Recent Los Angeles Discounts:
- Spotlight: THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Hollywood Bowl
- Spotlight: LIZA MINNELLI - LIVE IN CONVERSATION at Million Dollar Theater
About the Theatre
EWP was founded by nine Asian American artists (Mako, Rae Creevey, Beulah Quo, Soon-Tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Li, June Kim, Guy Lee, and Yet Lock) seeking to create roles beyond the stereotypical parts they were offered in mainstream Hollywood. In 1998, EWP Artistic Director Tim Dang led the company’s move from a 99-seat Equity Waiver “black box” theatre into a new 240-seat venue at an Actors Equity Association contract level. EWP’s main stage is the David Henry Hwang Theater, housed within the Union Center for the Arts in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. The theater serves more than 25,000 people each year, and has become a creative center in this historically significant setting. When Dang retired in 2016, his successor Snehal Desai was appointed to guide East West Players into a new wave of artistic leadership. Desai has committed to steering the work of East West Players with an intersectional focus that further unveils the diversity of Asian Pacific identities as portrayed on stage.
by Tracey Paleo - February 25, 2026
NATURAL SELECTION is an excessive existential exploration of the ways women encounter their own subjectification. Playwright Stacy Adelman, gets the point across – in the first 20 minutes. ...
by Shari Barrett - February 24, 2026
Hilarity ensues as alcohol is consumed, leading to brilliant cat and mouse games during which laughs abound....
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....
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...
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. ...
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....
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...
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....
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....
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....
Past Shows
East West Players presents the new play PARANORMAL INSIDE by Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Jeff Liu. This supernatural thriller reunites audiences with Max and Delia,...
Pacific OverturesThe 2024 Season culminates with the Tony Award winning musical Pacific Overtures, with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, additional...
INTERSTATE is an Asian-American pop-rock poetry musical that follows Dash, a transgender spoken word performer who becomes internet-famous along with his best friend Adrian, a...
A darkly comic Tony-award winner that examines the motives of the nine notorious Americans who took their shot at the President of the United States,...
The Sitayana (Or How To Make An Exit) is an artful transposition of the Hindu epic The Ramayana told from Sitas point of view. Part...
East West Players (EWP), the nations largest producer of Asian American theatrical works, is proud to present Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (vAct)s 1 Hour Photo,...
East West Players is excited to present multiple GRAMMY-winning musician Daniel Ho in concert on December 19th. Enjoy an evening of Aloha spirit with Daniels...
East West Players, the nations premiere Asian American theatre organization, is partnering up with online musician AJ Rafael for Crazy Talented Asians, a concert series...
On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to...
Chinglish – Back by Popular Demand! By David Henry Hwang Directed by Jeff Liu December 3, 2015 – December 13, 2015 “CRITIC’S CHOICE!…deliriously funny, deliciously...
East West Players: - Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus; lyrics: Tim Rice; dir: Tim Dang....
THREE YEAR SWIM CLUB is inspired by the true life story of Soichi Sakamoto, who trained the youth of Maui to swim in the plantation...
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