Arts & Entertainment
LMTPA Presents The Moscow’s Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
La Mirada~Moscow Ballet is set to perform its GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts on December 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. ONE NIGHT ONLY! World-renowned Moscow Ballet is celebrating its 16th consecutive year of the GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER tour by performing in 70 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Featuring spectacular sets and beautifully costumed Russian dancers, Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker is a holiday treat for the whole family. Whimsical and imaginative storytelling blends with the richness of Russian classical dance to make the Great Russian Nutcracker a unique performance not to be missed!
Choreographer Anatoli Emelianov has been praised by critics for his unique setting of Act II in the "Land of Peace and Harmony." To convey his message of peace, Emelianov incorporates an ethereal dove that escorts Masha and the Prince to a land where there is no war and suffering.
La Mirada Theatre Presents “Navidad en Mexico”
La Mirada~On Saturday, December 19th, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will become a rainbow of shimmering color and a festival of vibrant sound as the Ballet Folklorico Mexicano brings sparkle to the holidays with its award-winning spectacular, NAVIDAD EN MEXICO.
An award-winning Christmas production featuring 30 impressive dancers and 10 musicians, a singer and a lariat roper, this ‘south-of-the-border’ celebration is laden with seasonal accents such as a traditional Christmas processional (posada), Mexican holiday songs (villancicos), a visit from the Three Wise Men, a festive piñata scene, and a vibrant holiday finale performed in the spirit of a true mariachi fiesta.
Besides its seasonal flavor, however, NAVIDAD EN MEXICO also gives the audience a whirlwind tour of the country’s distinct cultural regions. Animated dances executed with shakers and machetes, from Mexico’s central and Pacific coast regions, stand in contrast to sensuous Caribbean dances from the country’s Gulf coast areas. Graceful harvest and courtship dances from the country’s southern states are juxtaposed with the fast-paced footwork (zapateado) of male dancers and energetic skirt whirling (faldeo) of the female dancers, both so typical of the Mexican folkloric dance repertoire.
And not to be missed are the festive pieces from Jalisco, in the banda and mariachi styles, which create a party-like atmosphere of popular music, song and movement that characterize Mexico’s most cherished cultural exports.
Popular Annual Sale for Student Artwork
Norwalk~The year's most eagerly anticipated event is coming again! The Cerritos College Art Club presents the Annual Student Art Sale and invites the community to attend.
The Art Sale will take place in the Student Center North Stage on Sunday, December 6 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., one day only! Woodworking will be participating in the sale.
Attendees can enjoy high-quality artwork, including ceramics, sculpture, wood, painting, jewelry and more. Pieces will be sold at prices ranging from a few dollars to $100.
The proceeds of the sale will benefit the artists, the different disciplines represented, and the Art Club programs. Previous art sales have enabled the Art Department to purchase much needed equipment and supplies.
Both cash and check payments will be accepted. Free parking is available in Lot C-9 and C-10.
Join us Sunday, December 6, from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Student Center North Stage at Cerritos College, 11110 Alondra Blvd., in Norwalk. 90650
A map of the campus is available at cerritos.edu/guide. Free parking is available in Lot C-10.
For more information, please contact the Cerritos College Art Department at (562) 860-2451, ext. 2600 or ext. 2614.
Cerritos College Music Faculty to Perform in Gala
Norwalk~Cerritos College Music Department faculty members will showcase their talents in a Nov. 22 concert to raise scholarship funds for students in the applied music program.
The concert will include performances by some of the most accomplished musicians in the greater Los Angeles area and will encompass a wide variety of musical genres.
The faculty is honored to offer their talents in support of their students, many of whom have gone on to pursue degrees from USC, UCLA, CSU Bakersfield, CSU Fullerton, Berkeley School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory and Chapman University.
Catch the conceret, Sunday, November 22 at 6:00 p.m. at the Burnight Center Theatre (BC-17), Cerritos College, 11110 Alondra Blvd.,Norwalk, CA 90650
A map of the campus is available at www.cerritos.edu/guide.
General admission $10, Cerritos College students $5. Free parking is available in lots C-2 and C-3.
CONTACT: For more information, contact the Music Department office at (562) 860-2451 ext. 2629.
Critics Rave Over “Moonlight and Magnolias”
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts until Nov. 22!
There are still great seats left! Get your tickets today!
This wildly funny and engaging tale illuminates the behind-the-scenes business of movie-making during the golden age of Hollywood. Three weeks into filming on Gone With The Wind, producer David O. Selznick halts production and hires playwright Ben Hecht to rewrite the script in a record 5 days. There's just one problem. Hecht's never read the novel! So, Selznick pulls famed director Victor Fleming off The Wizard of Oz and forces the three of them into a room until a new script is finished. Subsisting on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men spend 5 days crafting a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful films of all time.
"Everybody knows the film," director Andrew Barnicle said. "This is the story of how it got written. It's the story of what happens when you put three mad geniuses in a room together to create something."
Don't miss the rip-roaring farce
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
at La Mirada Theatre until NOV. 22!
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE or call (562) 944-9801
Hurry...get your tickets before they are gone with the wind!
