SoCal theatre, April 8-15: ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ ‘Antigone,’ ‘Stalin’s Master Class’ and more
Theatre, musicals, cabaret, drag, standup comedy, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, and books & lit for LA & OC
Welcome to the latest TV or Not TV newsletter spotlighting live theater, standup comedy, etc. on stages all around Southern California this coming week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the LA Times’ Calendar section.
The curtain rises…
Theatre
Opening this week…
‘Someone You Know: The Concert’ One-night-only event features songs from a new musical exploring the stories of sexual assault survivors. Thymele Arts, 5481 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. Monday, April 8. $25 suggested donation; reservations recommended. ticketleap.events
‘Julie Benko: Standby, Me’ The Broadway veteran shares songs and stories backed by husband Jason Yeager on piano. Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. $25-$60; food and drink minimums apply. (323) 466-2210. catalinajazzclub.com
‘Manifestos 4: The Dred and Harriet Scott Decision’ Conceptual artist Charles Gaines deconstructs the 1857 Supreme Court decision excluding people of African ancestry from U.S. citizenship in this five-part performance-based installation. REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd St., downtown L.A. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. $25. (213) 237-2800. redcat.org
‘Antigone’ The Long Beach Shakespeare Company stages Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy about the daughter of Oedipus seeking permission to bury her brother who was slain in battle. Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 ½ Atlantic Blvd., Long Beach. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, April 12 thru May 4; also Thursdays, April 25 and May 4. $15, $25. (562) 997-1494. lbshakespeare.org
‘Hangmen’ Martin McDonagh’s black comedy about a pub owner and former executioner in 1960s England. Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 S. 7th St., Santa Paula. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, April 12 thru May 12. $22, $24. (805) 525-4645. santapaulatheatercenter.org
‘High Maintenance’ A disgraced actress must share the stage with an egotistical robot in this new comedy by Peter Ritt. Road Theatre, 10747 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, April 12 thru 21; other dates from April 28 thru May 19 (runs in repertory with Laura Stribling’s “Singularities or the Computers of Venus,” opening April 26). $20, $39. (818) 761-8838. RoadTheatre.org
‘Little Women: The Broadway Musical’ The March sisters live, laugh and love in Civil War-era Massachusetts in this hit show based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic American novel. Kavli Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks. 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12-14. $50-$80. (805) 449-2787. bapacthousandoaks.com
‘The Motherf**ker with the Hat’ The Wayward Artist stages Stephen Adly Guirgis’ foul-mouthed 2011 farce about a recently paroled drug dealer who suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful. Grand Central Arts Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, April 12 thru 21. $25, $35. (657) 205-6273. thewaywardartist.org
‘Ophelia’ Stefan Marks wrote and directs this fantastical new drama about a mother suffering from dementia. Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, April 12 thru May 18, with matinees at 3 p.m. Saturdays beginning April 27. $35, $45. (310) 477-2055. odysseytheatre.com
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