| June 19, 2008 |
DONALD MARGULIES’ SHIPWRECKED! SETS SAIL AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WITH SPECIAL CHILDREN’S TICKET PRICES
Melody Butiu, Michael Daniel Cassady and Gregory Itzin Reunite with Director Bart DeLorenzo in Swashbuckling Family-Friendly Adventure Tale
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| June 1, 2008 |
LA THEATER VET SUSAN BARTON ASSUMES ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR WHILE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PREPARES FOR SEARCH
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| May 29, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE MANAGING DIRECTOR STEPHEN EICH TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION
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| May 21, 2008 |
WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST RICKY JAY REAPPEARS AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Legendary Sleight-of-Hand Artist Brings His 52 Assistants to a
Special Limited Engagement in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Seven Weeks Only: July 9 — August 26, 2008
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| May 9, 2008 |
EMERGENCY AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE EXTENDS UNTIL JUNE 1 DUE TO COMMUNITY DEMAND
Donations from Arts Lovers and Organizations Help Extend Daniel Beaty’s One-Man Show to Accommodate Free Performances for Public Schools
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| April 2, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE POSTPONES MARGULIES COMMISSION UNTIL 08/09 AND ANNOUNCES DANIEL SULLIVAN AS DIRECTOR
Margulies’ Family Adventure Shipwrecked! An Entertainment Takes Place of The Elephant in the Room as Final Play in 07/08 Season
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| April 1, 2008 |
DANIEL BEATY BRINGS THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF OBIE AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
40 Characters Throughout Emotionally Charged One-Man Show Emergency
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| March 26, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN COMMISSIONED PRODUCTION GETS A SECOND LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life Moves to A.C.T. After Winning Ten Regional Theater Awards
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| February 14, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WELCOMES BACK CELEBRATED ARTIST HERSHEY FELDER IN THE FINAL MOVEMENT OF HIS COMPOSER SONATA: BEETHOVEN, AS I KNEW HIM
Geffen Playhouse Announces First Production Confirmed for 08/09 Season
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| February 4, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
Tara Joyce, Emily Kosloski and Adam Kulbersh Take the Stage Alongside the Icon Comedienne, Award-Winning SoCal Theater Vet Bart DeLorenzo Directs
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| January 31, 2008 |
EMILY KOSLOSKI REPLACES YOSEFA FORMA IN
JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
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| January 22, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HONORS
ROBERT A. IGER, PRESIDENT AND CEO,
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING
AT ANNUAL "BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN" GALA
Star-Studded Evening Recognizes Leadership in the Theater Community
and Raises Funds for Geffen Playhouse Education Programs -
March 17, 2008
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| January 15, 2008 |
Leading Man Mark Feuerstein Heads a Cast of Small-Screen Starlets
in Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) in The Audrey at The Geffen Playhouse
Rosalind Chao, Paula Cale Lisbe, Justina Machado and Jaime Ray Newman
Star as Some of the Girls in this West-Coast Premiere Directed by LaBute
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| December 21, 2007 |
The Geffen Playhouse Brings Together Seven Award-Winning Playwrights in One Exclusive Evening
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| December 20, 2007 |
AWARD-WINNING SoCAL THEATER VET BART DeLORENZO SIGNS ON TO DIRECT JOAN RIVERS.
