Los Angeles Theater Newsroom
The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Workshops, Wine Nights, Live Music and More Set for Casa Romantica’s May - June Lineup
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente will present a packed season of programming, including live blues concerts, youth chamber music, film screenings, art workshops, and family events.
Cynthia Erivo to Return to the Hollywood Bowl in October
Emmy, Tony, and two-time Grammy winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is returning to the Hollywood Bowl with a solo, headlining concert this October.
WHAT SURVIVES World Premiere Set for Hollywood Fringe Festival
WHAT SURVIVES, a new one-act play about a community reckoning with an ICE abduction, will have its world premiere at The Broadwater in Los Angeles during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
NO ONE BUT ME, MY DEAR... To Play Hollywood Fringe
Actor and writer Adam Frost-Venrick will present NO ONE BUT ME, MY DEAR.
Stephen Schwartz And Broadway Stars Unite For Altadena Music Theatre Comeback Concert
Stephen Schwartz, Katharine McPhee, Joey McIntyre, and others will perform at a one-night benefit concert supporting Altadena Music Theatre's rebuild after the Eaton Fire destroyed their performance space.
CASE CLOSED?? To Open At Upstairs@El Centro With Hollywood Fringe
CASE CLOSED??, a dark absurd courtroom comedy where a clown's murder goes to trial, will play Upstairs@El Centro as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, with audiences serving as the jury.
THE BONE LADY Presented By Fables & Rumors To Play Hollywood Fringe
From the producers of Where Within and The Show of Many Things comes the world premiere of this “humerus comedy.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER To Make Debut with Neuro-Inclusive Casting Presented by EPIC Players
EPIC Players Los Angeles, the city's first neuro-inclusive theater company, will present PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at the Odyssey Theatre, marking the organization's first full-scale mainstage production on the West Coast.
Interview: Director Michael Michetti of EXIT THE KING at A Noise Within
Director Michael Michetti shares his vision for the production, what first drew him to it, and how elements of clowning are being used to highlight Ionesco’s surreal humor.
MUSE/IQUE To Present THE SUN RISES IN HARLEM: Black Brilliance and the Harlem Renaissance
MUSE/IQUE will present THE SUN RISES IN HARLEM, celebrating the Harlem Renaissance with Tony winner Kecia Lewis, Sy Smith, and the MUSE/IQUE Orchestra at The Huntington and Skirball Cultural Center.
Diana Varco Will Present Solo Show RISE at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Diana Varco will present RISE, a solo show told through 20 characters exploring foster care, childhood rage, and addiction, at The Actor's Company in Los Angeles during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
JOKE HOLD to Have World Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Joke Hold, a new comedy by L.
Review: THE CAROLE KING AND JAMES TAYLOR STORY at BroadStage
While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylo
A Season Driven by Music as Broadway in Thousand Oaks Reveals 2026-27 Lineup
The American Theatre Guild has announced its 2026-27 Broadway in Thousand Oaks season at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center, unveiling a lineup that leans strongly into music-driven storytelling and audience favorites while still offering discovery.
Photos: CARLOTA: ALHAJERO DE SECRETOS is Now Playing at The Los Angeles Theatre Center
Latino Theater Company is welcoming the return of San Jose-based LGBTQ+ ensemble Teatro Alebrijes with “Carlota: Alhajero de Secretos.
THE MEN WHO DREW THE UNIVERSE Will Make World Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Liquid Fiction and KoolBnz Productions will present the world premiere of THE MEN WHO DREW THE UNIVERSE, a play about Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Marvel Comics partnership, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
CASPER, THE RESCUE DOG Storytelling Event Will Come to Theatre West
Theatre West in Los Angeles will present a free children's storytelling hour featuring author Dr.
Tony-Winners Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster and More Set for The Soraya 2026–2027 Season
The Soraya announced its 2026-27 season featuring 45 performances, eight major debuts including Sutton Foster, Snarky Puppy, Audra McDonald, and Dance Theatre of Harlem, plus the introduction of incoming Executive & Artistic Director Chad Hilligus.
TWINKLE TIME Bilingual Family Concert To Be Presented At Sierra Madre Playhouse
Billboard-charting artist Twinkle Time will perform a bilingual pop-rock family concert at Sierra Madre Playhouse, blending English and Spanish lyrics with hip-hop beats.
HELL MOUTH Run Extended At Road Theatre Company
Road Theatre Company announced an extension of HELL MOUTH, the world premiere written by Tom Jacobson and directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky, closing at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood.
Teen-Founded THE RIOT STAGE Returns to Los Angeles with Cinematic Shakespeare
The Riot Stage, a teen-founded Shakespeare theater and film company led by 15-year-old Samantha Leeds, will present its second season at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West Los Angeles, blending live performance with filmed sequences.
Review: THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE: THE SONGS OF JULE STYNE at the El Portal
This marks the second triumph for co-creator-director-choreographer Scott Thompson, following his sensational “One For My Baby” at the same venue last year.
CURSED: MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD to Be Presented At Hudson Guild Theatre
Emmy-winning director Linda Mendoza will present her comedic memoir CURSED: MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD at Hudson Guild Theatre in Hollywood as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, recounting her rise directing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and more.
THE STORYTELLER OF EAST LA Extends for One Week at Latino Theater Company
The Latino Theater Company will present a one-week extension for its world premiere production of The Storyteller of East L.
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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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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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THE DRESSER The MAIN (8/07-8/16) |
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Magic at the Langham with David Minkin The Langham Huntington (5/02-5/02) |
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Olafur Arnalds The Wiltern (11/13-11/12) |
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My Chemical Romance Hollywood Bowl (10/21-10/21) |