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.…
Norris Theatre
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.…
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.…
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…
Past Shows
15 total · showing 1–10
A Chorus Line
Do not miss this Broadway classic told with fresh ideas, and performed by an incredible cast! A Chorus Line examines one day in the lives of seventeen dancers, all vying for a spot in the “chorus line” of a Broadway musical. After the first round of cuts, Zach, the director and...
Hairspray
Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Hairspray” is set in 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular “Corny Collins Show”. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast...
The Three Musketeers
All for one, and one for all! Adapted by Catherine Bush from the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, the legendary three musketeers are brought to life in her hilariously witty stage play. Filled with adventure, romance, intrigue, and swashbuckling swordplay, the sweeping epic...
Forever Plaid
One of the most popular off-Broadway hits in history, the hilarious and charming hit musical revue, follows The Plaids, a quartet of young singers from the ‘50s who take a detour to heaven when their car crashes on the way to their first big concert. The aspiring harmony group...
South Pacific In Concert
Rodgers and Hammerstein's glorious score for the epic, Pulitzer Prize masterpiece, “South Pacific” comes to musical life on the Norris stage in a special In Concert presentation. With the thrill of a full orchestra on stage with the actors, and some script edits to maintain the...
The Music Man
With a crash of cymbals and a blast of horns, Meredith Willson's Tony Award-winning musical comedy, The Music Man, will march into your heart with its warm, family-friendly story, and such Broadway classics as the rousing "Seventy-six Trombones," and the beautiful “’Til There...
Nunsense
Before “Sister Act” and “Late Nite Catechism,” there was “Nunsense”! Revel in the madness of this hilariously funny musical comedy, featuring a troupe of dancing, singing, joke-cracking nuns. The award-winning hit show played off-Broadway for a record-breaking run, and is now an...
1776: The Musical - In Concert
Opening just three days after the Presidential election, the seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in a staged concert performance of this most unconventional of Broadway hits for two performances only. . This funny, insightful, and compelling musical features a...
Young Frankenstein
The musical adaptation of Mel Brooks’ monstrously funny movie leaves audiences in stitches with dazzling special effects and show-stopping production numbers, including “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” complete with tap dancing monsters. This zany, wickedly inspired re-imagining of the...
Fiddler on the Roof
Winner of nine Tony Awards, "Fiddler on the Roof" is one of the most famous stage and film musicals of all time. In this classic tale, set in a poor Jewish village, Tevye attempts to honor and maintain ancestral and religious customs in his family, but times are changing. When...
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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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Comics Reading Comics Dynasty Typewriter (9/13-9/13) |
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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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Jane Austen UnScripted Kings Road Park (9/12-9/27) |
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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) |
