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Helen Borgers Theater

4250 Atlantic
Long Beach, CA 90807

Helen Borgers Theater is a theatre in Long Beach, CA.

Upcoming Shows

Ray Bradbury's Zero Hour and Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale Radio Show

Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2026

A double feature radio-play adaptation bringing together Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale and Ray Bradbury's Zero Hour. Poe's tale blends the macabre with the poetic, exploring madness, mystery, and mortality. Bradbury's 1949 story is set in a future America where a young girl is...

Frankenstein Radio Show

Oct 16 – Oct 18, 2026

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes to life in this chilling radio-play adaptation. The story follows Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist whose ambition leads him to create life, only to recoil from the creature he brings into the world. It is a tale of loneliness...

War of the Worlds Radio Show

Oct 23 – Oct 25, 2026

H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, eternalized by Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast, tells the tale of a Martian invasion striking Earth. The story captured imaginations and in its broadcast form sparked panic, blurring the line between fiction and reality. It is a...

Articles

Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre

Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre

by Harker Jones · October 6, 2026

CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…

Review: KAIJU at Road Theatre Company

Review: KAIJU at Road Theatre Company

by Evan Henerson · October 5, 2026

Consistently over-the-top with plenty of laughs and some technical dash for which the Road has long been known, Sawyer’s production shoots out a volley of satirical darts, few of which land with much impact.…

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

by Andrew Child · October 2, 2026

A musical about disenfranchised teenage boys in warring gangs in the middle of the twentieth century has an impossibly high standard to measure up against in the department of subject matter.…

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS

by Michael Quintos · October 1, 2026

To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt of…

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · October 1, 2026

There are no easy answers here, but playwright Janine Nabers raises many questions. What happens when something outside your control forever taints your legacy? How to separate art from artist? How to hold someone accountable even when you love them?…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

by Edmund Whelan · September 30, 2026

When the US airspace shut down after the attacks of 9/11, what happened to the planes already on their way? Hit Broadway musical Come From Away, penned by Canadian composer-lyricist couple Irene Sankoff and David Hein, recounts the story.…

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

by Harker Jones · September 30, 2026

Agatha Christie is perhaps the most successful and prolific mystery writer in history. Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, she wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, introducing the world to household-name detectives like Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.…

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

by Michael Quintos · September 27, 2026

The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…

Past Shows

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Mar 28 – Apr 13, 2025

This spring, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company invites audiences to step into a world of enchantment, mischief, and romance with its highly anticipated production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream . Running March 28 - April 13, this timeless Shakespearean comedy is one of the Bard’s...

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