Menopause The Musical
Menopause The Musical is a 25th Anniversary production of the hit musical comedy set in a department store, where four women meet while shopping for...
Laguna Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon RoadLaguna Beach, CA 92651
Upcoming Shows
Wild Child
Wild Child is a world premiere musical directed by John Simpkins, featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by Julianne Wick Davis. The...
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps, directed by Hunter Foster, is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller. This fast-paced theatrical romp transforms suspense into high-energy comedy, following an...
Rent
Rent, written by Jonathan Larson, follows a group of young artists navigating love, loss, and survival during the AIDS crisis in New York City's East...
Bonnie & Clyde
Bonnie & Clyde, directed by J. Scott Lapp, is a musical set during the Great Depression that follows the infamous outlaws whose desire for more...
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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…
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.…
Past Shows
RED
RED is a gripping play by John Logan that delves into the life of abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. Set in his studio, it explores...
THE MALTESE FALCON
Laguna Playhouse presents a humorous, hard-boiled world premiere mystery with The Maltese Falcon, adapted by Matthew Salazar-Thompson and directed by Todd Nielsen. This stage version...
LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR
Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a fast-paced comedy by Neil Simon that takes audiences behind the scenes of a 1950s television sitcom. Drawing inspiration...
EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND
Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground brings to life the remarkable life of Dwight D. Eisenhower through a compelling solo performance by Tony Award winner John...
BESIDE MYSELF
BESIDE MYSELF is a world premiere play by Paul Slade Smith, directed by David Ellenstein. The story follows Gemma, who is overwhelmed and seeking transformation...
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
What’s a poor Monty Navarro to do when he discovers he’s ninth in line to inherit a dukedom? Eliminate the eight relatives standing in his...
Honky Tonk Angels
Revisit dozens of pop-country favorites like “Stand By Your Man,” “Harper Valley, PTA,” “Ode To Billy Joe,” “Delta Dawn,” and many more in this feel-good,...
COMEDY NIGHT AT THE PLAYHOUSE
Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter at Comedy Night at the Playhouse! Taking place at Laguna Playhouse on August 6, 2024, this one-night-only...
SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
Meet Denny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest to realize their dreams of making it...
Million Dollar Quartet
The Tony Award nominated MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET explodes on stage with a monumental night of rock ‘n’ roll. Inspired by the most famous jam session...
Mrs. Honey B.'s Guide to the Good Life.
From Maripat Donovan the creator and star of the award-winning comedy hit, Late Night Catechism, comes a new hilarious interactive comedy, Mrs. Honey B.'s Guide...
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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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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Die Already! Diversionary Black Box (7/31-8/09) |
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Hamlet Loyola Marymount University (7/09-7/11) |
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The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (12/12-12/12) |
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Mamma Mia! Ahmanson Theatre (6/23-7/19) |
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Peter Hook And The Light at Mountain Winery Mountain Winery (9/22-9/22) |
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July Cinballera Salon - Scenes from the Great Operas Il Tabarro (7/13-7/13) |
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Silent Film "Battleship Potemkin" to be Screened with George Sarah's New Live Score Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/14-8/14) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour (18+) The Castro Theatre (8/13-8/13) |