Yosefa Forma, Tara Joyce and Adam Kulbersh Sign on as Rivers’ Supporting Cast
Joan River’s Four-Character New Comedy Officially Titled
Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress
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| November 9, 2007 |
The Geffen Playhouse Welcomes the
World-Premiere of The Joan Rivers Theater Project
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| October 31, 2007 |
World Premiere of New Musical Atlanta Unites
Stars of Screen, Stage and Soul at the Geffen Playhouse
Ken Barnett, Merle Dandridge, Moe Daniels, John Fleck, Travis Johns, JoNell Kennedy and Leonard Roberts Join Creators Marcus Hummon and Adrian Pasdar
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| September 12, 2007 |
Neil LaBute and Some Girl(s) Join The Geffen Playhouse’s 07/08 Season
Award-Winning Playwright Directs the West Coast Premiere of Some Girl(s) in The Geffen’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
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| August 24, 2007 |
QUALITY CAST BRINGS GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WORLD PREMIERE TO LIFE AS PART OF NEW COMMISION PROGRAM
Scott Bakula, Dennis Boutsikaris, Laurie Metcalf and JoBeth Williams Star in Jane Anderson’s Geffen-Commissioned Production The Quality of Life
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| August 21, 2007 |
WASSERSTEIN’S LAST IS A WEST COAST FIRST AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Multi Award-Winner Christine Lahti Leads Accomplished Cast Featuring Jayne Brook, Matt Czuchry, Sarah Drew and M. Emmet Walsh in Wendy Wasserstein’s Third
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| June 4, 2007 |
TWO COMMISSIONED PLAYS BY THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE,
LEAD ROLES BY ANNETTE BENING, CHRISTINE LAHTI AND LAURIE METCALF PLUS A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL BY NASHVILLE LUMINARY MARCUS HUMMON AND ACTOR ADRIAN PASDAR
HIGHLIGHT THE 2007/2008 SEASON
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| May 29, 2007 |
NEIL LABUTE’S FAT PIG GETS A SECOND HELPING AT THE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WITH ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGH
SUNDAY, JULY 1st
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| April 19, 2007 |
HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS THE FIRST TWO MOVEMENTS OF
HIS THEATRICAL TRILOGY, “THE COMPOSER SONATA,” AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| March 27, 2007 |
THE “WEIGHT” IS OVER:
ANDREA ANDERS, CHRIS PINE, KIRSTEN VANGSNESS AND SCOTT WOLF LAUNCH THE WEST COAST PREMIERE
OF NEIL LABUTE’S FAT PIG AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| March 26, 2007 |
OSCAR-WINNER HELEN MIRREN GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN GALA WITH THE
DISTINCTION IN THEATER AWARD ON April 30, 2007
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| March 15, 2007 |
THREE STAGE “VETERANS” FIND A COMMON ENEMY: GROWING OLD
RICHARD BENJAMIN, LEN CARIOU, AND GEORGE SEGAL STAR IN THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF HEROES AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| February 20,2007 |
AWARD WINNING ACTRESS CHRISTINE LAHTI SET TO STAR IN WENDY WASSERSTEIN’S FINAL PLAY AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE THIS FALL
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| January 30, 2007 |
THE BEST IS YET TO COME AS THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PLANS ITS THIRD SEASON SINCE THE AWARD-WINNING RENOVATION OF THE THEATER
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| December 21, 2006 |
THESPIANS PETER MICHAEL GOETZ AND ROMA DOWNEY MIX INTRIGUE AND ROMANCE IN A PICASSO AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| December 18, 2006 |
GREG GERMANN, ALICIA SILVERSTONE AND JON TENNEY DEBATE THE ART OF MOVIE-MAKING IN DAVID MAMET’S SPEED-THE-PLOW AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 27, 2006 |
CROWD PLEASER WISHFUL DRINKING ADDS TWO MORE WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 10, 2006 |
PROGRAMMING UPDATES FINALIZE 2006/2007 SEASON OF THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 3, 2006 |
RICKY JAY & HIS 52 ASSISTANTS MAKES ITS FIRST SOUTHLAND
APPEARANCE IN A DECADE
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| October 27, 2006 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE TOASTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CARRIE FISHER’S ONE-WOMAN SHOW WISHFUL DRINKING
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| November 27, 2006 |
CROWD PLEASER WISHFUL DRINKING ADDS TWO MORE WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 10, 2006 |
PROGRAMMING UPDATES FINALIZE 2006/2007 SEASON OF THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 3, 2006 |
RICKY JAY & HIS 52 ASSISTANTS MAKES ITS FIRST SOUTHLAND
APPEARANCE IN A DECADE
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| October 27, 2006 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE TOASTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CARRIE FISHER’S ONE-WOMAN SHOW WISHFUL DRINKING
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| October 19, 2006 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE POSTPONES A PICASSO
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| October 2, 2006 |
LOS ANGELES MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA AND TV HOST JON STEWART IN CONVERSATION AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 AT 8 PM
