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MORGAN-WIXSON THEATRE

2627 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405



Review: Updated FLOWER DRUM SONG Returns to Los Angeles by East West Players


by Shari Barrett - April 29, 2026

Astounding triple-threat talent is on display in big production numbers with attention-grabbing scenic elements by brilliant designers add to the artistic wonder of the entire production helmed by EWP Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, choreographed by Janelle Dote Portman, with music direction by...

Review: BACK TO OZ at Mark Taper Forum


by Harker Jones - April 28, 2026

BACK TO OZ is an exhilarating trip through history and down the Yellow Brick Road...

Review: Last Call Theatre Invites You to Discover The Liminary


by Shari Barrett - April 27, 2026

Be ready to play your part to find out who can you trust and who wants to destroy The Liminary. Depending on the questions asked and information gathered via audience participation, the process and ending will be different at each of the performances....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere of EAT ME


by Michael Quintos - April 26, 2026

First developed and workshopped at South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2025, celebrated new “it” playwright Talene Monahon’s freshly birthed play EAT ME is currently being presented at OC’s Tony Award-winning regional theater as a fully-formed World Premiere prod...

Review: LOVE STRUCK by Macha Theatre/Films at Odyssey Theatre


by Shari Barrett - April 25, 2026

We never get a sense of what draws these two women to each other (other than sex), or what they have in common other than auditioning for acting work. Nor do we witness them falling in love, which makes it difficult to care whether or not their relationship succeeds....

Review: HELL MOUTH at The Road Theatre


by Harker Jones - April 23, 2026

The star of the show, in the end, is Jacobson’s script, leading us toward the titular HELL MOUTH through five well-drawn characters and their existential crises that mirror our own....

Review: MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - April 21, 2026

The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life....

Review: AMERIKA OR, THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED - an Open Fist and Circle X co-production


by Harker Jones - April 16, 2026

The MVP of the show is the dynamic Oqalile Tshetshe, who has a star-making role that he inhabits with complexity, depth, and grace....

Review: Revamped MEAN GIRLS Musical Debuts at La Mirada Theatre


by Michael Quintos - April 15, 2026

Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation o...

Review: TEEN BEAT LIVE: 80S MOVIE MIXTAPE at CineVita


by Melissa Heckscher - April 15, 2026

TEEN BEAT LIVE is an immersive musical ode to the 80s that's a must-see, whether or not you’ve ever used a rotary phone, worn a Walkman, or unfolded the boy-toy poster from a Teen Beat magazine....

Past Shows

Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Jul 12 – Jul 27, 2025

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...

Pinkalicious
Pinkalicious
Jan 20 – Feb 4, 2024

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...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
Nov 4 – Nov 26, 2023

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...

New Works Festival 2023
New Works Festival 2023
Sep 22 – Oct 15, 2023

Festival of 7 New Works!! 3 shorts, 1 One-Act, 3 Full Lengths. All timely, all fabulous!!

Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
Jul 15 – Jul 30, 2023

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...

Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party
Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party
Sep 16 – Oct 16, 2022

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....

Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending
Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending
Aug 12 – Aug 28, 2022

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...

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