PARENT GUIDE

Please note: Babes-in-arms and children under age 6 are not admitted to any performance.

If you have any questions please call Audience Services at 213-628-2772.

Center Theatre Group wants to help you make informed decisions about which plays to see with your children. Below you will find tips on the suitability of each production at our theatres.

This information is the most current available. However, theatre is a living medium, and the work evolves throughout the development and rehearsal process. We will do our best to update this guide when artistic choices substantively change the content. Running times are approximate.

2007 – 2008 Season

AGES 6+

Madcap musical returns to CTG after winning five Tony Awards on Broadway
105 minutes; no intermission

AGES 11+ (PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED)

A classic musical; backstage look at the pressures of a Broadway audition; mature themes
2 hours; no intermission

Historical drama about race relations in the Wilson White House; mature themes
Length TBD

AGES 16+

Two short plays by David Mamet; sexual humor, mature themes;
not recommended for children
1 hour 50 minutes; one intermission

Twisted comic skewering of the pursuit of the American Dream; mature themes, profanity, sexuality
Length TBD

Historical mystery-thriller about the death of playwright Christopher Marlowe; mature themes, complex language, full frontal male nudity
Length TBD

2008 – 2009 Season

AGES 11+ (PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED)

Musical adaptation of the 1980 movie; bawdy humor, mature themes
Length TBD

Vaudeville high jinks from the minds that brought you The Drowsy Chaperone; bawdy humor, vaudeville-style burlesque performances
Length TBD

Musical revue celebrating Fats Waller and the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance; bawdy humor, mature themes
Length TBD

AGES 16+

Documentary-style look at the evangelical community in Colorado Springs; mature themes
2 hours 30 minutes; one intermission

Musical coming-of-age story; explicit sexual content, mature themes
2 hours 15 minutes; one intermission

Solo performance explores opposing points of view on the gentrification of a New York City neighborhood; profanity, mature themes, more profanity
90 minutes; no intermission

Entertainment industry farce about ambition, celebrity and happiness; explicit sexual content, mature themes, possible nudity; not recommended for children
2 hours; one intermission

Dramatization of the events surrounding the famous presidential interview
2 hours; no intermission

Surreal comic drama about life, war and being stuck in the zoo; profanity, violence, sexuality, mature themes
Lenght TBD

Mature and bawdy humor at the expense of your fellow audience members
Length TBD

Post-modern comic deconstruction of Ibsen’s canonical play – with robots; sexuality; mature themes
70 minutes; no intermission

2009 – 2010 Season

AGES 6+

Fun for all!
2 hours 50 minutes; one intermission

Photo Credit

L to R: Matthew Yang King and Damian D. Lewis in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings."
Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Inset: Jamey Hood in "The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip."
Photo by Craig Schwartz.