The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
The inaugural Santa Monica International Jazz Festival, running May 1-9, 2026, will feature Kamasi Washington, Stewart Copeland, and Stanley Clarke in a tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane's centennials.
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Suzie Toot is hitting the road this summer with an all-new solo tour.
“It Ends With Guinea Pigs” opens this weekend in the Elysian’s intimate 40-seat Vault space.
REDCAT will present CALARTS DANCE: EMERGENT FORMS, showcasing choreographic works by the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance's 2026 undergraduate class at downtown Los Angeles's Walt Disney Concert Hall complex.
Ely Guerra, Eugenia León, Ofelia Medina, and La Marisoul will perform CHAVELA Y SUS MUJERES at The Soraya, honoring the legacy of ranchera legend Chavela Vargas.
Kentwood Players will present NEXT TO NORMAL, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, at Westchester Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Outside In Theatre will present the world premiere of O: A Rhapsody In Divorce, written by Jami Brandli and directed by Jessica Hanna, with previews beginning May 9 and performances running May 17 through June 9, 2026.
The PEN America World Voices Festival, running April 29–May 2, 2026, in New York City and Los Angeles, convenes—among more than 140 international writers—some of today’s most acclaimed playwrights for timely conversations.
With a cast of ten actors portraying more than 26 characters, it was bold choice for the intimate theater.
Jodi Siegel will perform at Sierra Madre Playhouse.
The American Black Film Festival has announced its 30th anniversary lineup.
The full cast has been revealed for Pasadena Playhouse's production of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon, starring Tyne Daly, Max von Essen, Betsy Morgan, and more, and being presented this spring and summer.
Master Harold”…and the Boys begins in the Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse.
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Sierra Madre Playhouse will present Will & Company's 45-minute family-friendly adaptation of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on May 16, featuring audience participation, fairies, and romantic mix-ups set in a mystical forest.
Lisa Donahey took ten minutes to discuss with BWLA's Gavin Glynn about her RETRO REWIND Divas of the 60s with the UK's leading ELVIS Tribute Artist, Andy James.
DIAVOLO’s ESCAPE, running at L'Espace DIAVOLO in DTLA through June 14, isn’t really dance—and it’s not quite Cirque either.
On Thursday, April 9, 2026, LACAE and FYC Independents are presenting a special charity screening of the 2012 documentary Casting By, followed by a talkback featuring several influential casting professionals.
IAMA Theatre Company has selected Agyeiwaa Asante as the 2026 recipient of the Los Angeles-based theatre company’s The Rhimes Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission.
The LA Phil has appointed Anna Handler as Conductor-in-Residence, beginning with the LA Phil’s 2026/27 season.
Rubén Carbajal (who played John Laurens/Philip in Hamilton on Broadway) talks to BroadwayWorld about playing Usnavi in Musical Theatre West's production of IN THE HEIGHTS, running April 10–26 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
The Richard & Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, will bring jazz to its Cabaret Stage.
ArtsUP! LA will present ATHENA FEST, a three-day one-act festival featuring five female playwrights and performers, April 24-26 at the Blue Door Theater in Culver City.
The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.
Marc Shaiman will launch a second leg of the Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner Book Tour, with special guests Patti LuPone, Michael Buble, and more!
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Next to Normal Phantasma Arts (7/17-7/25) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can The Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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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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ECO The Fountain Theatre (10/02-10/04) |
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Babatunde Blends Hip Hop and Opera Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/28-8/28) |
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Studio Cabaret: Joel Gaines George Nakano Theatre (1/22-1/23) |
