Review: IF/THEN at the Zephyr Theatre
What did our critic think of IF/THEN at Zephyr Theatre?…
Review: World Premiere E=MC² EINSTEIN THE MUSICAL Often Trades Depth for Silly Songs
I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye. But with so much interesting history to be explored about a man who was often quoted, and misquo…
Review: THE GREAT CLOWN BANK SHOW at Open Fist Theatre Company
What did our critic think of THE GREAT CLOWN BANK SHOW at Open Fist Theatre Company?The lunacy is unbridled, but with all the insanity, you’re too often left wondering: “What is going ON??” And moreover: “Why??”…
Review: THE DIARY OF AN OREGON TRAIL SPINSTER at Atwater Village Theatre
Writer, producer, and actor Dwyer illuminates the interior life of a woman whose existence echoes much of what is happening today, misogyny, betrayal, insecurity, ageism — making this a timeless, sometimes terrifying tale.…
Review: CORIOLANUS at Independent Shakespeare Company In Girffith Park
Led by Brent Charles and under the strains of an angry guitar, a dexterous 10-person cast moves us through this still timely tale about the fickleness of public opinion and mob mentality.…
Review: OUT WITH A BANG Proves Growing Older is not for Sissies
Out With a Bang Playwright Tony Pasqualini started writing it when he turned the dreaded 70 while feeling lucky to keep working in a profession he loves, married for forty years to the same loving woman, with two adult kids that live nearby.…
Review: THE REAL LADY MACBETH World Premiere at The Actors Company
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: OPENING NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL: THE BEST OF BROADWAY at Hollywood Bowl
Every inch a musical theater geek's night to remember, the evening featured quips from host Billy Crystal, the rigor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins, a chorus of wonderful singer-dancers and an eye-popping featured performer lineup.…
Review: TREASURE ISLAND at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
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
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…
Past Shows
The Revolutionists
Playwright Lauren Gunderson gives France’s Reign of Terror a riotous, sharp-tongued makeover in this fast-paced comedy that finds humor even in the darkest of times....
Warsaw
International City Theatre presents the world premiere of a haunting new drama by British playwright and screenwriter Paul Webb (Selma). Four lives are unexpectedly brought...
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
International City Theatre opens its 41st season with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the crowd-pleasing musical comedy revue that tackles modern love in...
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B presents a modern, irreverent twist on the classic detective duo, reimagining the iconic characters of Sherlock Holmes and Joan...
Masala Dabba
Aug. 27 – Sept. 14Wednesday at 8 p.m. (Aug. 27 ONLY)Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.Fridays at 7:30 p.m.Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.Sundays at 2 p.m. ...
The World Premiere of Masala Dabba
A Multicultural Family Drama
Untitled Family Drama
International City Theatre's 40th anniversary season opens with a world premiere family drama by Wendy Graf. In this play, members of a mixed-race family explore...
The Angel Next Door
International City Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of The Angel Next Door, a deliciously screwy rom-com by Paul Slade Smith, the playwright behind last...
The Angel Next Door
The Angel Next Door, a screwball romantic comedy by Paul Slade Smith, will have its Los Angeles premiere at International City Theatre. The story follows...
The Violin Maker
Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein gathered and restored ruined violins that survived the Holocaust, creating a remarkable collection known throughout the world as the “Violins...
The Violin Maker
The Violin Maker, written by Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum and Ronda Spinak, features the remarkable story of Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein, who dedicated his life...
Desperate Measures
International City Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of a foot-stompin’, knee-slappin’ musical inspired by Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Saddle up for this joyous musical...
Desperate Measures
International City Theatre will showcase the Los Angeles premiere of Desperate Measures, a musical inspired by Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. With a score by David...
FeaturedMurder on the Links
Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer, namely the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client! Acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz brings the famed Belgian...
Murder on the Links
Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer, namely the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client! International City Theatre presents Murder on the Links,...
FeaturedThe Double V
International City Theatre will present The Double V, a historical drama by Carole Eglash-Kosoff about the first Black civil rights movement in the U.S. Michael...
The Double V
International City Theatre presents a historical drama about the first Black civil rights movement in the U.S. In 1942, his attempt to enlist in the...
The Outsider
International City Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of a wildly funny and frighteningly timely satire about a flawed candidate who might just be the...
FeaturedWhat The Constitution Means To Me
International City Theatre presents the Obie and New York Drama Critics Circle award-winning play by Heidi Schreck that breathes new life into our Constitution and...
Marilyn, Mom & Me
A true story written and directed by Long Beach resident Luke Yankee, whose mother was a well-known, Oscar and Tony-winning character actress named Eileen Heckart....
Deathtrap
Just in time for Halloween, International City Theatre presents Ira Levin’s Tony-nominated, gasp-inducing comedy thriller. Sidney Bruhl is a playwright desperately in need of a...
Exit Wounds
How do you find redemption when someone you love has committed a terrible crime? International City Theatre presents the world premiere of Exit Wounds by...
tick, tick...BOOM!
Jonathan Larson’s pop/rock musical about the courage it takes to follow one’s dreams. Funny and moving, this autobiographical work about an aspiring composer trying to...
Valley Song
International City Theatre presents Valley Song, the first post-apartheid play by South African master playwright Athol Fugard. In this poignant and hope-filled coming-of-age story that...
A Doll's House: Part 2
Lucas Hnath fans, rejoice! International City Theatre presents A Dolls House, Part 2, the Obie-Award winning playwrights bitingly funny, thoroughly modern, 90-minute sequel to Henrik...
The Last Five Years
International City Theatre virtually presents an intimate, emotionally powerful musical by Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown that ingeniously deconstructs a five-year love...
Slow Food
A tender, uproarious comedy that delves deeply into what we hunger for. A vacationing couple celebrates their anniversary at a Greek restaurant in Palm Springs...
ART
International City Theatre opens its 36th season with a virtual presentation of Yasmina Rezas multiple award-winning, hilarious look at the bonds of friendship viewed through...
The Andrews Brothers
A madcap musical salute to the swinging 40s created by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wondrettes, Life Could Be A Dream). A USO show is threatened...
Beast on the Moon
Richard Kalinoski's haunting and poetic play about two immigrants who escape the Armenian genocide in Turkey to seek refuge in America. In 1921, an Armenian...
Bestseller
A zany comic romp by internationally acclaimed playwright Peter Quilter (Glorious!, End of the Rainbow) about writers, how they write, the stories they tell and...
The Price
In Arthur Millers riveting masterpiece, two estranged brothers must try to make peace with their past when they meet to dispose of their late father's...
Life Could Be A Dream
SH-BOOM! Meet fledgling doo-wop singing group Denny and the Dreamers as they prepare to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest and realize their dreams of...
A Splintered Soul
A gripping drama about war refugees haunted by the death of their loved ones — and by memories of the things they had to do...
Carboard Piano
Against the backdrop of Uganda’s civil war, the union of the daughter of an American missionary and a local teenage girl is disrupted by violence....
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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Footloose The Plaza Theatre (7/16-7/17) |
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‘The Great Clown Bank Show’ Atwater Village Theatre (6/27-8/01) |
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BROADWAY SHOWCASE WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM: VALENTINE TO BROADWAY Coachella Valley Repertory (7/14-7/14) |
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My Soul To Take: Unhinged The Hudson Theatres (10/16-10/21) |
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Ann Hampton Callaway and Niki Haris: Broad Appeal Carpenter Performing Arts Center (5/05-5/05) |
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Gunhild Carling at Catalina's Jazz Club Catalina's Jazz Club (9/25-9/25) |
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The Monsters Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater (3/03-4/04) |