Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep
Applause has too much heart and is simply too much fun to be bogged down by its shortcomings, so audiences should take advantage of catching this gem while they can.…
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Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
In the fantastical, visually-enchanting stage play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD—the theatrical continuation of J.K. Rowling's beloved magical saga—the idea of revisiting the past is embraced as its central theme, which in turn shifts the focus away from the mischievous school adventures tha…
Review: MUSE/IQUE DEFIANTLY JONI: A SINGER/SONGWRITER BARES HER SOUL at Mark Taper Forum
The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspi…
Review: ANATOMY OF A BACK by Kick Boom Theater at Electric Lodge
John Wuchte and his Kick Boom Theater ensemble of five actors and two onstage musicians (Wuchte on percussion and Sarah Green on guitar) continue their exploration of live percussion scoring the actors’ movement, gestures and stylized dialogue during Anatomy of a Back at the Electric Lodge in Veni…
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Musical Theatre West
Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purp…
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Wisteria Theater
Even in Los Angeles, in the midst of a spectacular live theater renaissance, there are few theaters in town doing musicals with as much deep excellence and sheer joy as Wisteria Theater.…
Review: MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse
When we hum along, dance, applaud or whatever (folks in the up close Get Down section probably have more opportunity to, you know, get down), the connection to the story and to its themes feels that much more immediate.…
Review: PAINTED PONIES Starring Rachel Sorsa at Ruskin Group Theatre
Sorsa’s extraordinary talent in enveloping Pam as if she was inside her soul, along with Elina de Santos minimally invasive direction by keeping Sorsa seated on the couch center stage to tell her story into her cell phone, will keep your sharp focus on Ian McRae’s monologue honoring human resili…
Review: IF/THEN at the Zephyr Theatre
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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…
Past Shows
What Had Happened Was....
Staged reading of a play. Written by Reginald Edmund. Directed by Ben. Guillory. Presented by The Robey Theatre Company. Commissioned by The Robey Theatre Company. Featuring...
‘Carlota: Alhajero de Secretos’
Latino Theater Company welcomes the return of San Jose-based LGBTQ+ ensemble Teatro Alebrijes with Carlota: Alhajero de Secretos (Carlota: Jewelry Box of Secrets), a bold...
Carlota: Alhajero de Secretos
Teatro Alebrijes, a San Jose-based LGBTQ+ ensemble, presents a bold reimagining of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba. Inside the home of Carlota...
Colored People's Time: A History Play
Written by Leslie Lee. Directed by Ben Guillory. beginnings of Jim Crow, we witnessed the grit and resilience of Colored people who simply had no choice...
The Storyteller of East L.A.
Blending intimate family drama with elements of magical realism, Latino Theater Company resident playwright Evelina Fernández explores themes of memory loss and the complexities of...
Medea
Staged reading of Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen's English language adaptation of the classic tragedy by Euripides. Ben Guillory directs.Jason, the hero of legend, has...
Mascogos
Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of Mascaogos (Mahs-KO-gohs), a bold, historical sci-fi drama by Miranda González exploring the untold stories of Mexico’s Underground...
The Great Lover
Our story: In Alexandre Dumas’ The Great Lover, the Duke de Richelieu proposes a wager: he can—and will—seduce the first beautiful woman who crosses his path....
नेहा & Neel
Asian American theater collective Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company team up for their third collaboration in as many years with a joyous new...
The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon
Latino Theater Company brings back Chicago’s Water People Theater for a three-week run of the Jeff Award-nominated The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon following...
The Last Play of Rickerby Hinds
A play. A memoir. A rant. Rickérby Hinds, a pioneer of Hip-Hop theater, has the unique ability to challenge conventional notions of the stage while...
Just Like Us
Latino Theater Company opens its 40th Anniversary Season with the professional West Coast premiere of a non-fiction play by Karen Zacarías, inspired by the bestselling...
Stoneheart
Valeria Vega, Lourdes Arteaga, Vanessa Flores Cabrera, Adriana Cuba Cuentas, Markuz Rodriguez and Lester Isariuz.
Yamel Cucuy
Award-winning Austin-based theater company Glass Half Full Theatre will make their Los Angeles debut with the acclaimed drama Yamel Cucuy at Encuentro 2024, playing October...
