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HUDSON MAINSTAGE THEATRE

6539 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038

Best.Dad.NEVER
Best.Dad.NEVER
6/5 - 6/28/2025


After meeting his life partner (and later, husband) Peter, Haig (pronounced “Hike”) and Peter determine after several years to become parents. So Haig, a gay ...



SHE'S ABOUT TO POP! Comes to the Hollywood Fringe


by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2025

A 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival Scholarship winner, She’s About to POP! will be presented for four performances only at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre. Learn more here!...

BEST.DAD.NEVER Begins At Hudson Mainstage Theatre In June


by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2025

Best. Dad. NEVER is a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection. The play written, produced, and performed by Haig Chahinian will run at Hudson Mainstage Theatre....

New Musical ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BEYOND to Open at The Hudson MainStage in November


by Blair Ingenthron - October 05, 2024

The Great Beyond Company & The Hudson Theatre has announced the new musical, Adventures In The Great Beyond, with previews beginning November 1, 2024....

Baby Boomer & Gen Z Creatives Tom Chiodo and Joe Nedder Team Up For New Pop-Rock Musical


by Blair Ingenthron - September 21, 2024

The Great Beyond Company & The Hudson Theatre have announced the new musical, Adventures In The Great Beyond -- featuring  music by Joe Nedder, with book, lyrics & direction by Tom Chiodo, previewing at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre beginning November 1, 2024....

Eight Ball Theatre to Present TWELFTH NIGHT: A QUEER MUSICAL RHAPSODY


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 23, 2024

Experience a 1970s twist on Shakespeare's classic with EIGHT BALL THEATRE's TWELFTH NIGHT. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Anthony Turpel, Colin McCalla & More to Lead DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD in LA


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 05, 2024

DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD, featuring Anthony Turpel, Colin McCalla, and Marcus Wells will be presented at Hudson Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Interview: To Matt Chait, Theatre Is A FAMILY BUSINESS


by Gil Kaan - November 10, 2023

Matt Chait’s A Family Business world premieres November 17, 2023, at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre (with previews November 15th and 16th). Brian Shnipper directs the cast of Eric Stanton Betts, Alli Brown, Michelle Jasso, Lindsay G. Merrithew, Bruce Nozick and Julie Pearl. I had the chance to throw o...

Sam Catlin's SEA OF TERROR Enters Final Week of Performances at Hudson Mainstage Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2023

Don't miss the final week of performances of Sea of Terror, written and directed by Sam Catlin, at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood. Experience this thrilling show before it closes on October 29....

World Premiere Comedy A FAMILY BUSINESS to Open at At Hudson MainStage Theatre in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 11, 2023

Get ready for the world premiere of 'A Family Business' at Hudson MainStage Theatre. This hilarious comedy written by Matt Chait and directed by Brian Shnipper is a must-see. Previews start on November 15 and 16, with the official opening night on November 17. The show runs until December 31, so don...

Photos: First Look at The World Premiere of Sam Catlin's SEA OF TERROR


by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2023

Get a first look at the world premiere of Sam Catlin's SEA OF TERROR, written and directed by Sam Catlin, presented by Short Drive Entertainment and Filmsocial. Check out the all new photos here!...

Past Shows

A Family Business
A Family Business
11/15 - 12/31/2023


Rose Klein, a budding, talented chef, and her boy friend Julio, are cooking dinner tonight for Rose's mother Harmony, a spiritual psychologist, and her father ...

My Big Gay Italian Wedding
My Big Gay Italian Wedding
3/8 - 3/31/2019


WHAT: My Big Gay Italian Wedding. A comedy.WHO: Written by Anthony Wilkinson. Directed by Gianfranco Terrin. Produced by Italian Comedy Club and Fausto Petronzio.Produced by ...

MILF Life Crisis
MILF Life Crisis
10/26 - 11/17/2018


Stage veteran and Canadian Comedy Award nominee Anne Marie Scheffler brings her acclaimed one-woman live comedy show to Los Angeles! 'MILF Life Crisis' mirrors Scheffler's ...

Daddy
Daddy
1/8 - 2/13/2011


Colin has always been the Golden Boy. A hometown celebrity with a knack for bedding the bi-curious hotties in his soccer league, he's nevertheless starting ...

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