The latest theatre news from Los Angeles — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Chromolume Theatre announced IF/THEN, the Tony-nominated Broadway musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, as the second production of its 2026 Season of Identity and Expression at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles.
Anaheim Poet Laureate Camille Hernandez will perform a choreopoem drawn from her chapbook Motherlands at Sierra Madre Playhouse, combining movement, poetry, and a traditional Filipino kamayan feast.
ROAR OF THE GRAIN, a new play by Satu inspired by Finnish history, received a 2026 Finlandia Foundation National grant to support a developmental workshop presented by the Harold Clurman Lab Theater at the Art of Acting Studio in Hollywood.
Disney and Pixar's TOY STORY 5 will screen at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre, where guests can see Woody, Buzz, and Jessie on stage before the film, with opening night and fan event packages available.
Marcos James, known for Game of Thrones and Keeping Up with the Joneses, will play Minister Richard Allen in THE FIGHTING QUAKER at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles, produced by Rocky V's Suzanne DeLaurentiis.
Petey McGee is preparing to play Kenneth in Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust at CTG, and the process has invited him to reflect on how being an outsider affects each of us.
Anima Initiative will present Venia's Dear, Sincerely, a free one-day immersive experience at Los Angeles' Travel Town Museum featuring live music, choreography, fashion, and installation art exploring migration and memory.
Weinstein! The Musical, a comedy satire about disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein written and directed by Dick Kimball, will have its world premiere at Hudson Theatre Hollywood as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
In celebration of their second full-length album, LEMONADE, K-pop group aespa will bring immersive fan experiences to Los Angeles and New York City for ‘aespa WEEK – MAKE IT LEMONADE’ pop-up events.
The Echo Theater Company will present a free reading of Mrs.
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.
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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) |
