Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
This delicate and insightful two-hander presents both the playwright and the company at their most skilled.…
Eli and Edythe Broad Stage
13333 Ventura Blvd #201 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423Santa Monica, CA
Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…
Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…
Review: ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS at Getty Villa & Latino Theater Company
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company
Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…
Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court
In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…
Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre
Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Review: IN THE TOMB OF TEN THOUSAND CALENDARS at Moving Arts Theatre
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
Past Shows
Masters of Movement
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica presents Masters of Movement, a series of three performances celebrating ballet's vitality and cultural relevance. The performances feature world-class and emerging local talent from diverse backgrounds, reflecting a broad range of voices and...
Spring Gala
Westside Ballet of Santa Monica's Spring Gala features a solo performance by Calvin Royal III, Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre and one of the few Black principal dancers at a major ballet company. Also on the program are Marcos Ramirez and Kate Inoue of Los Angeles...
Applause
Musical Theatre Guild presents APPLAUSE, celebrating the life and career of composer Charles Strouse – with an expanded live orchestra! Musical Theatre Guild’s 2025-2026 season – celebrating the musical contributions of theatre giants – concludes with Charles Strouse’s...
Season Announcement
Musical Theatre Guild’s 2025-2026 season celebrates the musical legacies of Leonard Bernstein and Charles Strouse Musical Theatre Guild’s first performance event took place in 1996. Now, as the company ramps up to its 30th Anniversary Year celebration, the Guild announces a...
Woman of the Year in Concert
Based on the classic MGM, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy film, Woman of the Year follows Tess Harding, a sharp and ambitious television news anchor, and Sam Craig, a celebrated cartoonist whose worlds—and egos—collide. What begins as a public feud evolves into romance...
An Evening with the Maestro: MTG Sings Bernstein
Musical Theatre Guild celebrates Leonard Bernstein in Concert to support Youth Outreach Programs! Carol Lawrence to attend and share memories of the Maestro! With AN EVENING WITH THE MAESTRO: MTG SINGS BERNSTEIN , Musical Theatre Guild launches a 2025-2026 season that salutes...
The Drowsy Chaperone
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Brings Hi-Jinx and Hilarity to Musical Theatre Guild’s 2024-2025 Season of Award-Winning Music! A man in a chair appears on stage to share his favorite record album: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE . The recording...
Light in the Piazza
While sightseeing in Florence, Clara – a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman – loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. Thus begins THE LIGHT IN THE...
The Wedding Singer
Return to the 1980s with the Stage Musical Version of Adam Sandler’s Hit Movie THE WEDDING SINGER, Musical Theatre Guild’s Final Mainstage Production of the 2023-2024 Season! The year is 1985. The place is New Jersey. A wannabe rock star (aka a professional wedding singer) is...
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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New Works Festival Shoebox Theatre (9/11-9/26) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Worthy The Un-Erasable Solo Festival - Willie Agee Playhouse (9/12-9/25) |
