo theater piece about the birth of a baby through a surrogate mother. Elephant Theatre.

15: “An Evening With Wayne Brady.” Wayne (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” “The Wayne Brady Show”) Brady in his signature brand of comic, theatrical improv. Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall.

15-July 21: “The Apple Juice Man.” Sarah Koskoff directs her new play exploring questions of love, about a young woman who has been traumatized by her violent father, a failed actor. Padua Playwrights Productions. 2100 Square Feet Theater.

15: “Jane Eyre.” California Artists Radio Theatre’s production of Charlotte Bronte’s classic starring Samantha Eggar, Michael York, Rene Auberjonois, Beverly Garland and other stage, screen and radio veterans. Beverly Garland Hotel.

15-July 21: “Lifting Cherry and G.” Nicole Gabriela Scipione’s absurdist play about a young couple who believe they are going to honeymoon on the moon. Elephant Theatre.

15-July 21: “Oedipus Rex.” The classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

15-July 28: “The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare’s battle-of-the-sexes romp. Knightsbridge Theatre Los Angeles.

16: “Cantinflas.” By Herbert Siguenza. Presented by Reader’s Theatre in English. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

16-July 14: “A Feast of Fools.” Clown Geoff Hoyle (Cirque du Soleil and Zazu in “The Lion King” on Broadway) performs his signature brand of physical comedy, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Gina Leishman. La Jolla Playhouse.

16-23: “Follies.” Vikki Carr, Patty Duke, Harry Groener and other stage veterans present Reprise! Broadway’s Best’s production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical. Wadsworth Theatre.

18-23: “Cats.” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical comes to Los Angeles for a limited engagement. Wilshire Theatre.

18-20: “Mira’M.” A theater-dance spectacular presented by Compania Marta Carrasco of Barcelona, about characters who inhabit a dimension halfway between everyday life and the world of secret selves. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

18-July 11: “Your Mother’s Butt and Other Acts of Inspiration.” Four one-acts by Academy Award winner Alan Ball (“American Beauty”). West Coast Ensemble.

19-July 21: “Oscar and Felix.” John Larroquette and Joe Regalbuto star in Neil Simon’s update of his classic comedy “The Odd Couple, “ about two divorced men, one a slob, the other a neat freak, who become roommates. Directed by Peter Bonerz. Geffen Playhouse.

20-23: “All Hallows Eve.” Pendulum Theatre Company’s seriocomic, erotic play based on the 17th century Scottish myth of Tamlin, about a woman who sets out to rescue a knight enslaved by the fairy queen of an enchanted forest. Highways Gallery and Performance Space.

21-July 14: “Master Harold ... and the boys.” Athol Fugard’s drama, about a white adolescent’s initiation in the uses of racial power in apartheid South Africa, explores racism, friendship and the bonds between fathers and sons. Directed by caryn morse desai. International City Theatre at Center Theater.

22-July 28: “Antigone.” Sophocles’ tragedy about a woman who honors her slain brothers in defiance of a king. Knightsbridge Theatre Los Angeles.

22-July 7: “Crossings, Journeys of Catholic Immigrants.” Cornerstone Theatre Company presents biblical scenes observed through the experiences of Catholic immigrants from various cultures. A collaboration between theater professionals and members of five L.A. congregations. St. Vibiana’s.

26-30: “The Credeaux Canvas.” Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe are slated to star in L.A. Theatre Works’ live radio theater production of Keith Bunin’s play about three young New Yorkers’ get-rich-quick scheme and the subsequent unraveling of a web of secrets and lies. Recorded for future broadcast on KPCC-FM and XM Satellite Radio. L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center.

26-Aug. 11: “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife.” Charles Busch’s new comedy about a culture-obsessed, upper-middle-class New Yorker married to a successful allergist, whose midlife crisis deepens when her glamorous childhood friend appears for a mysterious visit. Valerie Harper, Tony Roberts and Michele Lee reprise their Broadway roles. Ahmanson Theatre.

28: “L.A. Connection’s 25th Anniversary Alumni Show.” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

28-July 21: “Noise.” U.S. premiere of a drama by English playwright Alex Jones. Furious Theatre, Armory Northwest.

28-Aug. 4: “The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare’s battle-of-the-sexes romp. Globe Theatres’ Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

28-July 21: “The Tempest.” Shakespeare’s island fantasy about an exiled duke, sprites, monsters and romance. Sixth annual Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Performed outdoors. Kingsmen Park.

