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Review: TREASURE ISLAND at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Review: TREASURE ISLAND at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

by Melissa Heckscher · June 22, 2026

Review: Even if you leave wanting a few more cannon blasts from Theatricum Botanicum's 2026 adaptation of TREASURE ISLAND, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more beautiful place to spend a summer evening.…

Review: THE FIRST GENTLEMAN World Premiere Musical at Torrance Theatre Company

Review: THE FIRST GENTLEMAN World Premiere Musical at Torrance Theatre Company

by Shari Barrett · June 22, 2026

Director Glenn Kelman is to be commended for taking on the challenge of coordinating twenty cast members moving scenery and set pieces into place to create 22 set changes in 14 locations on such a small stage, as well as setting the timing of each Ameri-News video projection to forward the story. An…

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

by Evan Henerson · June 21, 2026

Casting high school aged teen-agers can be a trickier needle to thread than one might think. Two actors who are still in high school wrestling down the spectrum of emotions, growth journeys and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s tale is no small achievement. Asher Hagler and Quinnlyn Scheppner make thei…

Review: AMAZING GRAVES Sets Two Short Plays Inside the Same Cemetery

Review: AMAZING GRAVES Sets Two Short Plays Inside the Same Cemetery

by Shari Barrett · June 17, 2026

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites?  Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo…

Review: Diana Varco Shares Her Journey to RISE Above Childhood Rage

Review: Diana Varco Shares Her Journey to RISE Above Childhood Rage

by Shari Barrett · June 16, 2026

It's a very well done, confrontational hour-long play at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, but also life-affirming to know none of us are alone in the struggle for emotional maturity rather than turn to the easy crutches of overeating, alcohol abuse, drug use or unbridled sex to forget about …

Review: ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL Enchants at La Mirada Theatre

Review: ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL Enchants at La Mirada Theatre

by Michael Quintos · June 11, 2026

I'll say this now: this Summer's most beguiling, most enchanting theatrical surprise is perhaps the brand new, gorgeously opulent regional production of ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL, now on stage at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through June 20, 2026. A visual stunner punctuated by remark…

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes New Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes New Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

by Michael Quintos · June 8, 2026

You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the s…

Past Shows

Amadeus

Amadeus

Nov 19 – Dec 14, 2025

The stage is set for a riveting rivalry between two composers: Antonio Salieri, the court’s celebrated musician, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the vulgar prodigy whose...

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Oct 15 – Nov 9, 2025

 All Julia Masli wants to do is solve people’s problems and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but this plan keeps going wrong as she continually...

Eureka Day

Eureka Day

Sep 10 – Oct 5, 2025

When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private school in Berkeley, the well-meaning PTA descends into full-blown chaos trying to create a perfectly inclusive vaccination policy. Spoiler: it does...

A Doll's House, Part 2

A Doll's House, Part 2

May 14 – Jun 8, 2025

A Doll’s House, Part 2 | May 14 — June 8by Lucas Hnathdirected by Jennifer ChangGET TICKETSNora’s back—15 years after walking out on her family—ready to confront...

La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles

Nov 12 – Dec 15, 2024

Beautiful. Bawdy. Bizarre. Welcome to La Cage aux Folles, the hottest drag club in St. Tropez and one of theater’s all-time biggest hits. Experience the groundbreaking...

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Sep 4 – Sep 29, 2024

Cyrano de Bergeracby Edmond RostandFreely Adapted by Martin CrimpDirected by Mike Donahue One of the greatest plays ever written is radically reborn in this critically acclaimed...

Jelly's Last Jam

FeaturedJelly's Last Jam

May 29 – Jun 23, 2024

When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is left at the ultimate crossroads. Follow...

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Nov 1 – Nov 26, 2023

Two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head-to-head in the ultimate battle of wit, wisdom, and will in this powerful drama. With freedom of speech...

Stew

Jul 11 – Aug 6, 2023

Sanctuary City

Sanctuary City

Sep 14 – Oct 9, 2022

From Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) comes an exhilarating, unforgettable love story of two life-long friends, their tenuous grip on an uncertain future,...

Freestyle Love Supreme

Freestyle Love Supreme

Jul 12 – Aug 7, 2022

Before Hamilton, Before In the Heights, there was freestyle love supreme, a 2020 Special Tony Award Recipient. Now - direct from Broadway - the hip-hop...

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

Jun 1 – Jun 26, 2022

An exhilarating revival of one of the greatest plays ever written. After years of caring for their familys crumbling estate, Vanya and his niece receive...

The Father

The Father

Feb 5 – Mar 1, 2020

Acclaimed actor Alfred Molina in a tour-de-force performance that will leave you breathless. André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne,...

The Great Leap

The Great Leap

Nov 6 – Dec 1, 2019

When an American basketball team travels to Beijing for an exhibition game, the coaches find themselves in a conflict that runs deeper than the strain...

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE: THE MUSICAL

Jun 12 – Jul 15, 2012

Pasadena Playhouse audiences have had the joy of being the first to experience the premieres of new musicals on our stage before they’ve moved on...

Dangerous Beauty

Dangerous Beauty

Feb 13 – Mar 6, 2011

DANGEROUS BEAUTY, based on a true story, tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a celebrated courtesan/poet of 16th century Venice. Forced to become a...

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