Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…
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Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…
Review: ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS at Getty Villa & Latino Theater Company
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company
Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…
Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court
In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…
Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre
Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Review: IN THE TOMB OF TEN THOUSAND CALENDARS at Moving Arts Theatre
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Theater Palisades At The Odyssey
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
Past Shows
28 total · showing 1–10
Adoration
Adoration makes its West Coast premiere at LA Opera, featuring GRAMMY-nominated tenor Roy Hage in his debut role as Sami. Composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the opera explores identity, inherited trauma, and cultural bias, drawing inspiration from...
Romeo and Juliet
Two feuding families rule Verona, with the Montagues and Capulets each determined to write their victory in blood. A chance meeting between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet sparks a forbidden romance. But it wouldn’t be a Shakespearean tragedy without...well...tragedy. Famed...
Les Talens Lyriques
The acclaimed Paris-based music ensemble Les Talens Lyriques is celebrated for breathing new life into some of Europe's most complex and brilliant music. Under the masterful baton of conductor and founder Christophe Rousset, the beloved ensemble will take you to the Court of...
Benjamin Bernheim in Recital
An international sensation after his stellar performance at the closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics, French lyric tenor Benjamin Bernheim is a regular at Europe’s leading opera houses who also embraces the subtle, intimate art of the solo recital. Hailed by Le Monde as...
Madame Butterfly
Lights, camera, action: An American officer in turn-of-the-century Japan wants a bride, and a greedy marriage broker obliges, assuring him that the union can be easily dissolved. The innocent Cio-Cio-San believes they’re in love, even as Lt. Pinkerton moves on. For three years...
LA Opera at the Beach
Gather your blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets to come experience the music and drama of Madame Butterfly under the stars. This opera gets a stunning and cinematic twist, set in a 1930s film set, transforming the appearance of this beloved classic. An American officer in...
LA Opera in the Park
Gather your blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets to come experience the music and drama of Madame Butterfly under the stars. This opera gets a stunning and cinematic twist, set in a 1930s film set, transforming the appearance of this beloved classic. An American officer in...
An Evening with Renée Fleming
Soprano Rene Fleming, hailed as one of the greatest artists of our time, will captivate you with a performance that highlights her sumptuous voice, compelling stage presence and beguiling musical curiosity. Don't miss this eagerly awaited return of a living legend!
Otello
He's a beloved leader, a distinguished military commander and a devoted husband. But when an envious subordinate introduces the notionjust the slightest whispered hintthat Othello's wife Desdemona might possibly be unfaithful, it's enough to send him into a downward spiral of...
Opera at the Beach
Free live broadcast of LA Opera's Otello at Santa Monica Pier. Gather your blankets and lawn chairs, pack your picnic and come experience the music and drama of Otello under the stars. RSVP to receive the latest updates, a free gift at the event plus a chance to win a 3-Opera...
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Dinner with Friends Santa Monica Playhouse (9/26-9/27) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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New Works Festival Shoebox Theatre (9/11-9/26) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Worthy The Un-Erasable Solo Festival - Willie Agee Playhouse (9/12-9/25) |
