Upcoming Shows
The Shark Is Broken
Mar 4 – Mar 22, 2026
The first summer blockbuster movie is being filmed - but no one working on the film would know it. Dive deep into the tumultuous, murky...
Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026
Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...
Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West
by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026
Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE
by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026
Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi...
Review: Will Swenson Leads New SoCal Revival of SWEENEY TODD at La Mirada Theatre
by Michael Quintos - February 05, 2026
In what is clearly proving to be the must-see stage production of the new year so far here in Southern California, McCoy Rigby Entertainment's stunning new production of the 1979 Tony Award-winning classic SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET—now playing a limited engagement at the La Mi...
Review: THE NOTEBOOK - THE MUSICAL Floats Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - January 29, 2026
Adapted from Nicholas Sparks' ubiquitous 1996 novel (and its popular 2004 film iteration featuring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling), THE NOTEBOOK - THE MUSICAL re-stages a generational love story into a quietly sweeping, memory-fractured stage romance that subtly promotes emotional accumulation over...
Review: New Revival of THE WIZ Lands at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - January 18, 2026
If the longevity of a Broadway classic is judged by its ability to reflect both its historical significance and its present existence in popular culture, this new revival of THE WIZ is somehow caught somewhere between reverence and reinvention....
Past Shows
Peril In The Alps
Jun 11 – Jun 29, 2025
The thrilling follow-up to Murder on the Links makes its anticipated debut! This new Hercule Poirot story leads the famed Belgian detective on a thrilling...
Fences
Apr 30 – May 18, 2025
Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August...
THE REMARKABLE MISTER HOLMES
Mar 5 – Mar 30, 2025
Sherlock Holmes is back with an all-new madcap mystery to solve...and a new sidekick! In this fast-paced, wildly comedic musical. Holmes must solve a series of...
LAGUNA BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT THREE CAROLINE SHAW & GABRIEL KAHANE
Feb 16
Program to be announced.After more than a decade of musical friendship, composer-performers Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane embark on their first large-scale collaboration, orbiting a...
LAGUNA BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT TWO CAROLINE SHAW & SŌ PERCUSSION
Feb 15
Program to be announced.Caroline Shaw and S Percussion dissolve the boundaries between classical and pop, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as James Joyce, ABBA,...
LAGUNA BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT ONE CAROLINE SHAW & FRIENDS
Feb 14
Program to be announced.The Festival’s opening concert features Caroline Shaw joined by a string quartet and chorus.Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves roles, genres, and mediums, trying...
RAPUNZEL AND HER HOLIDAY WISH
Dec 7 – Dec 29, 2024
RAPUNZEL AND HER HOLIDAY WISH is based on the beloved fairytale, this hair-larious tangled tale undergoes a Holiday Panto makeover. Prepare for a spellbinding journey...
A View From The Bridge
Oct 30 – Nov 17, 2024
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE delves into the complexities of family, love, and justice. Set in a tight-knit Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn, the play...
Don't Dress For Dinner
Sep 4 – Sep 22, 2024
This wildly successful comedy was first produced at Laguna Playhouse in 1997 and is back by popular demand! This outrageous farce has all the right...
HOLMES & WATSON
May 29 – Jun 16, 2024
Prepare yourself for a fast-paced, thrilling, suspenseful story that will keep you guessing until its final moments. In this worthwhile addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon, there are more twists...
TARTUFFE
Apr 17 – May 5, 2024
For years, Laguna Playhouse has been making audiences laugh with a wide variety of comedies and now they deliver one of the most enduring comedic...
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
Mar 13 – Mar 31, 2024
A SHAYNA MAIDEL (which means “a pretty girl” in Yiddish) is a touching memory play about two sisters reconnecting after years of separation and a...
Ain't Misbehavin'
Jan 24 – Feb 11, 2024
It’s 1930’s Harlem, and the joint is jumpin’! Nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom are the playgrounds of high society, and dive...
A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS
Dec 7 – Dec 29, 2023
This holiday season, put on your glass slippers and join us for our annual Lythgoe Family Panto, A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS! Based on the traditional British...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nov 17 – Nov 19, 2023
Laguna Beach Playhouse presents William Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM for ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Set in a dystopian world.
