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    A Concert of Passion and Poetry,

    The Parking Lot Plays and Songs of Joy and Destitution A Concert of Passion and Poetry from the L A Opera. At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L A Music Center. 213.365.3500/213.972.8001 www.losangelesopera.com Through 19 January. The Parking Lot Plays Six brief plays in a parking lot. Theatre/Theatre, 6425 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. 323.871.9433 Through 9 February. Songs of Joy and Destitution Dark comedy by playwright Charles Mee with a nod toward Euripides and George W. Bush. Open Fist Theatre Company, 1625 N. La Brea Ave, Hollywood. 323.882.6912 Through 15 February. Review by Louis Fantasia

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    By James C. Taylor • Jan 16, 2003 • 1 min read

    The Parking Lot Plays and Songs of Joy and Destitution

    • A Concert of Passion and Poetry

      from the L A Opera.

      At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L A Music Center.

      213.365.3500/213.972.8001

      www.losangelesopera.com

      Through 19 January.

    • The Parking Lot Plays

      Six brief plays in a parking lot.

      Theatre/Theatre, 6425 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood.

      323.871.9433

      Through 9 February.

    • Songs of Joy and Destitution

      Open Fist Theatre Company, 1625 N. La Brea Ave, Hollywood.

      323.882.6912

      Through 15 February.

    Review by Louis Fantasia

    A Concert of Passion and Poetry

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