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MUSICAL THEATRE WEST

4350 E 7th Street Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90804-5546



Review: South Coast Repertory Presents West Coast Debut of FREMONT AVE.


by Michael Quintos - May 14, 2026

Beautifully acted, engagingly riveting, and populated with impactful characters, Reggie D. White's thoughtfully sprawling and emotionally layered new play—directed by Lili-Anne Brown—delivers an ambitious, deeply affecting examination of generational legacy, Black identity, masculinity, and the ...

Review: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS at Colony Theater


by Evan Henerson - May 13, 2026

As directed by Kristin Hanggi and led by actors Emma Hunton, Diana Huey and Aynsley Bubbico, KILLING MUSICALS looks to blend pathos, satire and female empowerment not always particularly smoothly....

Review: THE CAROLE KING AND JAMES TAYLOR STORY at BroadStage


by Shari Barrett - May 08, 2026

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylo...

Review: THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE: THE SONGS OF JULE STYNE at the El Portal


by Harker Jones - May 07, 2026

This marks the second triumph for co-creator-director-choreographer Scott Thompson, following his sensational “One For My Baby” at the same venue last year....

Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre


by Harker Jones - May 05, 2026

Director Meyer keeps things moving at a fair clip without ever seeming rushed, and he serves up real scares....

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....

Past Shows

Into The Woods
Into The Woods
Mar 28 – Apr 13, 2025

Journey into the enchanting world of fairy tales as they collide in the Tony Award-winning Into the Woods, written by legendary musical theatre composer Stephen...

Ain’t Misbehavin’
Oct 18 – Nov 3, 2024

Musical Theatre West presents Ain’t Misbehavin’, a vibrant celebration of the music and culture of the Harlem Renaissance, running from October 18 to November 3,...

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – The Fats Waller Musical Show
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – The Fats Waller Musical Show
Oct 18 – Nov 3, 2024

The joint’ll be jumpin’ this fall as Southern California’s premier theatre company, Musical Theatre West (MTW), brings the electrifying energy of the Harlem Renaissance to...

Sound of Music
Sound of Music
Oct 20 – Nov 5, 2023

The world’s favourite musical is returning to Australia. The lavish London Palladium production of The Sound of Music will commence in Sydney on 13 December...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
Oct 18 – Nov 3, 2019

From the co-director of "The Book of Mormon" and the producer of "Avenue Q" comes a no-holds-Bard deliciously loopy celebration of the greatest English playwright...

SISTER ACT
Apr 9 – Apr 24, 2016
West Side Story
West Side Story
Feb 10 – Mar 13, 2016
'S Wonderful
'S Wonderful
Apr 4 – Apr 20, 2014

WEST COAST PREMIERE. Five mini-musicals take audiences on a ride through the songs that made the Gershwin brothers the most successful team in musical history....

Oklahoma!
Feb 15 – Mar 3, 2013

The 'G2K' Getting To Know Series: Uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers. Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative,...

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North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28)
In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir in Los Angeles In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir
The Pico (6/19-6/21)
Millennials Are Killing Musicals in Los Angeles Millennials Are Killing Musicals
Colony Theatre (4/30-5/17)
Melt : The Play in Los Angeles Melt : The Play
The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (6/11-6/13) PHOTOS
Broadway Under the Stars - Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations in Los Angeles Broadway Under the Stars - Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
Transcendence Theatre Company (6/12-6/28)
A Role Playing Game in Los Angeles A Role Playing Game
The Hobgoblin Playhouse on Gardner (Main Stage) (6/08-6/28)
Female Documentarian in Los Angeles Female Documentarian
Eastwood Performing Arts Center (5/14-5/25)
Matt & Lily Get Together in Los Angeles Matt & Lily Get Together
The Actors Company (6/07-6/21)
Cindy Is Right Now in Los Angeles Cindy Is Right Now
The Broadwater Black Box (6/06-6/28)
New York City Ballet   in Los Angeles New York City Ballet
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (6/24-6/28)