RACHEL O'MEARA FINDS THE BEST STAGE THEATERS IN L . a .674803

We don’t usually imagine top caliber theater when we think about L. a ., so we asked English actress and maker, British actress, how she has located the city’s stages because she moved to Santa claus Monica four years ago via London. “I’ve always been a follower of musicals, which is almost certainly why the first generation I produced in London’s West End was The actual Rat Pack Confidential, together with the wonderful songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davies Jr. For musicals in Chicago, I mainly navigate to the Pantages Theatre in Artist. It has a very classic feel to it, integrated the 1930’s, with a lovely art deco facade and over 2,500 seating. I’ve seen The Lion King, Wicked, The Book involving Mormon and Phantom of the Safari there. Downtown there’s the two,000 seater Ahmanson Theatre, which in turn opened in the 1960’s. They've got fantastic plays right now there, including a lot in Neil Simon premieres in the past. Initially when i first went there a couple of years back, to see God associated with Carnage with James Gandolfini as well as Marcia Gay Harden. It had been hard to get a priced for that run, it sold out in times! Then there’s the Five-hundred seater Geffen Theatre on the Westside, together with quite wonderful plays. Next up there throughout February is Harold Pinter’s The actual Birthday Party, with a gleaming British cast to compete with any Greater london production, starring Steven Berkoff, Tim Roth and Katie Amess. Last but not least, my new favorite venue is the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills. This opened only lately, in mid April 2013, with a event performance that included Amy Adams (by the way, the most popular for the Oscars in 2010!), Demi Moore, Josh Duhamel, Sherry Lansing, Nicole Richie, Courteney Cox, Jason Bateman, Sidney Poitier and The actor-brad pitt. Next up there is Noel Coward’s Simple Encounter. I think I would also give a special mention to our other favorite locations that stage excellent productions, which include Royce Hall on the UCLA campus, Your Kirk Douglas Theatre and The Extensive Stage.”

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