The excitement was contagious, as the staff of the Center Theatre Group prepared for the reopening of the Ahmanson Theatre for “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”.

“What a joy to see live theatre in Los Angeles again. ”THE ENIGMATIST" made its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse on September 23, 2021, with the handsome puzzle-solving Harvard graduate, David Kwong, mesmerizing his audience in this one-man show.”

‘So Take A Break’ of being cooped up at home and buy tickets to one of the most epic and award-winning American musicals in history. It will leave you “Satisfied” and “Blow Us All Away.”

“In the comfort of your own home, you will learn why Mezzocchi’s family’s purchased a 200+-year-old Enfield, New Hampshire house, and what strange and haunting events took place inside that have scarred his family for life.”

“BOLLYWOOD KITCHEN the virtual show introduces audiences to four of Rao’s passions—Bollywood films, Indian food, family, and music. Viewers are enlightened as Rao takes them on a personal journey about his parents immigrating to America and his own experiences growing up in Pennsylvania as a brown colored boy.”

“The Future gives you the insight to make a decision for the greater good. Hopefully, in 2021 we will all be able to step inside The Geffen Playhouse and other theaters again until it’s safe, Guimarães gives us hope for THE FUTURE.”

“If you love solving mysteries, this show might just be your favorite show for 2020.”

“When renowned puzzle master, magician, and New York Times crossword constructor David Kwong discovered his show The Enigmatist, was postponed due to the coronavirus last Spring, Kwong and the Geffen Staycation team got creative to keep stay-at-home audiences entertained.”

“Birbiglia is smart, likable and witty in his performance, as he opens up to the audience about his anxiety, growth, and acceptance of his new roles and relationships as a husband and father.”

“SPEECHLESS is part music concert and part light show offering a kaleidoscope of color and sound that has the audience vibrating in their seats.”

“In SKINTIGHT, this multi-generational queer Jewish family, discovers lust is easy, love is hard.”

“Leguizamo’s teaching style is engaging, crass, informative and entertaining. He probably would be fired on his first day for his raunchy drawings and multiple f-bombs, but for adult students, this one-man show is eye-opening and thought-provoking.”

“WITCH leaves the audience wondering how much a soul is worth, when hope is hard to come by today.”

Every family has a unique story to tell, and in “Hannah and the Dread Gazebo” it opens with Hannah’s grandmother (Jully Lee) jumping off the roof of the Sunrise Dewdrop Apartment City for Senior Living. Located on the border of North and South Korea, it’s close enough for the DMZ to shoot anyone within range. How’s that for an opening!

I really enjoyed the heartwarming comedy "Early Birds” at the Atwater Village Theatre, about two widows in their Golden Years meeting on a cruise. This hilarious comedy will have you laugh out loud and shed a tear or two.

Cameron Mackintosh’s Broadway revival of “Miss Saigon” opened on Thursday, July 19 at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. This version is especially poignant as Americans daily read and watch the political refugee crisis, as desperate people flee violence in Central America and other countries under our current administration.

What I enjoyed about “The Play That Goes Wrong” by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company is that it’s a play within a play. We are sitting in the audience watching “The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society" perform their newest murder mystery “The Murder at Haversham Manor.”

Something sinister is afoot, and the line “Desperate people walk through the darkness of imagination for a glimmer of hope,” sums up the story.

Go see the one man show “Invisible Tango” starring Portuguese storyteller and master card illusionist Helder Guimarães­ premiers at the Geffen Playhouse. Under the direction of Frank Marshall, the performer shares his personal perspective of experiencing serendipity through telling a story about the occurrence and development of events.

Every time I visit the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, I feel as if I am on vacation. Set among ancient oak trees in the bucolic Topanga Canyon, this is by far the most picturesque outdoor amphitheater in Southern California.