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LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE

606 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

TARTUFFE
TARTUFFE
4/17 - 5/5/2024


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 ...


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Cal State Fullerton to Present ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE Next Month


by Blair Ingenthron - February 28, 2024

The Cal State Fullerton Department of Theatre & Dance Season will present 'Accidentally on Purpose,” beginning March 13 and running through April 13 in the Hallberg Theatre on campus. Learn more about the production here!...

2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival Returns In February


by Stephi Wild - January 15, 2024

The Philharmonic Society and Laguna Beach Live! are excited to announce the 2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival, featuring Grammy-nominated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers as Festival Artistic Director. Meyers will lead a week of inventive and thought-provoking musical collaborations, including a world pre...

2023 OCTG Theatre Awards Winners Revealed


by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2023

Live theater was celebrated again on Monday night during the second OC Theatre Guild Awards ceremony at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, which was again nearly filled to the rafters with artists from all over the county....

Past Shows

A SHAYNA MAIDEL
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
3/13 - 3/31/2024


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 ...

Laguna Dance Festival
Laguna Dance Festival
2/23 - 2/25/2024


New Zealand to L.A. Three diverse comanpies: BLACK GRACE, Los Angeles Ballet & Syncopated Ladies Black Grace brings the best dancers from New Zealand to ...

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
1/24 - 2/11/2024


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
A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS
12/7 - 12/29/2023


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
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11/17 - 11/19/2023


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
The Angel Next Door
10/18 - 11/5/2023


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
THE RAINMAKER
9/20 - 10/8/2023


THE RAINMAKER  Written by N. Richard Nash Directed by Andrew Barnicle MIRACLES HAPPEN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20  AT THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE IN LAGUNA BEACH! “The ...

2 Pianos 4 Hands
2 Pianos 4 Hands
7/5 - 7/23/2023


LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE presents the First Show of its 2023-2024 Season… 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS  Written by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt Directed by Tom Frey ...

Murder On The Links
Murder On The Links
5/31 - 6/18/2023


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
Staged
1/25 - 2/12/2023


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
Love Among The Ruins
10/26 - 11/13/2022


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
Kim's Convenience
9/21 - 10/9/2022


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
Saturday Night Fever
6/29 - 7/17/2022


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
A Chorus Line
5/26 - 6/12/2022


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!


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
Folk Legacy Trio
1/1 - 1/2/2022


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!


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


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
SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM
12/20 - 12/21/2021


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


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
SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
10/13 - 10/31/2021


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 ...


In the tradition of the “one man composer shows” adding operatic voices when called for, PUCCINI is the story of the great composer’s deliciously scandalous ...


Before the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character of ‘Tevye the Milkman.’ Before the beloved songs, “Tradition,” ...


This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Hailed as “magical” by The Boston Globe and “ fresh ...


As a companion to the Gershwin program from this past March (rescheduled for Spring of 2021), this program is set among excerpts of letters and ...


It is said that Jule Styne published over 1,500 songs in his lifetime, a staggering number that spans decades and includes dozens of collaborators. Beginning ...


The groundbreaking works of Richard Rodgers, most famously in his collaborations with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, gave us the foundation of the modern ...


As a celebration of our performers, and the necessary medium of film to tell these stories at this moment in time, this special program presents ...


60 years ago, on May 3, 1960, at the tiny Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village, The Fantasticks opened on the sparsest of budgets and ...


Chicago’s favorite leading lady Heidi Kettenring (Wicked, Broadway in Chicago) and her exceptional band present the timeless treasures and holiday hits of Karen Carpenter. A ...

Deathtrap
9/18 - 10/13/2020


eemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has ...

Ann
5/13 - 6/7/2020


Tough as nails. Funny as hell. Holland Taylor brings our brassy blue Governor Ann Richards back to vivid life in a tour-de-force performance direct from ...

To Sir, With Love
1/29 - 2/23/2020


To Sir, With Love was a major film of the 1960s starring Sidney Poitier and with a song made famous by Lulu. This exciting new ...

The Lion in Winter
11/6 - 11/24/2019


"What family doesn't have its ups and downs?" asks Eleanor of Aquitaine in THE LION IN WINTER as the royal plots and plans swirl around ...

2018 Laguna Playhouse Gala


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 ...

Mrs. Honey Bee's Guide to the Good Life


From Maripat Donovan the creator and star of the award-winning comedy hit, Late Night Catechism, comes a new hilarious interactive comedy, Mrs. Honey B.'s Guide ...

Tickled Pink
Tickled Pink
4/24 - 5/20/2012


Mindy Solomon absolutely has to leave Miami. Florida is bad for her head and her hair! Dreaming of a dancing career on Broadway, she moves ...

Sister's Easter Catechism
Sister's Easter Catechism
3/13 - 4/8/2012


Sister answers age old questions of the Easter season like “Why isn’t Easter on the same day every year like Christmas?”, and “Will my bunny ...

Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler
1/10 - 2/25/2012


“Tom Dooley,” “Goodnight Irene,” “Puff, the Magic Dragon” “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “This Land is Your Land.” These songs remind us of a time ...

This Wonderful Life
This Wonderful Life
11/25 - 12/24/2011


Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...

Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine
9/27 - 10/23/2011


Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged housewife from Liverpool whose life and marriage is trapped inside humdrum domesticity. She is in a rut. What has happened ...

Rita Rudner Returns
Rita Rudner Returns
8/26 - 8/29/2011


Award-winning comedian and Las Vegas headliner Rita Rudner brings her sophisticated wit and clever one-liners to The Laguna Playhouse for an exclusive engagement. Rudner's sharp ...

I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett


I Left My Heart, a tribute to the man Sinatra called “the greatest singer in the world,” sports a thrilling score of 40 standards all ...

Videos


Clue in Costa Mesa Clue
Segerstrom Hall (7/23 - 7/28)
Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Series with Lillias White in Costa Mesa Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Series with Lillias White
Samueli Theater (5/16 - 5/18)
Beetlejuice in Costa Mesa Beetlejuice
Segerstrom Hall (4/16 - 4/28)
Pageant of the Masters 2024 Production - “À La Mode: The Art of Fashion” in Costa Mesa Pageant of the Masters 2024 Production - “À La Mode: The Art of Fashion”
Festival of Arts (12/4 - 8/30)
Disney's Aladdin in Costa Mesa Disney's Aladdin
Segerstrom Hall (5/7 - 5/12)
Student Pianists in Recital in Costa Mesa Student Pianists in Recital
Bertea Hall Salmon Recital Hall (5/5 - 5/5)
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