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Award-winning DGA Director Dastan Khalili's DAY9 To Have World Premiere At LA Shorts International Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
Thriller satire short Day9 will have its world premiere at the LA Short International Film Festival.
Interview: Playwright Nakisa Aschtiani Returns to SheLA Arts with BISMILLAH, OR IN THE NAME OF GOD
by Gil Kaan - July 06, 2023
Nakisa Aschtiani’s Bismillah, or In the Name of God will be one of the five plays featured in this year’s SheLA Art’s Summer Theatre Festival, performed live July 12th and 15th at the Zephyr Theatre (and available to stream later in the month).
TRIPPING ON LIFE Wins The Hollywood Encore Producers' Award; Encore Performance Set For This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
The sold-out production of “Tripping on Life,' written and performed by the legendary actress Lin Shaye and directed by Robert Galinsky wins the 2023 Hollywood Encore Producer's Award. Tripping on Life,' will get an encore performance on July 19 at 7 PM at Hudson Backstage Theatre @ Hudson Theaters.
MUSE/IQUE Continue MUSIC = POWER Series With CENTRAL AVENUE: OPEN HOUSE
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
MUSE/IQUE continues its yearlong concert series, MUSIC = POWER with CENTRAL AVENUE: OPEN HOUSE -- The Extraordinary Story of the South LA Music Legends Who Changed the World.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's Live 'Music at the Odyssey' Series Returns This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
Bass player John Snow returns to curate, music direct and emcee Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s live Music at the Odyssey series this month.
THE MORTICIAN'S WIFE Will Be Performed as Part of OC-Centric: Orange County's New Play Festival 
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
In its twelfth season, OC-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival produces a full-length play from an Orange County playwright, focused on an Orange County story that needs to be told.
Cast Revealed For Week Two of the Black Theatre's 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2023
Casting has been announced for week two of The Blank Theatre’s 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The next three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented, for the first time since 2019, live on stage July 13–16.
Conejo Players To Debut Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
Don't get caught, Conejo Players Theatre “The Mousetrap” opens July 21. A classic whodunit that opened in London's West End in 1952 and continues to draw crowds to this day.
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023 Best 2-Person Show Winner IF I'M GOOD Extends For One Performance
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
Tennessee Whiskey & Fresno Chile Productions have announced the West-Coast premiere of If I'm Good, by Ronnie Larsen, will be extended for one performance. Winner of the Fringe's Best Two Person Show and named Best of the Broadwater, If I'm Good tracks the story of two people from different ends of the political spectrum and explores how we got to the disunity we have in America today. The final performance will be July 6th, 2023 at the Broadwater Black Box.
TAKE ME AS I AM: A JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE Takes The Stage Once More At The Hollywood Fringe​​​​​​​
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
The Fringe Encore series will be extending the Fringe's Best International Show, Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute, for two performances.Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute is an intimate concert experience of Mitchell's most memorable songs and the stories that inspired them. 
INTO THE WOODS & More Lead Los Angeles' July 2023 Theater Top Picks
by BWW Staff - July 05, 2023
Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. July 2023's top picks include Into The Woods, Strew, and more!
World Premieres & More Set for Latino Theater Company 2023 Fall Season
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
Latino Theater Company will partner with two Los Angeles-based Asian American companies and San Francisco’s Magic Theatre to close out 2023 with a fall season of exciting premieres at downtown’s Los Angeles Theatre Center.
THE TEMPEST Extended Through Late July at Antaeus Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
Antaeus Theatre Company has extended the run of Shakespeare’s The Tempest through July 30.
Interview: Diane Phelan's A Cinderella Story For All Little Asian Girls in INTO THE WOODS
by Gil Kaan - July 05, 2023
The Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award winning Into the Woods has just landed at the Ahmanson Theatre through the end of July. Reprising their Broadway Roles will be Montego Glover, Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus and Gavin Creel. New to this Into the Woods company, but not to the role of Cinderella, Diane Phelan was the first Filipino-American Cinderella in a major production of Into the Woods.
ACCOMMODATION at The Odyssey Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - July 05, 2023
Special Offer: Save $10 on Accommodation, this Summer's Absolute Must-See Hit Play. Just 9 Performances remain!
Kerry Washington to Embark on Eight-City International Book Tour in Support of Her Upcoming Memoir 'Thicker Than Water'
by Michael Major - July 05, 2023
Readers will spend an evening with one of Hollywood's most influential stars for an intimate conversation spotlighting her experiences both on and off-screen. Kerry Washington will take audiences behind the scenes of her extraordinary life - as an artist, an advocate, an entrepreneur, a mother, a daughter, a wife, and a Black woman.
BREAKUP ADDICT Returns For a Producer's Encore Award Performance This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2023
Breakup Addict, written and performed by Paige Wilhide, Directed and Developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson received a Producer’s Encore Award at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023.
Review: FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN at Kirk Douglas Theatre
by Evan Henerson - July 04, 2023
In FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN, Will Power investigates the friendship as a fascinating dual study in individual character and cultural identity. Under Debbie Allen’s rocking direction at the Douglas, the play is as exciting as it is thoughtful.  THE BEAR’s Edwin Lee Gibson and Ray Fisher act the daylights out of it.
Review: INTO THE WOODS at Ahmanson Theatre
by Evan Henerson - July 04, 2023
the latest Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS that wraps up its national tour at the Ahmanson Theatre, is fantastic. Director Lear deBessonet’s spin on this tale of wishes granted and their consequences both embraces the spirit of Lapine’s original productions and also sends the material off in a different direction.
2023 HOLLY WEIRD FILM FESTIVAL Announces Lineup
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2023
The 5th annual Holly Weird Film Festival has announced the lineup for the 2023 season. Celebrating true original underground filmmaking, Holly Weird celebrates and showcases independent films of all genres that feature a distinct vision, a unique voice, or an avant-garde challenge to what is expected or accepted. The festival is making it's mission to showcase the work of filmmakers who defy independent visions.
Photos: First Look at Jefferson McDonald and Matthew McGloin in 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at Laguna Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2023
Get a first look at photos of 2 Pianos 4 Hands at Laguna Playhouse!
Ophelia's Jump to Present MEASURE FOR MEASURE & THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Sontag Greek Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2023
Ophelia’s Jump Productions will present their Annual Midsummer Shakespeare Festival co-sponsored by Pomona College, presenting Measure for Measure and The Pirates of Penzance.
IN THE HEIGHTS to be Presented at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2023
Morgan-Wixson theatre will bring a Latino/a/e/x community to life, presenting IN THE HEIGHTS, concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegria Hudes.
Morgan-Wixson Theatre' Y.E.S. Youth Theatre to Present CHARLOTTE'S WEB This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2023
The Y.E.S. program's young actors bring the beloved characters from this immortal children's classic to life - from Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher and Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; to Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other and Charlotte, who proves to be 'a true friend and a good writer.'
A RETROSPECTION Extends for Three Performances at the Hollywood Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2023
Absurdist comedian, Claire Woolner brought her brand new incredibly absurd devised solo show “A Retrospection” to the Hollywood Fringe Festival and, against all odds, WON Top of the Fringe (as well as an Encore Producer's Award, Pick of the Fringe, and a nomination for Best Solo Performance).

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