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| September 28, 2006 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE RECEIVES 11 NOMINATIONS FROM THE LA STAGE ALLIANCE 2005-2006 OVATION AWARDS
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| May 25, 2006 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR SHEPARD’S THE GOD OF HELL
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| March 13, 2006 |
JASON ALEXANDER DIRECTS LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF
SAM SHEPARD’S THE GOD OF HELL AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| March 13, 2006 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS ARTHUR MILLER’S
SEARING WAR DRAMA ALL MY SONS FEATURING
MULTIPLE TONY-WINNING LEN CARIOU, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AND LAURIE METCALF
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| March 7, 2006 |
ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING MARY STEENBURGEN AND TED DANSON
CO-HOST FOURTH ANNUAL BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN GALA WITH
GEFFEN PRODUCING DIRECTOR GIL CATES ON MAY 1,2006
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| January 9, 2006 |
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING DAVID MAMET RETURNS TO THE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE DIRECTING THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
OF HIS BOSTON MARRIAGE FEATURING
REBECCA PIDGEON, ALICIA SILVERSTONE AND MARY STEENBURGEN
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| November 2, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF
PLAYWRIGHT RICK CLEVELAND’S MY BUDDY BILL
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| October 14, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWCASES NEWLY RENOVATED THEATER WITH SUBSCRIBER AND PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE ON OCTOBER 23
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| October 14, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ENGAGES FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH THE 2005-2006 SEASON
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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| September 9, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES UPDATES TO 2005/2006 10th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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| August 18, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HEATHER RAFFO’S NINE PARTS OF DESIRE
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| August 17, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE NAMES RYAN JIMENEZ PRESS DIRECTOR
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| April 5, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS KITTY CARLISLE HART IN HERE’S TO LIFE
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| March 31, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INAUGURATES $17 MILLION RENOVATED THEATER WITH 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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| March 17, 2005 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS KAUFMAN AND HART’S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING COMEDY YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
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| January 27, 2005 |
TOVAH FELDSHUH IN GOLDA’S BALCONY DIRECT FROM BROADWAY IN A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT RUN FEBRUARY 1-20, 2005
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| November 2, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCING DIRECTOR GILBERT CATES HELMS WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION OF PAINT YOUR WAGON
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| October 21, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE UNVEILS 2004-2005 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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| October 15, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE FAMILY THEATER SERIES PROUDLY PRESENTS RIP VAN WINKLE
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| August 25, 2004 |
THE WADSWORTH THEATRE AND GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE CO-PRESENT THE AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION OF TOVAH FELDSHUH IN GOLDA’S BALCONY
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| August 18, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PROUDLY PRESENTS THE STARTING LINE UP FOR TAKE ME OUT THE 2003 TONY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PLAY
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| June 17, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE CHILDREN’S SERIES "THE SATURDAY SCENE" PROUDLY PRESENTS "CLASSIC FAIRYTALES"
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| June 9, 2004 |
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY SCHEDULED TO KICK-OFF $17 MILLION RENOVATION OF GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE AND ADDITION OF NEW 125-SEAT THEATER
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| May 20, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE TAPS TONY AWARD WINNER ANN DUQUESNAY AND MONTEGO GLOVER FOR HOT SUMMER MUSICAL
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| May 6, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE KICKS OFF 10-YEAR CAMPAIGN CELEBRATING AMERICAN THEATER: GEFFEN’S 2004-2005 SEASON STARTS WITH TONY AWARD WINNING TAKE ME OUT; A WORLD PREMIERE ADAPTATION OF LERNER & LOEWE’S PAINT YOUR WAGON; TOVAH FELDSHUH IN GOLDA’S BALCONY; AND TWO PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS - YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU AND THE TONY AWARD WINNING
