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 to a circus spectacle.
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'The Niceties'
From the event description:
If there's anything the last few years have shown us, it's that race is still an issue in America. And how couldn't it be, given our history? But we're only just now starting to face how deeply rooted and tangled the issue is for all of us. Pointing the way are brave, finger-on-the-pulse works like "The Niceties." This intimate, tense drama finds a black student and a white professor — both brilliant, both liberal — meeting to discuss a paper about slavery's role in the American Revolution.
When: Tuesday, April 30, 8 p.m.
Where: Geffen Playhouse — Gil Cates Theater, 10886 Le Conte Ave.
Price: $30 - $49
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For the Record: 'The Brat Pack'
From the event description:
For The Record, in collaboration with nightlife impresarios The Houston Brothers, bring an MTV teenage dream to life inside the ultimate 1980s speakeasy, Break Room 86. Through a secret entrance inside The Line Hotel, step into a new wave vision of Shermer High School, the place where a Geek, Jock, Basket Case, Princess and Rebel started breaking stereotypes. The Brat Pack tells the story of a decade's most famous fictional school using the best teen films ever made and their unforgettable soundtracks. "The Breakfast Club," "Say Anything," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Fast Times" and more, come to life through songs like "Don't You Forget About Me," "True" and "If You Leave," turning the hilarious and heartbreaking world of high school in the '80s into an immersive, rock 'n' roll fantasy.
When: Thursday, May 2, 7:30-9 p.m.
Where: Break Room 86, 3515 Wilshire Blvd.
Price: $26 - $86
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'Clybourne Park'
From the event description:
This Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama was inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun." Act One, set in 1959, shows nervous white community leaders trying to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two, set in 2009, takes place in the same house and the same neighborhood, and shows the now-predominantly African-American neighborhood battling to hold its ground in the face of white gentrification. Witness how the world turns at Theatre Palisades.
When: Friday, May 3, 8 p.m.
Where: Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Road
Price: $11
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NoHo Comedy Festival
From the NoHo Comedy Festival deal description:
North Hollywood festival has seasoned comedians like Damon Wayans Jr., Jimmy O. Yang and Brian Williams take the stage at HaHa Comedy Club.
Where: HaHa Comedy Club, 4712 Lankershim Blvd.
Price: $15; additional deals are available.
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Circus Vargas: 'The Big One is Back!'
From the Circus Vargas deal description:
Circus Vargas presents “The Greatest of Ease,” a circus spectacular full of nonstop action and adventure with a trip through the ages of circus history. Animal-free, family-friendly cast of aerialists, acrobats and clowns dance and perform under the big top.
Where: Westfield Promenade, 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Price: $16
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