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Crabshley
Jun 9 – Jun 20, 2026

Crabshley is a 30-minute solo clown show written by and starring Maggie Monahan, directed by Mal Merpi, with Laurie Magers and Haley Hepworth serving as...

Lustily Ever After: The Musical
Lustily Ever After: The Musical
Jun 9 – Jun 23, 2026

The show opens with the Beta book club meeting to discuss their latest spicy read -- as the characters come to life and reenact the story. Lustily Ever...

Pit of Hope
Jun 5 – Jun 24, 2026

Pit of Hope is a new play written and directed by Vince Tula, making its world premiere at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Set in...

Dead Man
Dead Man
Jun 7 – Jun 26, 2026

On a dark and stormy night, a lone private eye investigates a crime everyone wants to forget.

Escape Room
Escape Room
Jun 7 – Jun 26, 2026

Solve the clues. Assemble the puzzle. Escape the room.  There's always a way out......Isn't there?

JESTER!
Jun 6 – Jun 26, 2026

JESTER! is a world premiere tragically comedic play written by Sydney Michael Hollingsworth and directed by Zoe Redlich, presented by Midwest Coast Collective as part...

Second Rodeo
Second Rodeo
Jun 7 – Jun 26, 2026

I didn't realize I was supposed to know how to do everything by me SECOND RODEO... seems like a low amount of rodeos.

What Survives
Jun 6 – Jun 26, 2026

When 10-year-old Isabella is kidnapped by ICE, a community struggles to reconcile today's world with a world they once knew. Told in a series of...

DOOFUS
Jun 4 – Jun 27, 2026

DOOFUS is a solo clown performance written and performed by Cole Triplett, directed by Natasha Mercado, presented at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. A charismatic yet...

Doom Girls
Doom Girls
Jun 8 – Jun 27, 2026

Three extraterrestrial secret agents—who are also bandmates—are called back into action to track down a dangerous fugitive hiding on the hellish planet known as Earth....

Reservoir Dolls: The Whole Bloody Affair
Jun 9 – Jun 27, 2026

Reservoir Dolls: The Whole Bloody Affair is a solo comedy show written and performed by Lani Harms, directed by Laurie Magers, returning to the Hollywood...

Strange Beings
Strange Beings
Jun 8 – Jun 27, 2026

From the creative team behind The Visitor (Hollywood Fringe 2025), We Need Better Friends (Hollywood Fringe 2024), and Titus Kills (Fall 2023)... It was supposed to...

Cindy Is Right Now
Cindy Is Right Now
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Cindi Is Right Now. But the audience won’t be here with her forever. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ABOUT THE TIME WE DO HAVE?!?

Paris + Juliet
Paris + Juliet
Jun 5 – Jun 28, 2026

Hot take: Juliet is selfish and Romeo is a d**k. Paris was supposed to be with Juliet. Paris is the real romantic hero. Paris is the...

Playback
Playback
Jun 13 – Jun 28, 2026

From the team behind Mikvah Girls by Emmy Weissman, winner of 2024’s Hollywood Fringe Award for Drama, comes another bold, incisive world premiere play. Produced by This Is A Front, directed...

Puppydog
Puppydog
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

A little stray dog from Russia, sent up to orbit, with no plan to return...But what if ...?

Redemption Song
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Written and directed by Cece King, Redemption Song is an original Southern drama featuring live music that follows Joe Malone, a gifted musician haunted by...

The Mary & Margo Art Experience
Jun 8 – Jun 28, 2026

The Mary & Margo Art Experience follows two professional performance artists, Mary and Margo, who have curated the ultimate showcase for a Hollywood producer named...

The Mary and Margo Art Experience
The Mary and Margo Art Experience
Jun 8 – Jun 28, 2026

Meet Mary & Margo: two professional performance artists who take their craft VERY seriously—perhaps a bit too seriously. They’ve curated the ultimate showcase for a...

Trench
Trench
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Submerged for nearly 200 days, the crew is about to set the record for longest sustained deep dive…But can they handle the pressure?

American Idiot
Jul 10 – Jul 19, 2026

American Idiot is a two-time Tony Award-winning rock opera based on Green Day's Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, featuring music by Green Day, lyrics by Billie...


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Interview: Director Ellen Geer on TREASURE ISLAND at Theatricum Botanicum


by Shari Barrett - June 12, 2026

BroadwayWorld spoke with director Ellen Geer about her vision for the production, what drew her to adapt it for Theatricum Botanicum, and what she hopes audiences will love about the story as much as she does....

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


by Michael Quintos - June 08, 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...

Review: 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica


by Shari Barrett - June 06, 2026

9 to 5 the Musical was an enjoyably nostalgic experience for those of us who actually lived through working in mid-20th Century offices, albeit losing much humorous dialogue and lyrics due to the faulty sound system....

