It's the odd couple of marital musicals By F. Kathleen Foley

Half the price, double the fun by Don Shirley

L.A. theater patrons seeking discount tickets are usually told to go to Theatre LA's Web site (www.theatrela.org), where the Web Tix service bills itself as "Southern California's only on-line, half-price ticket service for theaters in Los Angeles County."
That "only" isn't accurate. Goldstar Events operates a smaller but similar service at www.goldstarevents.com.

Chita Rivera bypassing L.A.

WORKING HOLLYWOOD
Keeping a hand in puppets' care by Susan King

Making sure the pint-sized 'Johnny and the Sprites' cast is in good operating condition can be one tall order.

Unknown Theater knows its mission By Charlotte Stoudt

The company's offerings challenge audience expectations at every turn.

A laugh-meter reader by Don Shirley

Matt Walker leads his company in musical spoofs that link literature and movies with Top 40. Case in point: 'Twelfth Dog Night.'

'In This Corner' packs a punch By Charles McNulty

A lively drama charting the rise and fall of boxing champ Joe Louis scores more hits than misses in its boxing-ring setting at San Diego's Old Globe.

Not the man he was By Dinah Eng

Robert Foxworth looks at life in a new way differently since he first starred in "Honour."

TELEVISION REVIEW: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' By ROBERT LLOYD

Kevin Kline is pure perfection, but what his Cyrano sees in Jennifer Garner's Roxane . . .

RSC is embattled but Boyd isn't embittered by Peter Aspden

It seems somehow appropriate that Michael Boyd, embattled artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has a cold when he sits down for an interview.

Gluttony, vanity, greed and other deadly sins By Charlotte Stoudt

Erik Sanko's 'The Fortune Teller' uses puppets to take a macabre look at the consequences of man's foibles.

They get a kick out of revue

'My Way' singers and quintet glide from smoky to sparkling in a show of Sinatra tunes. By Daryl H. Miller
Swank if insubstantial, the program � presented by McCoy Rigby Entertainment � tips its hat to a bygone era, while serving as a showcase for several popular Southland musical theater artists: director Nick DeGruccio and singer-actors Nikki Crawford, Tami Tappan Damiano, Kevin Earley and Damon Kirsche.

This is it: a 'Chicago' stint By Mark Kennedy

Huey Lewis planned to keep going with his band the News, but the coveted Broadway role of Billy Flynn was completely unexpected.

Coming and going By Diane Haithman

2006 was a big year for the arts in greater Los Angeles.

A revival as sweet as tale's love and ice cream by Daryl H. Miller

Reprise! pays attention to the original details in an effervescent version of "She Loves Me."

From Zoey to Franny by Barbara Isenberg

Elisabeth Moss, first daughter on 'The West Wing,' plays a sassy adolescent in a coming-of-age tale at the Geffen.

Faraway tragedies hit home by Reed Johnson

"Homebody/Kabul" speaks of universal dislocation.

National Puppet Theatre of Japan: destiny in the hands of powerful forces By Lewis Segal

At 88, Betty Garrett is still singing and dancing By F. Kathleen Foley

Her world premiere musical revue at Theatre West is uneven but entertaining.

THEATER BEAT: Putting Judas on trial

Also reviewed: 'Big Baby,' 'Romeo's Ghost,' 'The End of the Tour,' 'Say You Love Satan' and 'Prove It on Me'

THEATER REVIEW: 'Jekyll & Hyde' By Philip Brandes

Energetic performances and staging by the Cabrillo Music Theatre make the most of the gothic musical.

The vehicle is a groaner, but Flatley sure can move By Victoria Looseleaf

'Millie's' bubbly has burst in L.A. by James C. Taylor

Far from Broadway and without its original cast, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" doesn't quite cut it as a thoroughly modern musical.

'Lay-A-Way': See now, pay during By Daryl H. Miller

Toward the end of the 1 1/2-hour first act at Wednesday's problem-plagued first performance, a woman sitting near the front of the auditorium began to extemporize lines that were funnier tha…

BEHIND THE LINES
What more is there to say? By Matthew Bourne

Just sit back, engage, enjoy. Default title aside, there's really nothing confusing about my so-called 'Play Without Words.'

No cast of thousands By Greg Braxton

More artists - many armed with little more than courage in their own material - are taking up the challenge of going it alone onstage.

Truth, justice vs. America's way By Patrick Pacheco

In 'The God of Hell,' Sam Shepard unleashes a sinister salesman of Americana. The bullying and torture make for seriously dark comedy.

Still razzle-dazzling, even with her new hip By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Bebe Neuwirth is relieved to be dancing again in 'Chicago' after surgery, although in a different role.

THEATER BEAT

'Producers' who work too hard by Reed Johnson

The L.A. version of the Broadway smash may not be quite as outrageously, screamingly funny as you�ve heard about the original production -- but it's not from lack of trying.

'Modern Orthodox' will make you bust your kishkes By F. Kathleen Foley