Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company
Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.…
Norris Theatre
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater
Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produc…
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.…
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…
Past Shows
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Of Mice and Men
Recently revived on Broadway starring James Franco, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men remains just as powerful and vital today as when it premiered on...
The Nerd
Critics have called Larry Shue’s inventive, side-splitting farce one of the funniest plays ever written. The story centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young...
Sweeney Todd in Concert
Stephen Sondheim’s thrilling musical masterpiece, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” will be presented in-concert with a full 22-piece orchestra and costumed cast....
The Full Monty
Based on the Oscar-winning film, the Broadway hit musical comedy, “The Full Monty,” follows the story of six unemployed Buffalo, N.Y. steel workers who come...
Arsenic and Old Lace
A smash hit when it was first produced on Broadway in 1941, Joseph Kesselring’s wickedly funny, madcap masterpiece about a wildly eccentric family, which includes...
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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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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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM: THE HOLIDAYS IN JULY Coachella Valley Repertory (7/28-7/28) |
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The Music Man Ahmanson Theatre (10/27-11/08) |
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THE DRESSER The MAIN (8/07-8/16) |