29-Sept. 29: “Animal Farm.” Peter Hall’s adaptation of the George Orwell classic about the fall of idealism and the rise of tyranny after farm animals rebel against their human owner. Music by Richard Peaslee and lyrics by Adrian Mitchell. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

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JULY

1: “Eva Peron and the Fourth Reich.” Presented by Reader’s Theatre in English. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

5-20: “Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare Festival LA presents sets the romantic tragedy in a world of rival record labels and the competitive music industry. (Also at South Coast Botanic Garden, July 25-Aug. 4.) Pershing Square Park.

7: “The Toynbee Convector.” California Artists Radio Theatre’s production of the radio premiere of Ray Bradbury’s story, plus other Bradbury tales, with James Whitmore, Shelley Long, Rene Auberjonois and the CART company. Beverly Garland Hotel.

8: “La Taberna de los Cuatro Vientos.” Presented by Reader’s Theatre in Spanish. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

11-14: “Doctor Chi.” Theater artist and butoh dancer Michael Sakamoto’s darkly comic theater work. Highways.

11-Aug. 4: “Much Ado About Nothing.” Shakespeare’s romantic romp. Sixth annual Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Performed outdoors. Kingsmen Park.

12-26: “L.A. Connection’s Dramatic Improv.” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

12-Aug. 18: “Volpone.” The 17th century Ben Jonson farce about a rich man who, with his servant, tricks three greedy friends into an expensive competition to be named heir to his fortune. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

13-Aug. 18: “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” Marc Camoletti’s French comedy of marital treachery, mistaken identity and confusion, adapted by Robin Hawden. Eclectic Company Theatre.

13-21: “Show Boat.” Musical Theatre West presents the Oscar Hammerstein-Jerome Kern classic, starring Dale Kristien, Hugh Panaro and Valarie Pettiford; directed by David Galligan. Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

14-Aug. 25: “Faith Healer.” Brian Friel’s drama about a faith healer-con man, his wife and his manager, their lives on the road and secrets that come to light. Globe Theatres’ Cassius Carter Centre Stage.

14: “Stories After Dark.” L.A. Theatre Works and Spoken Interludes present stories read and written by L.A. writers Michael Blieden, Larry Charles, Luis Alfaro, Carol Muske-Dukes, Erika Schickel, DeLaune Michel, Margaret Smith, Cathryn Michon and Richard Schiff. Recorded for future broadcast on KPCC-FM and XM Satellite Radio. L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center.

18-Aug. 11: “Goose & Tomtom.” David Rabe’s dark comedy examining the dark corners of the American psyche and the power of imagination. Garage Theatre Company. Edison Theatre.

19-Sept. 29: “Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog.” Circle X Theatre Co.’s world premiere musical by Jillian Armenante and Alice Dodd, about key figures in the creation of cinema at the end of the 19th century. 24th Street Theatre.

19-Aug. 10: “Parallel Lives.” Scenes depicting life’s struggles from a woman’s perspective. Based on “The Kathy and Mo Show” by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. Presented by loud *R* mouth Theatre Company. Edison Theatre.

19-Aug. 25: “Suburbia.” Eric Bogosian’s drama about five “Gen X” losers visited by an old friend who became a pop star. Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts.

20-28: “3 by Shakespeare’s Skum.” West Coast premiere of a trio of Shakespeare parodies by Carolyn Spedden. Paul Carlson Memorial Park.

25-Aug. 4: “Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare Festival LA presents the romantic tragedy, set in a modern metropolis with the warring Capulets and Montagues in a world of rival record labels and the competitive music industry. South Coast Botanic Garden.

26-Aug. 31: “All My Sons.” Arthur Miller’s drama about an airplane parts manufacturer, whose shameful actions during World War II come back to haunt him and tear apart two families. Globe Theatres’ Old Globe Theatre.

27-Aug. 4: “California Scenarios.” Five short plays reflecting Latino experiences in the state, by noted Latino playwrights Luis Alfaro, Richard Coca, Joann Farias, Anne Garcia-Romero and Jose Cruz Gonzalez. Noguchi Sculpture Garden.

