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For five weeks this summer, every day will be Take Your Daughter to Work Day for one father on the Center Theatre Group staff. Producing Director Douglas C. Baker’s daughter, Blair Baker, is part of the company of The Play That Goes Wrong, which is onstage at the Ahmanson July 9 – August 11, 2019. Blair, a New York-based actor, is an understudy...

When Theatre Is the Family Business

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To say the Falsettos touring cast feels grateful to be part of the revival is an understatement. It might be more accurate to say it’s like a dream come true.

Meet the 'Tight-Knit' Family of 'Falsettos'

The revival of Falsettos (onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre April 16 – May 19, 2019) might never have come to be if it wasn’t for a chance meeting in Manhattan. At a benefit dinner at The Public Theater, director/writer James Lapine met producer and Jujamcyn Theaters President Jordan Roth. When Lapine asked him, What’s your bucket list show? Ro...

‘Welcome to Falsettoland’

Whether you’re a fan of Disney animated movies, classic fairy tales, or have been an Ahmanson subscriber since 1999, you are probably very familiar with the story of Cinderella. Now 20 years later, as we welcome Matthew Bourne and his acclaimed Cinderella back to the Ahmanson—onstage February 5 – March 10, 2019—we’ve traded medieval Europ...

Forget the Clock, the Night’s Still Young for Cinderella

Some might think the closest Center Theatre Group got to the Oscars was when the Academy Awards were hosted at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion just across The Music Center Plaza. But in fact, our audiences have come close to Oscar gold for more than 50 years, thanks to the countless Academy Award winners who have appeared in productions across our th...

Center Theatre Group Comes up Oscar Gold