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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...

The Hour of the Star

Jul 25 – Aug 1, 2026

This one-woman adaptation of Clarice Lispector's 1977 novella is performed by Brazilian artist Bruna Fachetti, who embodies six different characters to bring to life the...

Review: THE REAL LADY MACBETH World Premiere at The Actors Company

Review: THE REAL LADY MACBETH World Premiere at The Actors Company

by Shari Barrett · June 28, 2026

The intense production will pull into its spell thanks to the astonishingly real characters brought to life by four amazing actors who authentically portray these historical druids on the darkened and often spooky, mist-filled set.…

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…

Past Shows

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

FeaturedFailsafe

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

FeaturedLe 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...

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

FeaturedLet'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...

Buyer & Cellar

FeaturedBuyer & 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

FeaturedA 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,...

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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E=MC² Einstein The Musical in Los Angeles E=MC² Einstein The Musical
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26)
STRAITJACKET SIRENS in Los Angeles STRAITJACKET SIRENS
The Three Clubs (6/01-6/30)
Purpose in Los Angeles Purpose
Gil Cates Theater (11/11-12/13)
Come From Away in Los Angeles Come From Away
Rubicon Theatre (10/27-11/21)
EVITA in Los Angeles EVITA
Valverde Annex (10/17-10/25)
Water for Elephants in Los Angeles Water for Elephants
Hollywood Pantages Theatre (9/08-9/27)
Zechen Feng in Los Angeles Zechen Feng
Feng Immigration Law (12/05-12/05)
Audra McDonald in Los Angeles Audra McDonald
The Soraya (4/03-4/03)
Liberation in Los Angeles Liberation
Gil Cates Theater (1/27-2/28)
The Music Man in Los Angeles The Music Man
Ahmanson Theatre (10/27-11/08)