The latest theatre news from Los Angeles — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
The Grammy Museum is launching Tower of Song: Iconic Songwriters & Recordings, a new ongoing exhibit that showcases the Grammy Hall of Fame, which has inducted more than 1,100 historically significant recordings since 1973 that are 25 years or older.
The Scott Dunn Orchestra returns to the Wallis Annenberg Center with FROM HELL TO HOLLYWOOD, exploring music by European émigré composers who fled the Nazis and shaped Hollywood's first golden age.
Independent Shakespeare Co.
Sierra Madre Playhouse will present HAUNTED, a one-act dance opera with music by Paul Salerni and libretto by former California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, featuring baritone Rod Gilfrey and three dancers.
Thousands of jazz lovers gathered at Tongva Park for the finale of the inaugural Santa Monica International Jazz Festival.
Soaring Solo Studios will present THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH CYRUS at Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection written and performed by actor Cyrus Deboo, portraying 22 characters in a 70-minute solo show.
Carli Wright's original musical THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS blends horror, romance, and comedy at the Hobgoblin Playhouse during the Hollywood Fringe Festival, featuring a seven-person cast, live acoustic songs, and a ghost haunting her childhood home.
MacArthur Fellow and Obie Award winner Samuel D.
Denver-based theater-maker Todd Sullivan's MANIAC, a clown work loosely inspired by a 19th-century serial killer trial, will open at The Broadwater Black Box in Hollywood as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale will present SOUND WAVES, an immersive concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring two world premieres and works inspired by water, breath, and nature.
THE WAITING, a new musical exploring grief through folk melodies and poetry, will be staged at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts as part of the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop.
Moonlight Stage Productions, the resident theatre company at the City of Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre, is presenting the San Diego Regional Premiere production of THE CHER SHOW.
The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra, a dark academia Lovecraft mystery written by actress Kate Shaefer, will make its Hollywood Fringe debut at The Hobgoblin Playhouse in Los Angeles, directed by Soda Persi.
Interviewing for the Role of Father, a 90-minute two-hander about a transgender filmmaker documenting her terminally ill father, will be performed at Bad Ladder Theater in Los Angeles as a Hollywood Fringe Festival Scholarship Recipient.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s “Summer Edition” of Dance at the Odyssey will return for three weekends celebrating adventurous, compelling work from Los Angeles choreographers
xThe LA Phil has unveiled the 2026 season at The Ford, its hillside open-air venue, running from May 8 to October 31.
Musical Theatre West announced Brian Justin Crum, known for his viral America's Got Talent performance and Broadway credits including Wicked, will star as Joseph at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
The documentary TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION will screen at three Laemmle Theatres locations in Los Angeles from May 18-20, 2026.
Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills announced its 60th season, featuring six productions including three world premieres, a U.
The Clown School Company will present TRICKSTER at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, following a sell-out run at The Stomping Ground LA.
Fables and Rumors will present the world premiere of MPAT'S BURT THUNDERS PRESENTS: THE FIRST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER TO SAVE THE WHALES at Zephyr Theatre, with all proceeds benefiting The Bay Foundation.
The Long Beach Shakespeare Company's New Works Festival will present three original plays at the Helen Borgers Theatre, featuring works by emerging and established writers on love, labor history, and memory.
The entertainment community gathered in Downtown Los Angeles this past weekend for a vibrant evening of networking, live performances, and industry connection at the LA Creatives Mixer and LA Monologue & Song SLAM, presented by the Studio For Performing Arts Foundation and Studio For Performing Art
On Saturday, June 13, 2026 (7 PM) some of Broadway's best will be on the west coast for the third annual Broadway Voices Unite, bringing together celebrated performers for a powerful evening of Broadway and pop music—all to raise vital funds for Harvest Home.
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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 Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Barry Bostwick The Wiltern (10/26-10/26) |
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OTR: A New Play OTR: A New Play (11/23-11/27) |
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My Soul To Take: Unhinged The Hudson Theatres (10/16-10/21) |
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Footloose Morgan Auditorium (7/18-8/02) |
