Cartoonist, musician, poet, Grammy-winning songwriter, screenwriter and author of children’s books, Silverstein was truly a renaissance sort of chap. Take a ride into this eclectic evening of comedy, song and risqué’, often wacky, satire that so uncannily pinpoints the poignancy, absurdity and delightful comedy that is American life. “GO! JUST THE RIGHT NOTES OF WHIMSY AND FARCE.” –LA Weekly
Now playing thru AUGUST 3rd. |
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Written by Martin Sherman and performed by Naomi Newmann
This one-woman tour de force takes the audience on a restless journey through 20th century Jewish life; from a Ukrainian shtetl to the Warsaw ghetto to Atlantic City and Miami, with side trips to a hippie commune in Connecticut and an Israeli settlement on the West Bank. “Rose is an exercise in pure storytelling” (The Washington Post), erasing the lines between the personal, the historical, the political - as well as the heart-wrenching and the hilarious.
July 5 through September 7, 2008 |
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Written by Mike Leigh
A hilarious and dark comedy from the director of the acclaimed films /Secrets and Lies/ and /Topsy-Turvy/. A frantic hostess forces food and cigarettes on her guests in an attempt to disguise both the failure of her party and of her marriage.
August 23 through October 12, 2008 |
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Coming soon
A Man’s A Man Opens October 18th!
This shockingly theatrical German satire by Bertolt Brecht was the OTE’s very first production in 1969 at its little 81-seat Hollywood Blvd. location. It put the Odyssey on the “theatrical map” and was highly relevant to the Vietnam era. Now, it seems highly timely to again take on Brecht’s Chaplin-esqe/Commedia del Arte/horror comedy. MAN… is part of Brecht’s highly stylized, early period, while he was most influenced by American film comics like Chaplin and Keaton. Join the KOAN UNIT with Widow Begbick and the girls of her “drinking canteen”, the savage Sgt. Bloody Five, the poor patsy Gayly Gay (originally played by Peter Lorre), a Marx Brothers-like “machine gun unit” and a host of eccentric characters that only Brecht could invent. And most exciting, OTE commissions a brand new musical score for this old/ever-new fable. An evening that promises to be haunting, hilarious and excruciatingly perceptive.
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Special Events
SAVE THE DATE!
ODYSSEY’S 40th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION at the Mountain Gate Country Club. A fun night of great food and entertainment.
OCTOBER 21, 2008!
Reservations: 310-477-2055 ext. 2 |
