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Review: HERE LIES LOVE at Mark Taper Forum


by Evan Henerson - February 22, 2026

With so many delights and leaning heavily into both the political moment that is recounts and what America is experiencing in the here and now, HERE LIES LOVE rocks as aggressively as it rallies....

Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026

Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...

Review: APPLAUSE at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage


by Cary Ginell - February 18, 2026

Musical Theatre Guild, the Los Angeles-based company that produces staged readings of long-forgotten, rarely seen musicals, has done it again with a stellar and highly entertaining production of the 1970 musical Applause. ...

Review: THREE COCONUTS World Premiere Comedy at Miles Memorial Playhouse


by Shari Barrett - February 18, 2026

I really enjoyed the story, acting and staging, along with recognizing the Yiddish comments, behavior and attitudes from my own life being raised by a close-knit Jewish family....

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West


by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026

Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...

Review: AMADEUS at Pasadena Playhouse


by Andrew Child - February 17, 2026

Director Darko Tresnjak has crafted a visually-appealing world that unfortunately reduces the action of the play to broad strokes enacted in a toy theatre....

Review: SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - February 17, 2026

SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA is trying to be perhaps too many things at once and not really succeeding at any of them....

Review: POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE at Fountain Theatre


by Evan Henerson - February 13, 2026

These are words that both sing and challenge. If, like this reviewer, you were not previously acquainted with June Jordan, POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE is a crackling introduction....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE


by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026

Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi...

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? at South Coast Rep


by Tracey Paleo - February 09, 2026

South Coast Repertory’s production of Edward Albee’s dark psychological comedy 100% embodies all the epic frustration and athletic dysfunction which begins and ends with Martha. ...

Past Shows

THE WONDERFUL WINTER OF OZ
Dec 12 – Dec 28, 2025

The Wonderful Winter of Oz, presented by 5-Star Theatricals, TOArts, and Lythgoe Family Productions, features Nicole Parker as the Wicked Witch of the West, alongside...

HAIRSPRAY
Oct 10 – Oct 26, 2025

HAIRSPRAY, presented by 5-Star Theatricals, is set to take the stage from October 10 to October 26, 2025, at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand...

FROZEN
Jul 11 – Jun 20, 2025

5-Star Theatricals presents the Southern California premiere of Frozen, running from July 11 to June 20, 2025, at the Kavli Theatre. This stage adaptation of...

CABARET
Mar 14 – Mar 30, 2025

CABARET takes center stage at 5-Star Theatricals in Thousand Oaks from March 14 to March 30, 2025. With a book by Joe Masteroff and music...

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Oct 4 – Oct 20, 2024

A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon...

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Jul 19 – Jul 28, 2024
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Mar 15 – Mar 24, 2024
Mamma Mia! - The Musical
Mamma Mia! - The Musical
Mar 27 – Apr 5, 2020

You can dance, you can jive and youll have the time of your life when 5-Star Theatricals stages this massively popular musical for the first...

West Side Story
West Side Story
Jul 26 – Aug 4, 2019

Since debuting on Broadway in 1957, West Side Story has become one of the most beloved and riveting musicals in theater historyand this summer, it...

Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical
Oct 19 – Oct 28, 2018

Another top-notch musical from 5-Star Theatricals!! Based on the contemporary fairy-tale book and the animated film it inspired, "Shrek the Musical" uses an all-new score...

Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Apr 20 – Apr 29, 2018

Get carried away by the harrowing adventures of Quasimodo and Esmeralda when The Hunchback of Notre Dame swings into Fred Kavli Theatre. This epic Disney...

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