I AM MY OWN WIFE
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| April 6, 2004 |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER KARL MALDEN TO RECEIVE FIRST ANNUAL GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE "DISTINCTION IN THEATER" AWARD AT STAR-STUDDED GALA--TOM HANKS TO PRESENT AWARD
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| March 16, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS AWARD WINNING CHILDREN’S GROUP GWENDOLYN & THE GOOD TIME GANG
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| February 19, 2004 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PROUDLY PRESENTS STEVE MARTIN’S THE UNDERPANTS
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| January 15, 2004 |
GILBERT CATES PROUDLY ANNOUNCES PLAY FIVE: MARION J. CAFFEY’S AWARD-WINNING COOKIN’ AT THE COOKERY: THE MUSIC AND TIMES OF ALBERTA HUNTER
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| December 18, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS BRYAN DAVIDSON’S AWARD-WINNING WAR MUSIC
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| November 5, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PROUDLY PRESENTS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHILDREN’S PERFORMANCE RALPH’S WORLD
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| October 29, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF SANDRA TSING LOH’S SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
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| August 12, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PROUDLY PRESENTS BRAVO’S AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO
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| August 8, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS WEST COAST PREMIERE OF STEPHEN JEFFREYS’ I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN
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| July 22, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES NEW INTERIM HOME DURING 2004-2005 THEATER RENOVATION
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| May 15, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS TONY AWARD-WINNER RICHARD NELSON’S FRANNY’S WAY
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| May 5, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS THE RETURN OF RENOWNED ITALIAN COMEDIAN ENNIO
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| April 28, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HOSTED "BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN"
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| March 26, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA WITH RITA WILSON AND DAVID HYDE PIERCE
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| March 20, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS GRAMMY-NOMINATED BEETHOVEN’S WIG: SING ALONG SYMPHONIES
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| March 11, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RANDALL ARNEY DIRECTS REBECCA GILMAN’S BOY GETS GIRL
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| March 11, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HOSTS "THE SATURDAY SCENE," A NEW THEATER SERIES FOR FAMILY AUDIENCES
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| February 25, 2003 |
GOOD FOOD LIVE! POPULAR KCRW PROGRAM TAKES TO THE STAGE FOR FIRST TIME AT GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| January 30, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS GRAMMY-NOMINATED BEETHOVEN’S WIG: SING ALONG SYMPHONIES
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| January 10, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS FAMILY MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: A WACKY WANDER IN THE WOODS
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| January 6, 2003 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HOSTS THE SATURDAY SCENE, THE TWELFTH NIGHT
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| December 31, 2002 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF NEIL SIMON’S ROSE AND WALSH
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| December 5, 2002 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION CHALLENGE GRANT FROM THE SKIRBALL FOUNDATION
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| October 23, 2002 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF DEBBIE ALLEN’S PEARL
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| October 7, 2002 |
GILBERT CATES ANNOUNCES GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S 2003-2004 SEASON
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| July 19, 2002 |
MARCEL MARCEAU BEGINS PERFORMANCES AT GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| June 28, 2002 |
EMMY AWARD-WINNER JOHN LARROQUETTE AND EMMY AWARD-NOMINEE JOE REGALBUTO STAR IN GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S OSCAR AND FELIX, A NEW LOOK AT THE ODD COUPLE
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| April 1, 2002 |
TONY AWARD-NOMINEE VALARIE PETTIFORD REPLACES MEGAN MULLALLY IN GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S PRODUCTION OF HE HUNTS
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| February 11, 2002 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RANDALL ARNEY DIRECTS DAVID RAMBO’S GOD’S MAN IN TEXAS
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