FUNNY GIRL is the rags-to-riches, road-to-stardom story of a legendary entertainer. A love story packed with unforgettable songs: "Don't Rain on My Parade," "I'm the Greatest Star," "The Music That Makes Me Dance," and the iconic hit "People." It's an irresistible backstage drama, a heartbreaking romance, a classic musical that takes you back to the Golden Age of Ziegfeld and the height of burlesque. Ahmanson.

Ahmanson. Jan 15-Feb 26

IRIS is an inventive spectacle that combines acrobatics, dance, projections and live music. The show takes the audience on a mesmerizing journey that blurs boundaries between live performance and moving images. IRIS plunges spectators into the heart of the movie-making process, from illustration to animation, black and white to colour, into a world of shadows and light. The story unfolds as two young heroes venture through a universe that brings to life a succession of cinematic genres.

Kodak Theatre starting July 21st

MASTERBEAT NEW YEAR'S EVE 2012 Super DJ duo Ralphi Rosario and Abel take over the famous Hollywood Paladium from 9 PM to 5 AM to dance you through midnight into a new year with a thundering sound system and tbd performers. A $250 full weekend pass is your key to all 4 parties. Tickets at LASC and Powerzone.

R:EVOLUTION THE ORIGINAL POOL PARTY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY - RIO DE JANEIRO The gracious Rosane Amaral and Tatiana throw an annual New Year’s edition pool party and follow up event for an unforgettable time. An amorous and breathtaking crowd, sprawling venus and Christ looking down at you from his mountaintop.

More information coming at www.revolutionparty.com.br

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, once again the toast of London, is back for its third year with this hectic and hilarious comic romp. Kicking off with an opening night gala, this crowd-pleasing farce of mistaken identity is “quick-on-its-feet, clear-as-a-bell, boom-boom-funny!” (Guardian UK). To misquote the Bard, “small cheer and great welcome makes a merry evening” with the Globe’s premier Shakespearean actors swapping and doubling their roles as they careen across The Broad Stage in this first U.S. tour.

November 12th to 27th at the Broad Theater in Santa Monica. 310-434-3200.

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY unfolds in the summer of 1930 in Harlem, NY, just as the harsh realities of the Great Depression have devastated an ebullient decade of the Harlem renaissance. Introduces a rich cast of characters, scrambling to survive and make some sense of their overlapping personalities, politics and love lives.

November 1st to the 27th at The Pasadena Playhouse. 626-356-7529.

PRISON IS WHERE I LEARNED TO FLY This play is the heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting autobiographical account of local playwright Rochelle Duffy's beautiful relationship with her incarcerated brother Patrick. After young Patrick reveals he was sexually molested by the parish priest, his father sends him to juvenile hall, thus begins his lifelong drug dependence and incarceration. His sister Shelley is his only consistent contact.

November 18th to December 18th at The Pasadena Playhouse. 626-356-7529.