The latest theatre news from Los Angeles — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
The University Library at Cal State LA has announced significant new acquisitions to the Latinx Theatre Alliance/Los Angeles Collection, expanding its holdings of archival materials that chronicle the development of Latinx theatre in Southern California.
Bob Mould will be at The Grammy Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater on August 25 for a conversation with comedian/writer/musician and music fan Fred Armisen.
Open-Door Playhouse will continue to present short plays in podcast form.
ArtsUP! LA will present the world premiere of Weigh Station, playwright Donnie Jarman’s 20th full-length stage play.
The City of Glendale’s Library, Arts & Culture department will present Dream Stop, a temporary art installation by Delight Art Foundation, on display at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station from Monday, June 2 through Friday, July 25, 2025.
Pasadena Playhouse has revealed the largest and broadest slate of community classes for all ages after the historic purchase of the Pasadena Playhouse campus.
Broadway’s original “Tracy Turnblad,” Marissa Jaret Winokur will direct 5-Star Theatricals' upcoming production of the Tony Award winning musical, HAIRSPRAY, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan and based on the John Waters f
Five powerhouse performers take the stage in a bold new revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis' electrifying play, The Motherf**cker with the Hat at Odyssey Theatre.
IAMA Theatre Company has revealed its 2025-2026 season, which includes its 8th annual New Works Festival.
'Beautiful Noise' is a better-than-average jukebox musical about the career of superstar singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, presented as an aged Diamond goes through psychoanalysis with a therapist.
BroadwayWorld talks with StarKid co-founder Brian Holden about the upcoming Hollywood stage reboot of THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS.
Moonlight, magic, and timeless romance comes to Santa Monica as The Fantasticks takes center stage for a limited run.
Singer Annette Warren, most famous for dubbing Ava Gardner in MGM's 'Show Boat,' will celebrate her 103rd birthday with an all-star show at the Catalina Jazz Club.
The Actors’ Gang annual tradition of Free Shakespeare in the Park returns with a new production – Roswell That Ends Well, playing every Saturday and Sunday from August 2 – 24 at 11:00am.
Magician-comedian David Shao brings his hilarious and offbeat solo show Shower to Ontario, CA on July 26.
The largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, Hola México Film Festival presented by Toyota, returns for its 17th annual edition on September 12 - 20, 2025, during Hispanic Heritage Month.
New Art City Theatre is now accepting submissions for its 2026 Playwrights Festival in Ventura, CA.
In the 100-minute, decades-spanning duration we spend with this woman who feels so very recognizable, Ziegler, director Maggie Burrows and actors Nadine Malouf, Ryan Vasquez and Michaela Watkins leave us affected, contemplative and more than a little bit heartbroken.
The LA Phil has added Raphael Saadiq to The Ford’s 2025 summer season.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series of will first look at pieces in process by prominent L.
BroadwayWorld, the leading source for theatre news and entertainment, has officially launched the BroadwayWorld Games Center, a brand-new destination for interactive Broadway-themed games designed for theatre fans of all ages.
Casting has been announced for week two of The Blank Theatre’s 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival.
Rogue Machine has added a co-production with HorseChart Theatre alongside their 2025 Season.
Emersion Music will host its annual concert, MOSAIC, at Culver City's renowned Kirk Douglas Theatre (Center Theatre Group) in August.
Neil Gooding Productions will present the West Coast premiere of The Opposite of Love, opening July 25 at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood.
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Romeo And Juliet Actors Repertory Theater of Simi Valley (7/24-8/16) |
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OTR: A New Play OTR: A New Play (11/23-11/27) |