Win a Voucher Two-Pack to “Moonlight and Magnolias”
La Mirada~You can win two tickets to "Moonlight and Magnolias" now playing at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Go to the La Mirada Blog on Facebook and simply tell us why you want to attend this production which gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the great American film, "Gone With the Wind." Share your faorite GWTW story with us.
The winner will receive two tickets to the Friday, November 20th performance beginning at 7 p.m.
Winner will be announced on the November 16th edition of the "Tony Aielo Show" on AdviceRadio.com
The La Mirada Blog on Facebook now has over 1,400 fans-people who simply love La Mirada. Click on the badge below to your right and get started.
Thank you to the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts for their generous donation of a great prize.
Cerritos College Theatre Department to Present The Merry Wives of Windsor
Norwalk~The Cerritos College Theatre Department is pleased to open the 2009-2010 season with one of William Shakespeare's delightful farcical comedies, The Merry Wives of Windsor.
This gleeful comedy centers on Falstaff, the loudmouthed, braggart coxswain, as he attempts to woo a pair of married wealthy Windsor ladies. Love burns a hilarious path through this town and this tale. Audiences will enjoy the sumptuous period piece of theatre.
Performances are at the Burnight Center Theatre, Cerritos College, 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk on Friday, October 30 at 8 p.m., Sunday, November 1 at 6 p.m., Thursday, November 5 at 8 p.m., Friday, November 6 at 8 p.m.,
Saturday, November 7 at 8 p.m., Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m.
Cost is general $12, Cerritos College students/faculty/staff, seniors, other college, middle and high school students (all w/ID) $10, children 5 - 12 yrs $8
Tickets may be purchased online (credit card only) at www.cerritos.edu/theatre or in person at BC-G, Theatre Office in front of the Burnight Center Theatre Mon - Fri from 1pm - 5 pm only. (Cash only)
For group sales information please contact Renée Bloch, Performing Arts Promotions Specialist at (562) 860-2451 ext. 2638.
For more information on The Rivals and the Cerritos College Theatre Department, please call (562) 467-5058 or visit www.cerritos.edu/theatre.
Group Sales: ext. 2638
A map of the campus is available at www.cerritos.edu/guide.
A New Musical Telling of an Old Favorite
La Mirada~La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts launches its 2009-2010 Programs for Young Audiences series with The Magik Theatre's, The Jungle Book. This new musical for children brings Mowgli and all his friends to life, as the stage at La Mirada Theatre is transformed into an exotic jungle, ripe with the mystery, drama, action and surprises of this beloved tale. Performances are Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Based on the 1894 classic children's novel by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book is a collection of stories that tell the tale of Mowgli, a human child adopted and raised by wolves in an Indian jungle. The stories have been adapted for the stage by David Morgan, with music by Jamie Ramirez.
LMT's Programs for Young Audiences is designed to give children ages 5 and up and their family's exposure to a diverse mix of national and international touring stage acts.
The season will continue with Tom Chapin in Concert on January 24, 2010, The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour production of Nobody's Perfect (presented in spoken English and American Sign Language) on February 28, 2010,The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon on March, 28, 2010, and the season will finish with Storybook Theatre's Sleeping Beauty on May 16, 2010.
All seats are $8 for children and $12 for adults. Tickets are available online at www.lamiradatheatre.com or by calling the La Mirada Theatre Box Office at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310. Season subscriptions are available for $30 (Children) and $45 (Adults). The Theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada, CA. Parking is free.
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and Upright Cabaret Announces Performers for First Concert
La Mirada~La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & Upright Cabaret are thrilled to announce the performers for their very first Upright Cabaret experience at the NEW Cabaret Lounge at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Michael Arden, Valarie Pettiford and Ty Taylor will be performing the music of Joni Mitchell, Doris Day and Brian Wilson, under the musical direction of Chris Bratten, in a one night only concert - CITY OF ANGELS on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8PM.
Mr. Arden and Mr. Taylor were most recently seen together on stage in the recent revival of PIPPIN at the Mark Taper Forum.
La Mirada Theatre for the Perorming Arts Adds Two New Series to its 2009-10 Season of Shows
First Ever "ONSTAGE" Series puts the audience on stage with "Floyd Collins" & UPRIGHT CABARET comes to La Mirada with five intimate Cabaret Experiences!
La Mirada~LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to announce two very special new programs that will begin with their 2009 - 2010 season of shows it was announced October 7th by La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Producing Artistic Director Brian Kite.
ONSTAGE - "FLOYD COLLINS"-This season, in July 2010, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment will take you onstage with their brand new "ONSTAGE" series which brings to La Mirada Theatre thrilling and more challenging plays and musicals in a new intimate theatre experience which has been created by placing 199 audience seats ON THE STAGE of the theatre. For the first 
show of this new series, the stage will be filled with an incredible award-winning musical production AND the audience. With a large cast and live musicians, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is excited to present Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza) and book by Tina Landau and which will be directed by Richard Israel who directed its Los Angeles premiere. Feel the adventure of Floyd Collins's dream of fame and fortune as he is trapped in a narrow cave 200 feet below the surface. See how his goal of creating a tourist attraction becomes a reality, with him as the main attraction. This haunting musical, which won a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama Desk Award, and an Obie Award when it premiered in New York, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer. Be a part of La Mirada history. Get up close and personal with the new ONSTAGE series at the La Mirada Theatre!
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