FeaturedThe Most Happy Fella
This lush, romantic musical masterpiece is filled with soaring melodies, tender ballads, and vibrant Broadway showstoppers that paint a rich emotional landscape. Set against the...
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FeaturedMy Life is a Sonnet
Charlie Katz met his true love in a prep school seminar on Shakespeare’s sonnets—-but he let it slip away. Now a chance encounter has given...
New PlayLos Angeles Premiere
FeaturedThe Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World)
The show has been cancelled. The world has ended.But one actor still shows up.In a near future devastated by climate collapse, an actor steps on...
New PlayLos Angeles Premiere
FeaturedBus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit
The term “Metro splain” is when people who never use L.A. public transit try to tell you how bad they think it is. Take it from...
FeaturedMISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN
A southern debutante is stuck in the body of a middle-aged gay man in this award winning, critically acclaimed comedy!
Limited Tickets RemainNew ComedyLos Angeles Premiere
FeaturedSTRAITJACKET SIRENS
This 90s-jukebox cabaret is a darkly funny, razor-sharp exploration of a group of women confined to a mental hospital. Each one is dismissed by their...
FeaturedE=MC² Einstein The Musical
A musical journey through the extraordinary life of Albert Einstein
New Musical
6 Out of 10
He left the South for Hollywood yearning to be a perfect 10, but at what cost?
A Faery Hunt Enchanted Adventure
Nickelodeon named A Faery Hunt “Best Children's Theater in Los Angeles!” Join us on this magical, musical adventure. A Faery Hunt shows are interactive, immersive performances...
Adult Baby Doll
Adult Baby Doll is a stand-up comedy musical written and performed by comedian Harper-Rose Drummond, with accompanist Gregory Hoffman on piano. The show explores how...
Adult Baby Doll
Harper-Rose Drummond and Greg Hoffman present their debut stand-up comedy musical, Adult Baby Doll, at Hollywood Fringe. Growing up, Drummond's parents sang bad news when...
Ball Boy
Standup comedian Ben Fisher (SF Sketchfest, New York Comedy Festival, co-producer of Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody) embarks on a journey to shed his...
Barbie Smith: God's Favorite Tease
Barbie Smith: God's Favorite Tease is structured as a Christian abstinence seminar led by Barbie Smith, a widowed Texas pageant queen trembling with shame and...
Becoming Apparent
Vibrant, powerful, honest, raw – part Medea – part spilled milk. This one-woman show is a theatrical ascent into motherhood, memory, and the body—told through...
Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy
Imagine Whiplash (2014) but with the Marx Brothers. A dedicated classical cellist (Peter) is invited to a public master class with a charismatic, emotionally chaotic
CELL: A Duologue
Cell: A Duologue is the world premiere of Edward G. Excaliber's play, directed by Elizabeth Excaliber and produced by Katherine Paez Froehlich. The play follows...
CLUB CLOWN
Sacred Fools Theater Company is thrilled to announce its upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival production, Club Clown. Billed as the hottest, most exclusive nightclub in town,...
DADDY ISSUES
After getting sick with COVID, Spencer can’t stop telling the truth. In DADDY ISSUES, one man turns therapy sessions into theatre as he invites the...
Dead John
All-female rock band Third Twin faces conspiracy-fueled chaos, devilish bargains, and a rising body count after a deadly onstage accident threatens their road to success.
Diane, Diane! The Parole of a Lifetime
“Diane, Diane! The Parole of a Lifetime” is a one-person, audience-interactive show co-written and performed by Elissa Luma and directed and co-written by Natasha Mercado....
DOOFUS
DOOFUS is a solo clown performance written and performed by Cole Triplett, directed by Natasha Mercado, presented at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. A charismatic yet...
Doom Girls
Three extraterrestrial secret agents—who are also bandmates—are called back into action to track down a dangerous fugitive hiding on the hellish planet known as Earth....
Elegies: A Song Cycle
Chromolume Theatre presents Elegies: A Song Cycle, with music and lyrics by two-time Tony Award-winner William Finn, as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival....
Franken’s A.I.
A futuristic retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, on the 210th anniversary of its creation.1816, villa Diodati, Geneva, Switzerland, the world is overcome by gloom after the...
GLOSSOLALIA
GLOSSOLALIA is an American Gothic pas de deux about faith, consent, and how we justify right from wrong, written and directed by Christina Tinde Jesenski....
Hot Coffee Comedy Hour
Hot Coffee is an all-Black sketch comedy group that serving up sharp, hilarious, and feel-good comedy.
HOT YOGA
HOT YOGA is a one-woman dark comedy written by and starring Ruby Marker, directed by Daisy Tichenor, originally developed at Outside In Theatre. The show...
HYSTERICAL
HYSTERICAL, written, devised, and performed by Jackie Skinner, is a clown thriller presented as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival at Skiptown Playhouse in...
In Development
In Development is a solo show written and performed by Johnny Cannizzaro that blends comedy, storytelling, and theatrical performance into an exploration of identity and...
IN THE BEGINNING
EVE IS ONLY MENTIONED TWICE BY NAME IN GENESIS. HER STORY WAS NEVER TOLD.**MATURE CONTENT AND TRIGGER WARNING ** This play explores adult themes, nudity,...
Jeremy Worried About the Wind
Explores the weight of childhood anxiety and the liberation found when we finally trade our lists for the unpredictable magic of the unknown.
Jimi Darkness: Alcoholic Superhero
Jimi Darkness: Alcoholic Superhero is a darkly comic original rock musical written and composed by James Byous in which a crime-fighting kung fu superhero can...
Latest Los Angeles Reviews
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…
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Casting high school aged teen-agers can be a trickier needle to thread than one might think. Two actors who are still in high school wrestling down the spectrum of emotions, growth journeys and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s tale is no small achievement. Asher Hagler and Quinnlyn Scheppner make thei…
Review: ANGRY, RAUCOUS AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at Geffen Playhouse
With complex characterizations, whip-smart dialogue, and vibrant, shrewd performances, the four women at the center of the show are alive from the second the lights go up.…
Review: AMAZING GRAVES Sets Two Short Plays Inside the Same Cemetery
Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites? Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo…
Review: Diana Varco Shares Her Journey to RISE Above Childhood Rage
It's a very well done, confrontational hour-long play at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, but also life-affirming to know none of us are alone in the struggle for emotional maturity rather than turn to the easy crutches of overeating, alcohol abuse, drug use or unbridled sex to forget about …
Interview: Director Ellen Geer on TREASURE ISLAND at Theatricum Botanicum
BroadwayWorld spoke with director Ellen Geer about her vision for the production, what drew her to adapt it for Theatricum Botanicum, and what she hopes audiences will love about the story as much as she does.…
Review: ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL Enchants at La Mirada Theatre
I'll say this now: this Summer's most beguiling, most enchanting theatrical surprise is perhaps the brand new, gorgeously opulent regional production of ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL, now on stage at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through June 20, 2026. A visual stunner punctuated by remark…
Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes New Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the s…
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The Most Happy Fella North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28) |
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A Haunting Revue II Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) |
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Bus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit The Actors Company (6/06-6/28) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre (6/17-6/28) |
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My Life is a Sonnet Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27) |
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STRAITJACKET SIRENS The Three Clubs (6/01-6/30) |
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Storytellers Theater: PINOCCHIO @ Sac Fine Arts Sacramento Fine Arts Center (6/26-6/26) |
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The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World) Broadwater Second Stage (6/16-6/27) |
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Mamma Mia! at Ahmanson Theatre Ahmanson Theatre (7/10-7/10) |