Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, Dreamgirls tells the  rags-to-riches story of an up and coming, 1960s girl group, and the triumphs  and tribulations that come with fame and fortune.  It’s the one musical that has it all: the backstage drama, the on stage glamour and all the songs you love from stage and screen. Listen to the music, feel the joy, catch the dream. Tuesdays through Sundays, ending April 4th.

An LA institution, Bob Baker has been creating marionette shows since he was a child. In his Bob Baker Marionette Theatre the tradition is kept alive with magical visions and playful performances of this vanishing art form, that inspire the child in everyone! "Fiesta Alegre" is the theme of this series of performances celebrating the theatre's 50 years of fun.

Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, Dreamgirls tells the rags-to-riches story of an up & coming 1960s girl group, and the triumphs & tribulations of fame and fortune.  It has it all: the backstage drama, the onstage glamour & all the songs you love from stage and screen. Listen to the music, feel the joy, catch the dream! Tue thru Sun, ending April 4th.

Stephen Sondheim's hysterical A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum takes you to ancient Rome where courtesans wiggle and woo and desperate slaves plot and connive for their freedom. Burt Sheveloe and Larry Gelbart add mayhem with a script that will have you laughing from start to finish. Sexy, silly and Sondheim, it'll be "Comedy Tonight" at the Freud.

The annual LA Marathon returns to Los Angeles! Check out a map of the route here, sign up to run here, and learn more about the event here!

Jaime Escalante (the well known dedicated East L.A. teacher, whose life the movie Stand & Deliver portrays) is battling cancer and he needs our help!

Join Victor Zaragoza and the HOT Squad for a very special benefit raising money for Jaime Escalante's cancer treatments. It's a dinner, dance and show inside the Guest House Hotel in Norwalk. Some of your favorite actors and performers are getting together to lend a hand this Sunday. Check out just a few: Mickey Lespron (El Chicano), Jimmy Espinoza (Thee Midnighters), Vanessa Marquez, Gilber Moret, Los Campesinos, The Spice Band, The Suave Band and many more!

Tickets start at $45 and can be purchased at Sounds Of Music (4956 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles) or call 323-261-9224.

MAR 21ST (SUN)
Guest House Hotel, 12500 Firestone Ave., Norwalk, CA Time: 6pm-midnight

This one-of-a-kind tour of LA's largest park takes place at night and winds around the unique sights--and jaw-dropping city views--of Griffith Park. The Sierra Club leads these fun and instructive two hour hikes through Griffith Park. Don't forget to wear comfortable shoes. Hikes depart from the upper merry-go-round parking lot. Call (213) 387-4287 for times & info.

We've pulled together all the local movie times into one place to help you find where to go for your movie fix. Go here to check 'em out!

Good Microbrew on Sunset serves up their own house brews & random hard-to-find microbrews from around the world. Mystery Brew Wednesdays means you pay only $3 for a glass of beer--but you never know what the bartender will pour! Wanna find out the secret brew? Have your server check the number on the glass: it tells you what tasty ale you've just sampled.

The golden ooey-gooey original returns! Before there were grilled cheese trucks and gourmet grilled cheese at gastropubs, the Grilled Cheese Invitational began in 2003 as a house party in a downtown loft, as a group of friends competed to see who made the best grilled cheese. Now thousands of people attend this massive cheese-tastic festival: attendees sample grilled cheese sandwiches from hundreds of competitors and cast their votes for the best sandwich! Featuring live music, a beer garden, comedy, discussions from world-class chefs like Eric Greenspan (Top Chef, The Foundry), circus performers and the madcap antics of the creative minds behind the GCI. Get your tix early: this event sells out, and last year's line to get tickets was hours long.