A Girl Grows Wings
Latino Theater Company and Mexico’s Organización Secreta Teatro presents the poignant story of one girl’s journey as she navigates the fallout her undocumented status inflicts...
God Will Do The Rest
Karaoke, chicken adobo and Santo Niño prayers. “We can only do our best, diba (right)?” Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company present God Will...
Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy
Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena present the world premiere of an epic World War II odyssey inspired by an astonishing, little-known true story. Grand...
Ghost Waltz
Latino Theater Company presents a boldly original new play about Juventino Rosas, one of Mexico’s most significant classical composers — an Indigenous musician whose life...
Tacos La Brooklyn
Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of an exciting, multilingual comic drama developed in Latino Theater Company’s Circle of Imaginistas playwriting...
The Travelers
“We are all travelers, Brother. Our journeys take place inside.” Latino Theater Company, in association with San Francisco’s Magic Theatre and resident home company Campo...
This Is Not a True Story
Artists at Play in association with Latino Theater Company presents an exhilarating new comedy that tackles, head-on, the fetishization and anti-Asian racism of Orientalist works....
Evolution of a Sonero
Sonero [noun]: an improvising lead singer in salsa music. Hip-hop meets salsa when poet, actor and singer Flaco Navaja, backed by five world-class Latinx salsa...
Whittier Boulevard
The world premiere an original, ensemble-devised work from L.A.’s Latino Theater Company, employs the company’s trademark blend of comedy, drama, music, dance and theatrical magic...
Organización Secreta Teatro
Latino Theater Company presents Mexico City’s interdisciplinary, experimental ensemble Organización Secreta Teatro in two new performance works. Pueblo Espíritu (“Spirit Town”) explores a post-pandemic dystopian...
FeaturedHow I Learned What I Learned
Los Angeles premiere of Tony Award and two-time Pultizer Prize winning playwright August Wilson's autobiographical one-man show, "How I Learned What I Learned"...
(Un)Documents
With a single phrase, you can give up your country. With a single signature, you can tear a family apart. With a single word, you...
Desert Stories for Lost Girls
Latino Theater Company partners with Native Voices at the Autry, the only Actors Equity theater company in the country dedicated to developing and producing new...
Found
The West Coast premiere of a new musical comedy that hits all the right “notes.” Found isn’t just based on a true story, it’s based...
Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evil Doers
A sci-fi Latino noir satire, inspired by interviews with immigrants who crossed the border to escape economic despair and war, that spotlights anti-immigrant hysteria. In...
Revoluciones
A highly theatrical fever-dream that employs magical realism to tell the kaleidoscope journey of a strong and passionate woman facing an impossible tragedy. A desperate...
Home
Writer/performer Nancy Mas coming-of-age tale about growing up sandwiched between two cultures. Desperately seeking approval from her Chinese Toisan immigrant family, Nancy journeys away from...
The Mother of Henry
In the working class melting pot that was Boyle Heights in the 1960s, five diverse employees in the return department at Sears form a tight...
Canyon
In a backyard deep within a canyon during Labor Day weekend 2016 before everything in America changed we meet a newlywed couple and a Mexican...
Desert Rats
A dark comedy about life and crime in America's contemporary West. In a squalid motel room on a hellish day in Barstow, brothers Frank and...
Members Only
A roller-coaster ride to redemption. The year is 1982: the golden age of boxing, the dying gasp of disco, the flowering of identity politics —...
Orange Is The New Musical: The Unauthorized Parody
ORANGE IS THE NEW MUSICAL: THE UNAUTHORIZED PARODY opened this May to a sold out audience and is Kefi Studio’s LA stage debut. Fans of...
Enrique´s Journey
Encuentro Theatre Festival - Su Teatro ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Adapted by Anthony Garcia, from the Pulitzer Prize winning work of Sonia Nazario - • Directed by...
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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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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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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The Full Monty The Nocturne Theatre (7/17-8/16) |
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The Hour of the Star Broadwater (7/25-8/01) |
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ECO The Fountain Theatre (10/02-10/04) |
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Fiddler on the Roof Ahmanson Theatre (2/13-3/14) |
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The Music Man Ahmanson Theatre (10/27-11/08) |