The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Unattended Baggage will present the Los Angeles premiere of THE BED SHOW, an immersive, site-specific comedy-talk show staged in actual bedrooms across LA, following a sold-out Off-Broadway run at Soho Playhouse.
New Art City Theatre in Ventura, CA, is accepting submissions of original full-length plays and musicals for its 4th annual playwrights festival, with up to four works selected for a week-long residency and staged readings.
The comedy pilot BIGG COUNTY RESTORATIONS, starring HBO's TASK actor John Jezior alongside co-creators Mikaela Watkins and Joe Bell, will screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre as part of the Dances With Films LA festival.
COMICS READING COMICS, the show where comedians bring comic books to life, sold out its preview at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, with Dan Mintz of Bob's Burgers among the cast.
PINING IN PRICKLY PEAR PATCH, a Western melodrama musical featuring classic Americana folk songs and audience participation, will perform at Broadwater Second Stage as part of Hollywood Fringe Fest in Los Angeles.
The Young Entertainer Awards announced nominees for a combined 10th and 11th ceremony at Hollywood's Harmony Gold Theatre, with Greg Evigan set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
FARTHER ALONG, the LGBTQ+ comedy pilot starring Peter Friedman and Blair Peyton, will screen at the TCL Chinese Theatre as part of Dances With Films LA, following a sold-out world premiere in New York.
“Weird Al” Yankovic will bring his 1989 comedy UHF back to the big screen for one night only at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 31.
BroadwayWorld spoke with director Ellen Geer about her vision for the production, what drew her to adapt it for Theatricum Botanicum, and what she hopes audiences will love about the story as much as she does.
Welsh indie rock quartet The Royston Club will play two headlining performances in New York City and Los Angeles.
Center Theatre Group has posted a new for PRIMARY TRUST, now running at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Shakespeare by the Sea announced its 29th admission-free summer season, featuring a modern-verse translation of MACBETH adapted and directed by Stephanie Coltrin, touring parks throughout Southern California and expected to reach an estimated 10,000 audience members.
Moving Arts Theatre announced a return engagement of Tony Blake's WHAT PRICE FREEDOM, directed by Darin Anthony, starring Rob Nagle as Benjamin Franklin and Brandon Bales as John Adams in Los Angeles.
Fraser Entertainment Group's AN EVENING OF CLASSIC BROADWAY will return to Vitello's at The Velvet Martini Lounge in Studio City, featuring host and music director Brad Ellis alongside performers Eydie Alyson, Julie Garnyé, and Damon Kirsche.
Gloria Molina Grand Park's Sunday Sessions will present two free outdoor house music dance parties in Downtown L.
I'll say this now: this Summer's most beguiling, most enchanting theatrical surprise is perhaps the brand new, gorgeously opulent regional production of ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL, now on stage at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through June 20, 2026.
Mexodus, created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D.
Vineta Sareika has been appointed Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Directed and Choreographed by Broadway’s Nikki Snelson, Footloose is now running at the historic GEM Theatre in Garden Grove.
A full-scale immersive production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH will stage a one-night-only engagement at The Chapel at The Abbey in West Hollywood, with Jed Levinson directing and starring in the titular role.
Long Beach Symphony will kick off its “SoundWaves Series” as it presents Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in concert featuring Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer's score performed live to the film.
Disney's live-action MOANA, directed by Thomas Kail and starring Catherine Lagaʻaia and Dwayne Johnson, is set to screen at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre, including a Fan Event with exclusive ticket packages and collectibles.
Colburn announced its 2026-27 season of orchestral, chamber, recital, and dance performances in Los Angeles, featuring guest conductors Jane Glover and JoAnn Falletta, plus the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Canadian Brass.
The Skirball Cultural Center announced the lineup for its 29th season of free outdoor SUNSET CONCERTS, featuring Terrace Martin, Cory Henry, Tortoise, Brandee Younger, and others in a jazz-themed series honoring America's 250th anniversary.
Acclaimed actor, pianist, and playwright Hershey Felder returns to the stage with Hershey Felder: The Piano & Me, a new autobiographical work now playing at South Coast Repertory through June 21.
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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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Roald Dahls: Matilda The Musical The Lewis Family Playhosue (7/18-7/26) |
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"Once Upon a Mattress" Whittier Community Theatre (9/12-9/26) |
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Jazz Vocalist Sidney Jacobs Appears at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 8/2 Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/02-8/02) |
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An Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan James Armstrong Theatre (4/25-4/25) |
