Launch of the National Tour! See it here first!

HAPPY DAYS

A New Musical

Music & Lyrics by Paul Williams

Book by Garry Marshall

October 31 - November 16, 2008

Happy Days are here again… again! Happy Days: A New Musical, with a book by Garry Marshall and music and lyrics by Paul Williams, based on the hit Paramount Pictures´ television series, will make its first stop on its North American Tour, in a totally revised version never seen before in Southern California! So grab your poodle skirt, saddle shoes and the kids, and come on down to the La Mirada Theatre! It’s May, 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Fonzie is still the king of cool at his favorite malt shop, “Arnold’s.” The school year is coming to an end and Richie, Lori Beth, Potsie and Ralph Malph are getting ready to graduate from Jefferson High School. The gang’s all here, from sexy Pinky Tuscadero to the bumbling “not nice” Malachi Brothers, singing and dancing in a musical celebration of nostalgia at its best, brightest and funniest!

Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award® Winner!

LOST IN YONKERS

Written by

Neil Simon

February 6 - 22, 2009

Like many of Simon’s plays, Lost In Yonkers is drawn from his experiences growing up in New York City. Many critics consider this play to be Simon’s best work and the pinnacle of his career. Set During World War II, Arty and Jay are sent to live with their frightfully intimidating Grandma and sweet but mentally slow Aunt Bella. This masterwork is an unsentimental examination of lives in an oppressive household, climaxing with a dramatic confrontation between the bitter mother and lonely daughter. This is Neil Simon at his very best!

The first new Tuna show in over a decade!

West Coast Premiere!

TUNA DOES VEGAS

Written by

Joe Sears & Jaston Williams

April 17 - May 3, 2009

Joe Sears and Jaston Williams return to La Mirada in their first new show in a decade! Polyester-clad Bertha Bumiller and gun-crazy Arles Struvie decide to head to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows. But Arles announces the trip on his conservative radio talk show, and so nearly everyone in Tuna decides to head to Sin City as well. Petey Fisk from the Greater Tuna Humane Society goes on a mission to find out if the white jungle cats in Vegas are really albinos or just the victims of bad dye jobs, Inita and Helen from the Tastee Kreme take a spin as showgirls, Joe Bob goes on the Rush Limbaugh diet and Vera and Pearl battle over the slot machines. Find out what happens when an Elvis impersonator from the sequined white stretch-pants era gets double-booked with another Elvis impersonator from the “Blue Hawaii” period. Don’t miss the fun of Tuna Does Vegas!

Direct from Broadway!

RING OF FIRE

Created by Richard Maltby, Jr

Conceived by William Meade

June 5 - 21, 2009

From the heart of the songs of Johnny Cash comes a unique musical show about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, home and family. A cast of multi-talented performers takes you on a journey into the world Johnny Cash created in his songs. Ring of Fire features 38 of the music legend’s songs such as “Country Boy,” “A Thing Called Love,” “Five Feet High and Rising,” “Daddy Sang Bass,” “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “I’ve Been Everywhere,” “The Man in Black,” and his final hit, “Hurt.” Ring of Fire was created by Tony Award® winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and conceived by William Meade.