27-Sept. 1: “The Comedy of Errors.” In Shakespeare’s comedy, a confusion of who’s who ensues when two sets of twins meet after being separated 25 years before during a shipwreck. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

27-Oct. 19: “The Madwoman of Chaillot.” In Jean Giraudoux’s comic fable, an eccentric Parisian countess sets out to foil greedy, would-be oil drillers and return love and beauty to the world. Ellen Geer plays the title role. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

27-Sept. 15: “Someone Waiting.” Emlyn Williams’ psychological thriller of murder and revenge. Theatre 40.

31-Aug. 8: Marcel Marceau. The legendary mime in performance. Geffen Playhouse.

31-Aug. 25: “The Phantom of the Opera.” New national touring production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Orange County Performing Arts Center.

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AUGUST

2-3: “Cirque Eloize.” Canada-based Cirque Eloize performs its signature combination of circus arts and dance to classical music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Hollywood Bowl.

2-Sept. 1: “Inside Out.” Musical comedy about women in group therapy. West Valley Playhouse.

2-3: “SCR’s 17th Annual Hispanic Playwright’s Project.” Staged readings of new works by established and emerging Latino playwrights. Call for times for specific plays. Bill includes “The Beauty of the Father” by Nilo Cruz, “Electricidad” by Luis Alfaro, “Lobster Face (or the Shame of Amanda Cockshutt)” by Magdalena Gomez, “Lost in Translation” by Rogelio Martinez. South Coast Repertory Theatre.

3-4: “Medea.” The Euripides classic tragedy, translated by Robinson Jeffers. Presented by Culver City Public Theatre. Outdoors; bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating. Paul Carlson Memorial Park.

3-Sept. 15: “One-Act Festival.” Knightsbridge Theatre Los Angeles.

4: “The Music Man.” Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) and Tony Award-winning Kristin Chenoweth headline a staged concert adaptation presented by John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and directed by Gordon Hunt to celebrate the centennial of the musical’s creator, Meredith Willson. Hollywood Bowl.

4-Sept. 1: “When Grace Comes In.” World premiere of Heather McDonald’s drama about the life-changing journey of a senator’s wife as she attempts to recapture her past. La Jolla Playhouse.

9-Sept. 7: “True West.” Sam Shepard’s dark comedy about an escalating confrontation between estranged brothers. Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre.

10-Sept. 15: “The Importance of Being Earnest.” In Oscar Wilde’s Victorian satire, being “earnest” has more than one meaning as deception leads to true love and social acceptance. Knightsbridge Theatre Los Angeles.

10-Sept. 15: “Pericles.” In Shakespeare’s drama a king’s travails takes him far and wide as he loses and regains his kingdom and his family. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

11: “From Broadway With Love.” Dale Kristien and Hugh Panaro in concert, featuring love songs and Broadway show medleys. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

16-18: “Footloose.” Musical Theatre West presents the musical adaptation of the 1984 film by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie about a puritanical small town where dancing is forbidden, and the city teen who shakes things up. Outdoors. The Green on the Hill.

16-Indefinitely: “The Golden Round.” Workshop production following the succession of kings from “Richard II” to “Richard III.” Condensed and directed by Adrian Sparks; performed over three evenings. Open Fist Theatre Company.

16-Nov. 1: “L.A. Connection’s ‘B’ Cast Sketch Show.” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

17-25: “The Deceived.” Gl’Intronati Di Siena’s 16th century, gender-bending play about long-lost twins who turn a quiet Italian village upside down in their quest for adulthood, identity and love. Presented by Culver City Public Theatre. Outdoors; bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating. Paul Carlson Memorial Park.

18-Nov. 3: “L.A. Connection’s ‘C’ Cast Sketch Show.” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

18-Sept. 15: “Wintertime.” Three couples sneak away for a secret rendezvous and unexpectedly collide at the same winter getaway in the world premiere comedy by Charles L. Mee. La Jolla Playhouse.

23-Sept. 29: “The Octoroon.” The 1859 anti-slavery drama by Dion Boucicault. Knightsbridge Theatre Pasadena.

24: “It’s Magic! Under the Stars.” Terry Hill & Associates presents an international roster of professional magicians perform sleight-of-hand, comedy and elaborate stage illusions. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

25-Oct. 6: “Pericles.” In Shakespeare’s drama a king’s travails takes him on an odyssey of riddles, shipwrecks, jousts, intrigue, incest, murder, and loves and family lost and regained. Globe Theatres’ Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

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SEPTEMBER

2-Oct. 20: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Shakespeare’s romantic romp about befuddled lovers, bumbling theater players and fairy mischief in an enchanted forest. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.