Review: GRANGEVILLE Staged to Absolute Perfection at the Ruskin Group Theatre


by Shari Barrett - June 05, 2026

The West Coast premiere of Grangeville is staged to absolute perfection on all levels including the script, director, actors, and overall technical brilliance at the Ruskin Group Theatre....

Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE at LA OPERA


by Andrew Child - June 04, 2026

Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky’s Magic Flute returns to LA Opera with a whimsical fusion of animations by Paul Barritt. The effect of the production is a bit surprising. Yes, as characters are revealed by revolving doors and interact with animations of barking dogs, Mozart’s music takes on a n...

Review: Defying Gravity - An Evening with Stephen Schwartz Flies to the Irvine Barclay


by Michael Quintos - June 04, 2026

It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently whe...

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Hollywood Pantages


by Evan Henerson - June 03, 2026

As substantial as its built-in assets are, the two-time Tony Award winner, musical is lacking in other areas. Book writer Kristoffer Diaz has crafted an exciting leading character, and an even more interesting supporting player. Alas, he has also included a rather perfunctory family triangle that gu...

Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Mark Taper Forum


by Evan Henerson - May 31, 2026

Booth’s deeply sympathetic rendering of a good man navigating a life of crises is 95 minutes of sublimity. And in the role of Kenneth, actor Petey McGee delivers a performance that is as throat lump-inducing as it is uplifting....

Review: ANTIGONE at Antaeus


by Evan Henerson - May 27, 2026

Andy Wolk's production transports Sophokles’s work off the pages of a high school syllabus and directly across the threshold of our comfort zone....

Past Shows

Banana Man LIVE
Jun 4 – Jun 15, 2026

Banana Man LIVE is a new solo work written and performed by nonbinary actor and content creator Ari Fromm, directed by Natalie Nicole Dressel. The...

Failsafe
Failsafe
Mar 20 – Mar 22, 2026

Two deadbeat, dead-end twenty-somethings find one impossible plan that just won't cooperate.-Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Failsafe by Phil Carroll makes its' Los Angeles debut at The Broadwater. STARRING:GRAYCE TOON as IVYJOHNCARLO...

P3's Cozy Cabaret - Love is Love
P3's Cozy Cabaret - Love is Love
Feb 9

P3’s Cozy Cabaret – Monday, February 9th, 2026 @ 8pmLOVE IS LOVE: A Two-Act Cabaret“No matter who you are, who you love, or how you...

Le Switch
Le Switch
Nov 6 – Nov 15, 2025

Le Switch  is a romantic comedy that explores the anxieties and changing identities within the gay community following the rise of marriage equality.

Monday Night PlayGround
Monday Night PlayGround
Oct 13

“The game is afoot.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Adventure of the Abbey GrangeThe topic for the October 20 Monday Night PlayGround-LA has been announced: MURDER MYSTERY! The event will...

Kittens
Kittens
Jun 7 – Jun 29, 2025

Kittens, a new musical by Annika Hoseth and directed by Rosie Corr, is set to premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival from June 7-June 29....

Blood Brides
Blood Brides
Jun 10 – Jun 28, 2025

Bespoke Plays returns to the Hollywood Fringe Festival with a tour de force solo performance from Mary Chieffo (Star Trek: Discovery, Girls5eva) in Blood Brides,...

The Time Machine
The Time Machine
Jun 8 – Jun 28, 2025

A modern reimagining of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. Gender-bent, Victorian England and Puppets!

Polite Conversations and Wine
Polite Conversations and Wine
Jun 8 – Jun 27, 2025

Looking back, was it something you said or something you did? And why can we never remember things in order? Wine’ll do that. So will...

prostitute Investigator
prostitute Investigator
Jun 8 – Jun 21, 2025

“Theatrical Phenomenon!” - Lost innocence, Love, Hatred and Desire intertwine around a murder case A timeless masterpiece by the legendary Japanese playwright Kohei Tsuka

FINAL RESTING PLACE
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Dec 4

Final Resting Place is a theatrical event that gives a voice to women whose deaths are sensationalized, but whose stories often go untold. The play is...

Red Light Winter
Red Light Winter
Sep 20 – Oct 13, 2024

RED LIGHT WINTERWritten by Adam RappDirected by Billy Ray BrewtonProduced by Catharsis Theatre CollectiveEscaping their lives in Manhattan, former college buddies Matt and Davis take...

Milk: A Very Dairy Sketch Show
Milk: A Very Dairy Sketch Show
Jun 8 – Jun 30, 2024

“Milk: A Very Dairy Sketch Show” is a sketch comedy show all about milk, based in a post apocalyptic future where milk has udderly ceased...

Sam
Sam
Jun 6 – Jun 30, 2024

'SAM', a one-woman musical defying conventions and captivating audiences with its blend of existential comedy, showbiz satire, and meta musical numbers. Sam Labrecque, a seasoned...