The Angel Next Door
Oct 18 – Nov 5, 2023
It is 1948 and an unlikely group of characters has assembled in a Newport mansion. An unexpected development threatens to doom a budding romance and...
THE RAINMAKER
Sep 20 – Oct 8, 2023
THE RAINMAKER Written by N. Richard NashDirected by Andrew BarnicleMIRACLES HAPPEN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE IN LAGUNA BEACH!“The Rainmaker's underlying theme - the...
2 Pianos 4 Hands
Jul 5 – Jul 23, 2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE presentsthe First Show of its 2023-2024 Season…2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Written by Ted Dykstra and Richard GreenblattDirected by Tom FreyTHE IVORY TICKLING BEGINS WEDNESDAY,...
Murder On The Links
May 31 – Jun 18, 2023
Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer, namely the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client! Acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz brings the famed Belgian...
Staged
Jan 25 – Feb 12, 2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE is thrilled to announce that comedienne Rita Rudner will star in the upcoming World Premiere of a hilarious new comedy, STAGED, written by Martin Bergman &...
Love Among The Ruins
Oct 26 – Nov 13, 2022
When wealthy widow and socialite Jessica Medlicott is sued for breach of promise by her money-seeking ex-fiancé, will her past as an actress help or...
Kim's Convenience
Sep 21 – Oct 9, 2022
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SHOW OF ITS 2022-2023 SEASON!The Orange County Premiere Of KIMS CONVENIENCE Written by Ins ChoiDirected by Jon Lawrence RiveraLIMITED ENGAGEMENT...
Saturday Night Fever
Jun 29 – Jul 17, 2022
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE SIXTH SHOW OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY SEASONSATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Based on the Paramount/RSO Picture and the story by Nik Cohn Adapted...
A Chorus Line
May 26 – Jun 12, 2022
A CHORUS LINE is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre: the chorus dancers - those valiant, over dedicated, underpaid, highly...
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
Apr 20 – May 8, 2022
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!is a musical comedy about everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and...
Folk Legacy Trio
Jan 1 – Jan 2, 2022
FOLK LEGACY TRIOJanuary 1 - 2, 2022What have you been doing since 1971? Hemming your bell bottoms? Rebuilding your Volkswagen bus? George, Rick and Jerry...
Rita Rudner's Happy Vaccinated New Years Eve!
Dec 31
RITA RUDNERS HAPPY VACCINATED NEW YEARS EVE!December 31, 2021Join superstar comedienne Rita Rudner at her HAPPY, VACCINATED NEW YEAR'S EVE,Laguna Playhouse's sixth annualNew Years Eve...
ROBIN HOOD & MAID MARION: A HOLIDAY PANTO
Dec 3 – Dec 29, 2021
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE and BONNIE LYTHGOE PRODUCTIONS benefiting GiveKidsPanto announce the cast of THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OFROBIN HOOD & MAID MARION:A HOLIDAY PANTOWritten by Kris...
SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM
Dec 20 – Dec 21, 2021
SISTERS CHRISTMAS CATECHISMDecember 20 - 21, 2021It's "CSI: Bethlehem" in this holiday mystery extravaganza from the author of Late Nite Catechism, as Sister takes on...
Merry Christmas, Darling! Carpenters' Christmas
Dec 13 – Dec 15, 2021
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING: CARPENTERS CHRISTMASDecember 13 - 15, 2021Long ago and oh so far away the world fell in love with the Carpenters and their...
SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
Oct 13 – Oct 31, 2021
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SHOW OF ITS 2021-2022 100TH SEASON!SH-BOOM!LIFE COULD BE A DREAMWritten and Created by Roger BeanDirection & Choreography by Jonathan Van...
2018 Laguna Playhouse Gala
May 12
The 2018 Laguna Playhouse’ Annual Gala is a black-tie fundraiser on Saturday, May 12, 6 p.m., with special performances by “Phantom of the Opera” star...
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