Coronet Theatre

It's au revoir, Fairfax district, hello, La Cienega for Largo nightclub, the home of Jon Brion's long-running Friday night residency and host of hundreds of intimate rock, folk, alternative, jazz and comedy performances over the last decade.

It's au revoir, Fairfax district, hello, La Cienega for Largo nightclub, the home of Jon Brion's long-running Friday night residency and host of hundreds of intimate rock, folk, alternative, jazz and comedy performances over the last decade.

"Are you enjoying it?" At intermission, a doubtful mother wants to know what her young daughter thinks of the Serendipity Theatre Co.'s revival of the Charles M. Schulz "Peanuts"-based musical "Snoopy" at the Coronet Theatre. The response is a nod. "Do you understand it?" A vigorous head shake in the negative. That's not surprising. Bright, perky and well-sung as this production is, young children, who made up most of the audience at a recent viewing, are not its intended audience.

'A Purple Cabaret': The theater listings in today's Arts & Music section says that "A Purple Cabaret: The 'Reel' Songs of Hollywood" will be performed Monday at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. That event has been canceled.

'A Purple Cabaret': The theater listings in today's Arts & Music section says that "A Purple Cabaret: The 'Reel' Songs of Hollywood" will be performed Monday at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. That event has been canceled.

'A Purple Cabaret': The theater listings in The Guide on Thursday said that "A Purple Cabaret: The 'Reel' Songs of Hollywood" would be performed Monday at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. That event has been canceled. (The listing also appears in this Sunday's Arts & Music section of Calendar.)

A staged reading of Richard Vetere's drama "One Shot, One Kill" will be held at the Coronet Theatre, 368 N. La Cienega Blvd., Monday at 8 p.m. Admission is free. Information: (310) 285-8148.

Coming to the Coronet: Peter Berg ("Chicago Hope") and Noah Wyle ("ER") will star at the Coronet Theatre in "The 24th Day," a two-character drama by Anthony Piccirillo about two men's moral responsibilities toward each other. It will play on weekends, March 9-April 14. Former Pasadena Playhouse artistic director Paul Lazarus will direct. Previews start March 1.

Regarding the article on playwright Lynn Siefert ("The Unlikeliest of Love Stories," by Janice Arkatov, Dec. 3): Roseanne did not stage the initial reading of "Little Egypt." It was the premiere presentation of the "One Night Only" benefit, a celebrity play-reading series held on occasional Mondays at the Coronet Theatre that I produce. She was part of a cast that included Laurie Metcalf, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Annie Potts and Gregg Henry. It was a brilliant evening and the series continues.

I and others were quite offended by the uncompassionate use of the term "AIDS-stricken" in a caption under a photograph of Alan Nicholson, the star of "One Voice," on the stage of the Coronet Theatre (Stage Week, June 18). Alan is a person with AIDS (PWA). The words one uses to describe a PWA are as important as treating that person with understanding and compassion. As our show points out, one can live fully and powerfully with AIDS and to a greater extent if supported by the rest of society.

'A Purple Cabaret': The theater listings in The Guide on Thursday said that "A Purple Cabaret: The 'Reel' Songs of Hollywood" would be performed Monday at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. That event has been canceled. (The listing also appears in this Sunday's Arts & Music section of Calendar.)

"Girls Night." Wow. There's a show title and a marketing catchphrase in one concise, easy-to-remember package. And it's on the marquee of the Coronet Theatre, longtime home to "Menopause: The Musical." It would appear that a license to print money has just been issued. But not so fast. This concept musical -- gal pals gathered for a karaoke song fest -- is no "Menopause" or "Marvelous Wonderettes" or "Mamma Mia!"

These days the penis can't get no respect. Health professionals label it toxic if not downright lethal. Prosecutors denounce it as a blunt offensive weapon. And those endless e-mail spam offers to enlarge it cast suspicion on even the most innocent exhibitionists. Who can point with pride to manhood in such shriveling times? David Friend and Simon Morley, that's who.

Never been to live theater? Unfamiliar with theaters in your neighborhood? Ever wanted to take a peek backstage, or watch your children take an acting workshop? The third annual "Kids' Week at the Theatre," with family-friendly events happening throughout Los Angeles County, is your ticket. It was created to spark kids' and families' interest in theatergoing, and has been greatly expanded this year. Presented by A.S.K.

An upstairs space at the Coronet Theatre is about to open. Called, simply enough, Upstairs at the Coronet, it has been approved by the fire department for a maximum capacity of 168. But there probably will be about 150 seats for the opening show on Dec. 3, "Late Nite Catechism." Theatergoers who usually turn left when they enter the Coronet courtyard--in order to reach the lobby next to the main 284-seat theater--will turn right and climb stairs to reach "Catechism."

Some shows, you leave humming the scenery; others, the costumes. "Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly" sends you out humming the sequins on the costumes. The wigs alone in this exuberant eyeful of a revue, now making its Los Angeles debut at the Coronet Theatre, are like tone poems of camp: pillowy, cartoon-land creations, threatening to lift the men beneath them somewhere, fully aloft. These wigs are big. They're also witty enough to be spun off into their own series.

"Mrs. California," the Doris Baizley play inspired by the 1955 Mrs. California contest, has been set to open April 20 at the Coronet Theatre. Previews begin April 10. Presenters are Peg Yorkin's L.A. Public Theatre, Susan Dietz's L.A. Stage Co. and the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, whose November production of the piece (as part of its New Theatre for Now), will be re-created.

Slapstick, quirky rhyme and exuberant staging make the Serendipity Theatre Company's modest production of "Androcles and the Lion" a winner at the Coronet Theatre in Hollywood. Written by top children's playwright Aurand Harris, the commedia dell'arte adaptation of the classic fable about a kind deed rewarded is a romp from its pre-show funny business to the happily-ever-after finish. Under Sam Kuglen's smooth direction, the action flows.

When he sits in the audience during performances of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," producer Michael Filerman listens for what he calls "the recognition sound"--that little grunt, or giggle, or rustle of someone elbowing their seatmate that always comes when someone in the audience has just recognized that other person, or themselves, on stage.

Recently, simultaneous ads have run in Calendar for separate productions of the musical revue "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"--one at the Laguna Playhouse through Aug. 23, and another one scheduled to open at the Coronet Theatre on Oct. 7. In fact, the Coronet run will use the same cast, director and set (though the set may be slightly shortened for the smaller Coronet stage) as the Laguna production, according to Barbara Corday, a co-producer for the Coronet version.