The latest news on live theater in Los Angeles from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Sounds of Los Angeles County will present Selenamos, a live Selena tribute band, at Adventure Park in Whittier as part of LA County Parks' inaugural free summer concert series spanning 27 parks and 108 concerts.
Man Boy Brown, co-founding member of Ozomatli, will perform at Pamela County Park in Duarte as part of LA County Parks' inaugural free summer concert series spanning 27 parks and 108 concerts.
Sounds of Los Angeles County will present SELECTORS CHOICE, a free DJ workshop event at Jackie Robinson Park in Sun Village, CA, featuring Beat Junkies members and alumni as part of LA County Parks' inaugural free summer concert series.
LA County Parks will present ANYTHING FRESH at Valleydale Park in Azusa, featuring DJ Rick Wren, DJ Evelyn Starlight, DJ Hyphen Select, and The Soul Beacons as part of its first standalone free summer concert series.
LA County Parks will present a free outdoor event at Bethune Park in Florence-Firestone featuring visual artist S2ART, rapper Louis King, and DJs Tiger and VRNIESHV as part of its inaugural Sounds of LA County summer concert series.
Sounds of LA County will present THE REHEARSAL, a free outdoor concert at Jesse Owens Park in Los Angeles featuring artists Veetchy, Stefano, The Messenger, and NOAMZ as part of LA County Parks' inaugural standalone summer concert series.
Sounds of Los Angeles County will present THE NONSEMBLE: JAZZ ON THE GRASS at George Washington Carver Park in Willowbrook, featuring the DeVaughn Durham Quartet and experimental soul collective SUMBOCALASQUE.
Sounds of Los Angeles County to present WITH LOVE, FROM BOYLE HEIGHTS.
Sounds of Los Angeles County is set to present CAVAMUSICA LIVE! Keeping the summer momentum rolling and announcing their next showcase at the beautiful grounds of Rimgrove Park, a tightknit and multi-generational community of Valinda/La Puente.
LA County Parks will present a free outdoor concert at Belvedere Community Regional Park in East LA, featuring Las Chorizeras, The Queen of Eastside Honky Tonk, and DJ Mark Torres of KPFK 90.
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House ends with Nora, stifled by her husband Torvald and domestic life, leaving behind her keys and wedding ring, and the sound of a closing door.
ORIGINS, a benefit production featuring seven world premiere one-acts by Los Angeles playwrights including Steve Yockey and Kirsten Vangsness, will run for a limited engagement at Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood.
I spoke with playwright Erik Patterson about his twisted, hilarious and unexpectedly moving story about loneliness, desire, family secrets and the strange ways people try to save one another.
Sarah Uriarte Berry will touch hearts and recall treasured memories during For The Love Of Judy.
The Road Theatre Company and BroadStage announced their first co-production, the world premiere of KAIJU by Dan Caffrey, directed by Ken Sawyer, opening at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood.
Co-directed by Nat Wolff and Austin Cauldwell, WHERE WE PLAYED: VOICES FROM THE FIRE, a documentary short on children's experiences of the 2025 LA wildfires, will screen at Heartland Film's Indy Shorts Festival for Oscar qualification.
LA County Parks announced Sounds of LA County, a free outdoor concert series featuring 108 performances across 27 parks, produced by NextFest LA and spanning genres tied to each park community's cultural identity.
I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye.
The Blank Theatre announced casting for week two of its 34th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring three plays by playwrights aged 15–19 performed at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz.
What did our critic think of THE GREAT CLOWN BANK SHOW at Open Fist Theatre Company?The lunacy is unbridled, but with all the insanity, you’re too often left wondering: “What is going ON??” And moreover: “Why??”
Altadena Music Theatre announced its 2026 summer season with productions of GREASE and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, performed at a temporary outdoor venue at the Mountain View Mausoleum after the Eaton Fire displaced the company.
Musical Theatre West will present JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, starring Broadway performer Brian Justin Crum in the title role.
Los Angeles Ethio-Jazz ensemble Ethio Cali will mark 15 years on the Grand Performances stage, joined by Jurassic 5 turntablist DJ Nu-Mark in a night curated by Nance Arte Presents.
SkyPilot Theatre Company will present GRAVE MISTAKES, a comedy by Ben Abbott, at LACAE Theater in North Hollywood.
The Tavern Brawlers will present THE DRESSER, Ronald Harwood's Tony- and Oscar-nominated backstage dramedy, as the closing production of the 2026 Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival at The MAIN.
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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) |
