Review: SWEENEY TODD at The Gem Theater
The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, CA, tackles one of Broadway’s darkest musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, armed with every color of light you can think of.…
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2425 16th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90405
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ovation Theatre
Amid the heat and haze of Bakersfield emerges a spine-shivering show of human connection, compassion, and camaraderie. One of the first community theatre productions of Come From Away brings out the best of humanity (and Bakersfield) on stage.…
Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Hudson Backstage Theatre
With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.…
Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Broadwater Black Box
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Old Globe Theatre - San Diego
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre
Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…
Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
Review: PUPPET UP! at the Richardo Montalbán Theatre
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Interview: COMEDY OF ERRORS Director, Composer and Actor at Independent Shakespeare Company
Here are my interviews with director Melissa Chalsma, composer David Melville, and actor Carene Rose Mekertichyan on COMEDY OF ERRORS presented by Independent Shakespeare Company outdoors in Griffith Park this summer.…
Review: Norm Foster's LAKEFRONT U.S. Premiere Engagement at Theatre 40
All in all, Lakefront offers a very enjoyable two-hour romantic journey guaranteed to keep you laughing and rooting for these lost and lonely souls looking for their soulmate.…
Past Shows
Shrek the Musical
Shrek the Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming fairy-tale adventure about an unlikely hero. When a group of banished fairy-tale creatures suddenly appear in the swamp of the grumpy ogre Shrek, he sets out to confront the ambitious ruler, Lord Farquaad and reclaim his home. In...
Pinocchio
This is story theater at its best! The classic story of Pinocchio and his desire to become a real boy is brought to life through a group of painters who are surprised to see an audience as they arrive at work. What ensues is a story-within-a-story version of this heartfelt-tale...
Pinkalicious
Based on the popular book by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, this is a tale of Pinkalicious who can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head...
The Addams Family
Inspired by the darkly comic genius of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons and the subsequent 1960’s TV show, The ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL tangos onto the Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s Youth Education/Entertainment Series Mainstage in Santa Monica November 4 through 26. This wildly fun...
New Works Festival 2023
Festival of 7 New Works!! 3 shorts, 1 One-Act, 3 Full Lengths. All timely, all fabulous!!
Charlotte's Web
You too will be exclaiming “Terrific” when you join the “radiant” (yet “humble”) cast of Morgan-Wixson Theatre’ Y.E.S. Youth Theatre for their summer play CHARLOTTE’S WEB! The Y.E.S. program’s young actors bring the beloved characters from this immortal children’s classic to...
Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party
A thrilling revival of Andrew Lippa’s THE WILD PARTY promises to take audiences on a non-stop emotional journey to the fraught and (seemingly) fantastic 1920s. Sizzling jazz, emotional anthems and contemporary music combine to pull audiences into a world of careless, conflicted...
Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending
What if Romeo had stayed helplessly in love with Rosaline instead of Juliet? Or if Mercutio and Tybalt hadn't died...but had gotten together instead? In this Shakespearean take on the "Choose Your Own Ending" model, the audience casts votes throughout the performance to...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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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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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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Jane Austen UnScripted Kings Road Park (9/12-9/27) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Million Dollar Quartet Christmas San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (11/20-12/20) |