When three sailors disembark in New York City for their 24-hour leave, an archeologist, a taxi-cab driver and “Miss Turnstiles” show them what it is like to live on the town. The score features several popular and classic songs, among them New York, New York, Lonely Town, I Can Cook, Too and Some Other Time.
Anna Karenina, the “grande dame of St. Petersburg society,” forsakes everything – her marriage, her son and her position in society – for the dashing Count Vronksy with tragic consequences.
In a café frequented by heroin addicts, prostitutes and thieves, two people come together in an attempt to escape the boredom and suffering in their lives.
No passports required for this trip as the USC School of Theatre Repertory Dance Company takes you around the world through music and dance.
In 1931 Berlin, as the Nazis are rising to power, the Master of Ceremonies welcomes you to the infamous Kit Kat Club, featuring cabaret singer Sally Bowles, and encourages you to leave your troubles outside. This classic musical features the songs Willkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Two Ladies, Tomorrow Belongs to Me, as well as the rousing title song, Cabaret.
A tale of one man’s mission to finagle his way into upper-class society, no matter what it takes, Too Clever By Half is a social commentary on how far an individual will go to gain wealth and power.
Award-winning writer/director George C. Wolfe satirizes the black experience in America in the 1980s, presenting eleven scenes – or museum exhibits – of exaggerated images of black life.
This comedy has a young painter of genius, in love but in debt to a villainous picture- dealer, fake his own death to achieve success while passing himself off as his own sister. Now a rich “widow,” he must find a way to get out of a dress, return to life, and marry the woman he loves.
This sparkling satire about a 17-year-old cheerleader illustrates the superficial values so prevalent in Southern California.
This Obie Award-winning play is based on the 19th Century exhibition of Saartjie Baartman – the Venus Hottentot, a South African woman who was exhibited in a cage throughout Europe – features our second year M.F.A. in Acting students.