Stage West News

The hit madcap musical based on the 1936 anti marijuana propaganda movie ran for almost a year in Los Angeles to packed houses. It transferred Off-Broadway in 2001 but the 9/11 tragedy put a hitch in the New York Success. It was subsequently filmed as an HBO film-- 'Reefer Madness the Musical'.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to present singer/songwriter KATIE THOMPSON & FRIENDS on Monday, February 22 at 7pm. This concert is part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert series, which highlights performers and composers from the Great White Way at the historic music room.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present singer/songwriter Katie Thompson & Friends on Monday, February 22 at 7pm. This concert is part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert series, which highlights performers and composers from the Great White Way at the historic music room.

Piven Theatre Workshop Educator and Ensemble Member Bernard Beck will perform excerpts from the World Premiere production of Number of People, written by his daughter Emilie Beck, during a discussion on memory, identity and loss among Holocaust survivors at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.

Rubicon Theatre Company's DOUBT, A PARABLE Plays Its Final Performance on 2/21.

Furious Theatre Company presents the first show of its seventh season with the West Coast Premiere of MEN OF TORTUGA, written by Jason Wells and directed by Alexis Chamow.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011. The show is already receiving raves in London, and has impressed the most lavish of celebrities. Check out Kylie Minogue's visit and audience reactions below!

Some questions remain long after their owners have died. Lingering like ghosts. Looking for the answers they never found in life. (Margrethe Bohr, in Copenhagen)

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, at the recent WhatsOnStage.com Awards, Gary McQuinn, producer of the Australian hit PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESSERT, announced that the show has planned a Broadway transfer for sometime in 2011.

Stage and screen star Megan Mullally made her West End debut with her band Supreme Music Program recently and, following the performance, members of WhatsOnStage.com were treated to a post show discussion. During the discussion, Mullally revealed she has been toying with an idea of bringing her most famous character, Karen from 'Will & Grace' to the stage in KAREN: THE MUSICAL.

Furious Theatre Company presents the first show of its seventh season with the West Coast Premiere of MEN OF TORTUGA, written by Jason Wells and directed by Alexis Chamow.

Despite the closing of Pasadena Playhouse, Furious Theatre Company has made arrangements to remain upstairs in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre for now and open the West Coast Premiere of MEN OF TORTUGA by Jason Wells one week later than originally planned.

Tickets are currently available for all American Express customers for Roundabout's upcoming production of LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART. The presale began February 15th for all cardholders and will last through February 20th.

Good News! Jim Leonard, Jrs. depression-era epic of faith and truth ‘THE DIVINERS' receives a miraculous new imagining and power-house performances in The Production Company's second offering of 2010!

Piven Theatre Workshop Educator and Ensemble Member Bernard Beck will perform excerpts from the World Premiere production of Number of People, written by his daughter Emilie Beck, during a discussion on memory, identity and loss among Holocaust survivors at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.

Secret Order is the story of a brilliant young scientist who may have discovered the cure for cancer. Playwright Bob Clyman explores the impact of that discovery beyond the lab in Actors Theatre's production on Stage West at Herberger Theater Center from March 5-21.

Open Fist Theatre Conservatory Announces Workshops & Classes for March.

The Reprise Theatre Company's production of CAROUSEL will close on February 7, 2010.

A ROUND HEELED WOMAN will close at Theater Artaud on February 7, 2010.

Some questions remain long after their owners have died. Lingering like ghosts. Looking for the answers they never found in life. (Margrethe Bohr, in Copenhagen)