The Best Man Show
The Best Man Show
Jun 7 – Jun 30, 2024

File in because the wedding reception is just about to get started, and the groom’s brother is about to give the best worst Best Man...

We Need Better Friends
We Need Better Friends
Jun 7 – Jun 30, 2024

Horatio and Benvolio are both going through a lot right now. Like, a lot. Thank God they have each other.In an unassuming apartment, Horatio (of Hamlet fame) and...

Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom
Jun 26

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. When...

Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom
Jun 23

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. When...

Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom
Jun 21

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. When...

Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom
Jun 15

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. When...

Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom
Jun 11

‘You don’t know what to be, or not to be’ – Shakespeare’s best loved clown, Bottom, is reimagined in Fresh Life Theatre’s one-person show. When...

A SHARK ATE MY PENIS: A HISTORY OF BOYS LIKE ME Written & Performed by Laser Webber
A SHARK ATE MY PENIS: A HISTORY OF BOYS LIKE ME Written & Performed by Laser Webber
Jun 4 – Jun 24, 2023

A SHARK ATE MY PENIS: A HISTORY OF BOYS LIKE ME - Written & Performed by Laser Webber Produced and developed by Soaring Solo Studios Opens June...

Valley of Light
Valley of Light
Jun 4 – Jun 24, 2023

Valley of Light is a legend at the end of the world. The earth has crumbled, and civilization has been reclaimed by flowers and creeping...

Grown Up Orphan Annie
Grown Up Orphan Annie
Jun 3 – Jun 22, 2023

America’s favorite orphan is back, and just like you, she’s, unfortunately, a grownup. Get a peek into Annie’s Cool 2023 Celebrity Lifestyle, and join her...

Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Jan 6 – Jan 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES — FCP Theatre Group will be bringing “Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down,” a Musical Comedy with music by Michael Rupert and...

RENT
RENT
Dec 8 – Dec 18, 2022

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the...

Let's Get Silly! Live
Let's Get Silly! Live
Jun 9 – Jun 26, 2022

Come join the fun with Dashia at Lets Get Silly! Its a live Podcast recording. Shes going to have candid conversations with comedians, actors, writers,...

Not That Illegal
Not That Illegal
Jun 4 – Jun 26, 2022

** Winner of Hollywood Fringe Scholarship 2022 ** Ali Can, a Turkish immigrant, faces deportation, which will end his 12-year-long journey in the US, because...

Angels In America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika
Angels In America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika
Apr 22 – May 8, 2022

Following a two year delay due to the pandemic, Foolish Production Co and Director Mikey Mulhearn bring you an epically intimate interpretation of Tony Kushners...

Buyer & Cellar
Buyer & Cellar
Mar 17 – Apr 30, 2022

Join Celebration Theatre, one of the country's oldest LGBTQIA+ arts organizations, for what The New Yorker has called, "a fantasy so delightful, you wish it...

A ROSE CALLED CANDACE
A ROSE CALLED CANDACE
Jan 26

Actress & spoken word artist Candace Nicholas-Lippman shares her story of family, faith, fear, & freedom--and finds her truth & transformation along the way. Raw,...

A History of World War II: The D-Day Invasion to the Fall of Berlin
A History of World War II: The D-Day Invasion to the Fall of Berlin
Oct 4 – Oct 26, 2019

After successful runs at The United Solo Festival NYC, Pangea NYC, The Marsh San Francisco, and The Marsh Berkeley, multi award-winning actor/playwright and Theatre Rhinoceros...

15 Minute Musicals: Green-Eyed Monsters
15 Minute Musicals: Green-Eyed Monsters
Jul 18 – Jul 19, 2019

Eight brand-new fifteen-minute musicals will have their world premiere on July 18 and 19 at the Broadwater Second Stage in Hollywood. These musicals are a...

Sunbathe in Darkness
Sunbathe in Darkness
Jun 9 – Jun 30, 2019

In the distant past of 2007, Casey writes fanfiction for the hit Alfie Wunderkid series of books. She writes really, really, really bad fanfiction. On...

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Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/24)
My Life is a Sonnet in Los Angeles My Life is a Sonnet
Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27)
The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World) in Los Angeles The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World)
Broadwater Second Stage (6/16-6/27)
In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir in Los Angeles In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir
The Pico (6/19-6/21)
A Haunting Revue II in Los Angeles A Haunting Revue II
Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) PHOTOS
STRAITJACKET SIRENS in Los Angeles STRAITJACKET SIRENS
Three Clubs (6/01-6/30)
Bus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit in Los Angeles Bus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit
The Actor's Company (6/06-6/28)
The Lionheart Play Festival in Los Angeles The Lionheart Play Festival
Skylight Theatre (6/19-6/21)