If you're a theater fan, mark your calendars: there's plenty to do when it comes to stage performances in Los Angeles this week, from a play about an online relationship that may not be what it seems to a comedy show poking fun at Canada.
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"1=0"
Grab a ticket on Thursday to "1=0" in its world premiere run at Theater of Note. Celeste, a divorced and unemployed theoretical mathematician, strikes up an online relationship with a man who purports to be a Syrian refugee. But all may not be as it seems in real life. The play by Joshua Fardon was a 2017 Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference semifinalist.
When: Thursday, March 14, 8 p.m.
Where: Theatre of Note, 1517 Cahuenga Blvd.
Price: $12.50
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"Billie! Backstage With Lady Day"
Discover the woman behind the musical hits "Embraceable You," "I'll Be Seeing You" and "Strange Fruit" on Friday night at Whitefire Theatre. "Billie! Backstage with Lady Day" charts Holliday's journey from overcoming a complicated and turbulent childhood to singing in Harlem nightclubs to becoming a successful jazz-blues singer.
When: Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.
Where: Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd.
Price: $25
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"Canuck as F*ck"
Laugh at and with Canada on Saturday night at "Canuck as F*ck" at Second City Theatre. The sketch show, which skewers our neighbors to the North, is written and performed by improvisers Jason DeRosse, Allison Price, Leslie Seiler, Ayumi Iizuka and Paul PK Kingston.
When: Saturday, March 23, 7 p.m.
Where: Second City Studio Theatre, 6560 Hollywood Blvd.
Price: $6
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