Los Angeles Theatre Newsroom
The latest theatre news from Los Angeles — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Theatricum Botanicum to Present 5th Annual HOLIDAY FAMILY FAIRE
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum’s spectacular outdoor venue in Topanga will transform into a winter wonderland for the company’s fifth annual Holiday Family Faire.
A Noise Within to Celebrate 13 years of A CHRISTMAS CAROL This Holiday Season
A Noise Within’s special brand of holiday magic is set to return for another joy-filled season.
Review: SHOOTING STAR by Steven Dietz at Little Fish Theatre
What makes this production so enthralling along with Donovan’s tight direction is the immersive effect of feeling involved in the lives of these two lonely people as they openly reveal their fears and feelings as the 90-minute play unfolds.
LA Phil to Present Screening of EL CANTO DE LAS MANOS
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will present a West coast premiere screening of the documentary film El Canto de las Manos.
Interview: Bobby Daye on Bringing Harold Zidler to Life in MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL
Broadway veteran Bobby Daye chats with BroadwayWorld about returning to Moulin Rouge! as Harold Zidler, his love for the Los Angeles theatre scene, and the hilarious moment he fell asleep mid-performance.
IAMA Theatre Company Names 2025–26 Emerging Playwrights Lab Members
IAMA Theatre Company, recognized for developing innovative and boundary-pushing new work, has announced the members of its 2025–26 IAMA Emerging Playwrights Lab, led by Lab alumnus Nicholas Pilapil.
Ido Samuel To Receive Breakthrough Artist Award At The 2025 ARPA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Internationally acclaimed actor Ido Samuel will be honored with the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2025 Arpa International Film Festival, which will take place November 6–9, 2025, at the world-famous TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Paramount Swap Meet To Host Inaugural Día De Los Muertos Celebration
The Paramount Swap Meet will host its first-ever Día de los Muertos Celebration on Sunday, November 2, 2025, inviting the community to honor heritage, art, and togetherness while remembering the loved ones who connect us all.
Melanie Mayron and Sandra Tsing Loh to Bring GRIEF BACON AND OTHER HOLIDAY TREATS to Odyssey Theatre
Odyssey’s Thresholds of Invention series will present Melanie Mayron and Sandra Tsing Loh in ‘Grief Bacon and Other Holiday Treats’.
The Avila Brothers to Headline 24th Street Theatre’s Dia de los Muertos Block Party
We the People / Nosotros La Gente is the theme of 24th Street Theatre’s 20th annual, free, Dia de los Muertos block party — headlined this year by five-time Grammy award winners The Avila Brothers.
Last Chance To Submit For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards
This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
STILL LIFE IN CENTRAL PARK Will Make World Premiere at Theatricus
Theatricus will present the world premiere of STILL LIFE IN CENTRAL PARK, a new ensemble drama by the company's Artistic Director, James Castle Stevens.
Review: A Hauntingly Intimate PARADE at Venice’s Electric Lodge
That a show as powerful as Parade can soar in a small theater is a testament to both the talent of its director and the strength of its cast, of which there isn’t a weak link in the bunch.
Photos: AMERIKA OR, THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED World Premiere Kafka Adaptation at Open Fist Theatre Company
Open Fist Theatre Company to present the world premiere of Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared, a new stage adaptation of Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel by Dietrich Smith.
Grammy Winner Susan Carol Joins the Cast of BROWN BROADWAY: THE MUSICAL
Grammy-winning artist Susan Carol will star opposite Jerrel O’Neil in the world premiere of Brown Broadway: The Musical, written and directed by Billie King.
Review: GUAC at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Co-written by Oliver and James Clements and directed by Michael Cotey, GUAC embraces its rough-around-the-edges persona without laboring to break new ground.
Patrika Darbo, Kim Estes, Kelsey Scott and More Join A NIGHT OF STAGED READINGS in Los Angeles
Emmy Award winners Patrika Darbo and Kim Estes, along with two-time nominee Kelsey Scott, will headline A Night of Staged Readings on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
Amy Engelhardt's IMPACT to be Presented at the Fountain
Fountain Theatre will present Amy Engelhardt's IMPACT for three performances in November.
Center Theatre Group Reveals 2025/26 LA Writers' Workshop and LA Artist Residencies
Center Theatre Group is offering a slate of artistic programming that helps identify and support the next generation of great plays and playwrights.
The Directors Guild Of America African American Steering Committee Reveals 2025 Class For The Learning Tree Fellowship
The Directors Guild of America’s African American Steering Committee (AASC) has announced the newest class of fellows for its 2025 Learning Tree Fellowship Directing Program.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME is Coming to The Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation
The Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation has revealed the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of What the Constitution Means to Me.
Little Fish Theatre to Present Molly Smith Metzler's CRY IT OUT
Little Fish Theatre will continue its 2025-26 season with Cry It Out, Molly Smith Metzler's deeply funny and painfully honest exploration of early parenthood.
SIX CHICK FLICKS to Make West Coast premiere at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
After sold-out shows and rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, Six Chick Flicks will make its West Coast premiere at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
BWW Q&A: Gabbie Adner Talks PERFECT WORLD at El Portal Theatre
Perfect World is written by Librettist & Co-Lyricist Alan Edmunds with music by Composer & Co-Lyricist Richard Winzeler, and Directed and Choreographed by Kay Cole.
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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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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Riverdance 30 – The New Generation Ahmanson Theatre (4/13-4/18) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo (8/02-8/02) |