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Seeing Stars: Live on Stage
12700 Center Court
Drive, Cerritos, CA.
(in the Cerritos Towne Center),
(800) 300-4345 or (562) 916-8500
For
a relatively new theatre, which just opened in 1993, the Cerritos Center
for the Performing Arts has already seen its share of stars.
The very first performer to
grace the new stage at the Cerritos Center was none other than the legendary
Frank Sinatra.
The 154,000-square-foot theatre
is state-of-the-art, with floor seats that can be rearranged to create
six different of different configurations. The stage can also be changed
into various sizes. Even the indoor towers, which hold the Center's box
seats, can be repositioned.
Granted, it's a bit off the
beaten track for Los Angelenos, located just a few miles northwest of Knott's
Berry Farm, but it's well worth the drive if your favorite star is appearing
there.
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Stars who have performed on
stage at the Cerritos Center includeWhitney Houston,
Bill Cosby, Wayne
Newton, Tom
Jones, Tony
Bennett, Michael Crawford,
Liza Minnelli,
Randy Newman,
Itzhak
Perlman, Wynonna,
the Beach Boys,
Peter Paul & Mary,
Natalie Cole,
Carol Burnett,
Harry Belafonte,
Milton Berle,
Bernadette Peters,
Patti LuPone,
Tommy Tune,
Smokey Robinson,
Doc Severinsen,
Wynton Marsalis,
Neil Sedaka,
Chicago,
the Four Tops
& the 5th Dimension,
the Temptations &
Little Richard,
plus classical concerts and Broadway shows such as "Fiddler on the
Roof," "Showboat," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Porgy
& Bess."
And not all of the stars are
on stage. When Bocelli performed
here recently, Elizabeth Taylor was
in the audience.
Celebrity Highlights
of the
2001-2002 Cerritos Concert Schedule
Olivia Newton-John
- August 17-18, 2001
Paul
Anka - August 24-25
Classic
Comics of Late Night TV - Sept. 9
(Jimmie Walker, Gary Mule Deer, George Miller & Bobby
Kelton)
Kenny
G - Sept. 15-16
Jack
Jones & Phyllis Diller - Sept. 23
Anne
Murray - Oct. 5-6
Herbie
Hancock - Oct. 14
"Chicago:
the Musical" - Oct. 18-21
George
Benson - Nov. 2-3
"Sophisticated
Ladies" - Nov. 9 - 11
(starring Mary Wilson of "The Supremes")
Penn
& Teller - Nov. 18
Riders
in the Sky - Dec. 11
The
Colors of Christmas - Dec. 14 - 15
(Michael McDonald, Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton &
Oleta Adams )
Johnny
Mathis Christmas Show - Dec. 21 - 22
Tony
Orlando - January 10, 2002
Itzhak
Perlman - Jan. 29
Arlo
Guthrie - Feb. 2
Gregory
Hines - Feb. 3
The
Smothers Brothers (& the Kingtron Trio) - Feb. 10
Lou
Rawls - Feb. 14
Glen
Campbell - Feb. 22
Tim
Conway & Harvey Korman - Feb. 23
"The
Sunshine Boys" - March 1 - 3
(starring Frank Gorshin & Dick Van Patten)
John
Tesh - March 23
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Getting
there: The
theatre is located in the City of Cerritos, about 15 miles southeast of
L.A., close to the Orange County/L.A. border. It's in the Cerritos Towne
Center, just east of Bloomfield Avenue. From downtown L.A., take the Harbor
(110) Freeway south (about ten miles) to the Artesia (91) Freeway,
then take the 91 east (about 12 miles) to the Shoemaker Avenue exit. Turn
right on the first street you come to, Park Plaza Drive, and the theater
will be on your right.
[For more information
& for the full schedules, you can access the theatre's official
website at:
http://www.cerittoscenter.com.
Seating charts are available online at
http://www.cerritoscenter.com/seating/seatintro.html]
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