LOS ANGELES THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 9

Brandon Maggart helped close out The Gardenia's 45 years in West Hollywood with stories, songs, and tales of a life well lived.

David Jahn, a Groundlings alumnus, will present his acclaimed show FILL YOUR HOLE at the Whitefire Theatre as part of Solofest on February 28.

The Puerto Rican animated film OSKÄR, celebrated for its artistic innovation, is set to premiere at the Golden State Film Festival at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood.

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival has announced the cast for Macbeth as part of Shakespeare by the Palms VI.

Production photos have been released for the Fountain Theatre’s West Coast premiere of POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE: THE JUNE JORDAN EXPERIENCE, which opens Saturday at the Fountain Theatre.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will continue its eclectic music programming with Pop Up! by Brightwork newmusic, noted for boundary-breaking chamber music that blurs the line between pop and the avant-garde.

Drag superstar Sapphira Cristál will present her new stand-up comedy tour, One Slue Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Holocaust Museum LA will present a special screening of THE OTHER, an award-winning documentary, on February 11 at AMC The Grove.

The New Media Film Festival will showcase its 17th edition with innovative storytelling at Culver Theater, Los Angeles on June 3-4, 2026.

Locked in the Attic Productions and Five OHM Productions will present the world premiere of Ballybunion Backs Bill!, a dark comedy by Seanie Sugrue.

East West Players has revealed the principal cast and creative team for the world premiere of Tony-winner David Henry Hwang’s newly updated 2026 book for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song.

Punish Me, a new play by Michael Dukakis, will have its world premiere at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood January 28–February 25.

The writing is sharp and smart and in the end Robert Axelrod gives us, if not hope, a sense that, for as bad as things can get, we can power through.

Greenway Arts Alliance will present the World Premiere Production of The Circle, A TragiComic Play written by Stacey Martino Rivera, directed by D.

AVENUE Q is back at North Hollywood's Wisteria Theater with a superb cast and standout vocals that bring fresh life—and plenty of laughs—to the beloved, boundary-pushing musical.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present LETTERS TO HARRIET TUBMAN, a family-friendly play celebrating the life of the iconic freedom fighter, starting late February.

The Music Center has announced 71 Southern California high school semifinalists for the SPOTLIGHT performing arts competition, showcasing young talent in various disciplines.

Greenway Arts Alliance will present the world premiere production of THE CIRCLE, a tragicomic play written by Stacey Martino Rivera and directed by D.

Theatre 40 will present 'ONE-ACTS OF LOVE,' a collection of six short plays exploring various dimensions of love, on February 10, 2026, at the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre in Beverly Hills.

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) will present its February Monthly Film Festival featuring the InFocus: Black Cinema program, which highlights emerging Black talent and stories in film.

The Robey Theatre Company will present a staged reading of Medea, adapted by Countee Cullen, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Chalomot Productions has revealed the full cast for its production of The Last Five Years, to be presented at the Hudson Theatres Backstage.

Harmony in the Hills, the Broadway-caliber concert series founded by Tony-nominated actor and producer Rory O'Malley, returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, February 7, 2026 for an evening in Vista Del Mar's Glorya Kaufman (GK) Performing Arts Center.

Los Angeles will honor Fela Kuti's GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, January 31st, with a special event featuring Broadway alum Duain Richmond.

National Theatre Live and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present a screening of the National Theatre Live Dr.