The latest theatre news from Los Angeles — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
The Echo Theater Company will present the world premiere of F**king Strangers, a dark comedy by Erik Patterson, commissioned by the company and directed by artistic director Chris Fields
Director Ravit Markus's short documentary THE ASSET, following trauma surgeon Dr.
Really Big Spoon Productions will present ENORMOUS THINGS: THE MUSICAL at Hollywood Fringe, a cardboard-filled bio-musical about sculptor Claes Oldenburg featuring an evil Jeff Koons, directed by co-creator Sarah Lew.
Conundrum Theatre Company will present the two-time Tony Award-winning rock opera AMERICAN IDIOT at the Broadwater Theater Main Stage in Hollywood, featuring Green Day's punk rock album brought to life with a cast led by August Broussard.
“The Revolutionists,” a sharp-tongued makeover of the French “Reign of Terror” by playwright Lauren Gunderson, at International City Theatre in Long Beach in a production directed by Jamie Torcellini.
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Grammy-winning New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas, with an opening set by Butter Funk Family, will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Descendants of Thieves, the men's fashion label, is expanding into animation with its debut short film, screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as part of the Dances With Films Festival.
Co-directed by Nat Wolff and Austin Cauldwell, WHERE WE PLAYED: VOICES FROM THE FIRE documents children's firsthand experiences of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and will screen in the Doc Shorts Block at TCL Chinese Theatre.
Opera Laguna will present a one-night-only semi-staged concert of The Student Prince on July 3 at the Laguna Playhouse.
Rachel Austin's THE DO OVER, a comedic disco solo show about grief and loss, will make its world premiere at the LGBT Center on McCadden as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The Grammy-winning Los Angeles Children's Chorus will kick off a 12-day West Coast Tour with a free public send-off concert in Pasadena before performing in Vancouver, Seattle, Eugene, and San Francisco.
Guild Opera Company will present THE COMEDY OF OPERA at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, featuring comedic divas Diana Lucas and Gracie Moore alongside guest artists performing comic opera gems.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum opened its 2026 summer repertory season in rustic Topanga Canyon with “Romeo and Juliet.
La Mirada Theatre released a new video offering a look inside its upcoming production of ANASTASIA The Musical, which is scheduled to run for several weeks in summer 2026.
La Jolla Playhouse has shared a new clip from its current world premiere production of THE MONSTERS, offering a closer look at the sibling drama that opened earlier this month at the Mandell Weiss Forum in La Jolla, California.
Two Cups Theatre's inaugural production, Cumming Down the Mountain, a 60-minute queer comedy about a church wilderness retreat, will have its world premiere at the Hobgoblin Playhouse as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Comedian Paula Poundstone, known for NPR's 'Wait, Wait… Don't Tell Me' and her role in Pixar's 'Inside Out,' will perform for one night only at the Bram Goldsmith Theater in Beverly Hills.
You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the s
Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu stars alongside Sullivan Jones in THE MONSTERS, a new play about estranged siblings reunited through the world of mixed martial arts, exploring forgiveness and family at La Jolla Playhouse in 2026.
Dillon Klena has been cast as Dmitry in La Mirada Theatre's upcoming production of ANASTASIA, the musical based on the beloved story of the Russian grand duchess.
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment started their preview performances of a gorgeous new production of ANASTASIA, book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.
Theatricus stages the world premiere of Christian Missonak's THE HENRY CLYDE CANNING MURDER HOUSE at Moving Arts in Atwater Village, the first fully-produced winner of the VOX NOVA Playwright Festival.
Yamini Nambimadom stars in BARBIE SMITH: GOD'S FAVORITE TEASE, a solo show structured as a Christian abstinence seminar, at the LA LGBT Center's Davidson/Valentini Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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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) |
