The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Daniel Harding as its next Music Director, with his tenure set to begin in the 2027/28 season overseeing programming at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford.
Christine Dunford's solo show BURN SCAR, drawn from her experience fleeing the 2025 LA wildfires, will play three performances at Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Aina Theatre Company, founded by artists of color, will present WHITE LILIES, a psychological two-hander written and directed by Rush Z, as its inaugural production at Hollywood Fringe.
Christina Tinde Jesenski's debut play GLOSSOLALIA, an American Gothic two-hander exploring faith, consent, and guilt, will premiere at Bad Ladder Mainstage in Los Angeles with two alternating casts.
SAGE CENTER, a semi-autobiographical play written, directed by, and starring Corey Renfree, will premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival, exploring mental health care, grief, and the emotional toll on frontline psychiatric workers.
Along with the impeccable acting and Diana Wyenn's brilliant direction, the most striking element of the production is Randy Wong-Westbrooke’s scenic design which features a half-dome representation of a rocket engine.
Musicians featuring violinist Indradeep Ghosh, cellist Chris Votek, and tabla player Neelamjit Dhillon will perform at the Sierra Madre Playhouse.
DOWNTOWN TO DELILAH, a 60s British Pop Revue featuring music of Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Lulu, and Tom Jones, at the Tarzana Community and Cultural Center in California.
Jonas Woolverton, a veteran of Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity and Spiegelworld's Superfrico, will bring his one-man cirque-clown-comedy show to West Hollywood's Zephyr Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
CASHINO, starring musical theater powerhouse Susie Mosher (Pepper Cole) and John Boswell (Johnny Niagra) l, returns to THE BENT at the Palm Springs Cultural Center on May 28 and 29, 2026.
Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch bring their new nightclub evening, The Piano Bar, to the Velvet Martini Lounge Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City.
Comedian Sam Ditto premieres I QUIT!, a one-woman musical comedy at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, blending original music, multimedia, and autobiographical storytelling about survival jobs and creative burnout.
James Byous's original rock musical JIMI DARKNESS: ALCOHOLIC SUPERHERO, about a crime-fighter whose powers only work when he drinks, will make its Hollywood Fringe Festival debut at Three Clubs in Hollywood.
Award-winning solo show FOMO: FORMERLY MORMON, written and performed by Frankie Lee, heads to the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
New Art City Theatre in Ventura, CA, is accepting submissions of original, full-length plays and musicals for Festival '27, a free public event featuring staged readings and talkbacks with selected playwrights.
Butch Ballet, a movement theatre work by gina young, will have its world premiere at Outside In Theatre in Los Angeles, centering butch lesbians, trans men, and nonbinary mascs in a series of vignettes exploring tenderness and queer joy.
Outside In Theatre will present Dark Metropolis, a fully unscripted cyber-noir performed live by a 10-member ensemble at its Highland Park venue in Los Angeles.
Stage and screen star Erica Piccininni, known to Broadway audiences for her role as Lorraine in the original cast of Jersey Boys, is leading the independent film TƎMPEST, which premieres in June at the Dances with Films LA Festival.
The Group Rep in North Hollywood will present A TIME TO KILL, Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of John Grisham's courtroom drama, directed by Tom Lazarus with a cast of 17 actors.
CONTRA-TIEMPO will present ROOTS OF LOVING US, a work-in-progress blending somatic healing, dance, and music to explore adoption, foster families, and chosen families, at Sierra Madre Playhouse.
Nederlander Concerts has acquired the Vina Robles Amphitheatre, a 3,000-capacity outdoor venue in Paso Robles, CA, expanding its California portfolio alongside the Greek Theatre and Grove of Anaheim.
Dances With Films: LA announced its 29th edition lineup, featuring 279 films and 36 feature-length world premieres at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, including opening and closing night galas.
Cara Meyers brings her solo show about dating in a larger body to the Hollywood Fringe Festival, directed by Margot Leitman.
La Mirada Theatre has released new video footage of Lena Ceja rehearsing 'Journey to the Past' from their upcoming production of Anastasia.
This fall, fans will be able to experience Club Juke in a whole new way.
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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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Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Ahmanson Theatre (12/12-1/10) |
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Versa-Style Dance Company Brings Hip Hop and Street Dance to Sierra Madre Playhouse Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/07-8/07) |
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Frankenstein: Resurrection The Nocturne Theatre (9/11-9/30) |
