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Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will celebrate the Year of the Horse with a day of Lunar New Year programming on Saturday, January 17, featuring a ticketed stage production and a free outdoor family festival.

BroadwayWorld talks with THE NOTEBOOK's Rayna Hickman to discuss her journey, the show’s emotional power, and what it means to return home with the show, playing at the Hollywood Pantages January 6–25 before heading to Segerstrom Center for the Arts Jan.

The world premiere of Passing Wind, a new comedy by award-winning playwright Braddon Mendelson, opens March 13 and runs through March 22, at The MAIN in Newhall, California.

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In Other People's Shoes Productions will bring staged readings of their Fire Stories Project to three venues in Altadena/Pasadena in late January, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Eaton Fire.

Marking its 31st year, LA Art Show will return to the LA Convention Center.

Amahl and the Night Visitors is coming to First Baptist Church of Glendale.

McCallum Theatre will open its 2026 season with concerts by Paul Anka and a January lineup spanning music, comedy, and classical performance.

DIAVOLO will make its Sierra Madre Playhouse debut with T.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series will kick off the new year by presenting first looks at works-in-process by three prominent L.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight.

Here Be Dragons, a new play written and directed by Charlie Mount, will open at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, California.

Join in to celebrate one of Southern California's most beloved music series, Boleros de Noche 10 Años.

Kentwood Players will present Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon at the Westchester Playhouse.

The Baby Dance, Jane Anderson's powerful and socially urgent play exploring class, motherhood, and the fragile bonds between families, opens in January.

The creative team behind Millennials Are Killing Musicals will present an industry-only 29-hour reading presentation of the original musical on January 15, 2026 in Hollywood, in advance of the show's world-premiere out-of-town tryout at The Colony Theatre.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will launch its new season with a music program featuring accordionist Cory Pesaturo and violinist and vocalist Leah Zeger.

Conejo Players Theatre will present Time in Tune: A CPT Special Presentation, a cabaret-style New Year’s Eve event inspired by the history of American television.

Village Green Productions will present a world premiere musical comedy, Kid Gloves, book and lyrics by Matthew Leavitt, music by Nathan Wang, choreography by Christine Lakin, music direction by Anthony Lucca and direction by Richard Israel.

The West Coast Jewish Theatre's Three Coconuts, written and directed by Howard Teichman and Steven G.

The Music Center has announced that Celesta M.

Laurence Fishburne will receive the inaugural James Earl Jones Prize at The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences' 2026 Voice Arts Awards.

The world premiere of Eden Espinosa's solo concert Woman Is… brings her back to Los Angeles, promising to blend Broadway spirit with a pop edge, and a glimmer of holiday magic.

Festival Napa Valley will celebrate its 20th anniversary July 4–19, 2026, with a lineup featuring international stars and emerging talent.

The Scott Dunn Orchestra will present Those Fabulous Films of the Seventies at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.