Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre
Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…
Pacific Resident Theatre
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Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Colony Theatre
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a vivacious and colorful show making the most of its 1960s setting to dazzle us with period fashions and backdrops.…
Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre
CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…
Review: KAIJU at Road Theatre Company
Consistently over-the-top with plenty of laughs and some technical dash for which the Road has long been known, Sawyer’s production shoots out a volley of satirical darts, few of which land with much impact.…
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
A musical about disenfranchised teenage boys in warring gangs in the middle of the twentieth century has an impossibly high standard to measure up against in the department of subject matter.…
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS
To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt of…
Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company
There are no easy answers here, but playwright Janine Nabers raises many questions. What happens when something outside your control forever taints your legacy? How to separate art from artist? How to hold someone accountable even when you love them?…
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater
When the US airspace shut down after the attacks of 9/11, what happened to the planes already on their way? Hit Broadway musical Come From Away, penned by Canadian composer-lyricist couple Irene Sankoff and David Hein, recounts the story.…
Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre
Agatha Christie is perhaps the most successful and prolific mystery writer in history. Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, she wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, introducing the world to household-name detectives like Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre
The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…
Past Shows
19 total · showing 1–10
The Change
Four longtime friends trade their luxury spa weekend for an Outward Bound adventure in Joshua Tree. Armed with menopausal rage and absolutely no survival skills, they brave the desert, confront their fears, and discover what it really means to let go. The Change is a funny and...
Fostered
Fostered is an adult comedy about a rather chaotic family in Scarsdale, New York. Set in 2016, just prior to the election, and moving into 2017, parents Karen and Sandy Foster are ready and excited to make some big changes in their lives. Their plans are thwarted by their adult...
Demolition
This heartwarming and funny new play explores how a young boy navigates life’s complexities, and the decisions that can form us as adults.
The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
What happens when a James Bond-like spy gets sent to rehab for his excessive drinking, gambling, womanizing and anger issues? His journey to enlightenment gets derailed, when his archenemy shows up for a final confrontation. A comedic look at how an outdated male relic, who...
The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
The Spy Who Went Into Rehab offers a comedic exploration of a James Bond-like hero grappling with his destructive habits as he undergoes rehabilitation. Playwright Gregg Ostrin presents a story where traditional notions of masculinity collide with modern recovery, as the...
A Permanent Image
OBIE Award winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s A PERMANENT IMAGE thought provoking play is extending through February 25, 2024. Those traditionally joyous and colorful holidays are approaching and members of an estranged family from a small town in Idaho gather to bury the...
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and the N.Y. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, this hilarious and touching production is Christopher Durang’s homage to the humor of Chekhov. Set in idyllic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, it presents the problems, aspirations, and dreams...
Albee/Pinter
Harnessing the flair of two iconic playwrights, Pacific Resident Theatre delights in offering a pair of meaty dark comedies. Albee’s Fam and Yam and Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter are presented as a retrospective of two early one acts, both first produced in 1960. The plays run in...
Stalled
A new contemporary live play with music and spoken word, celebrating the multi-layered nature of womens lives. Supported by a live band quartet, the story is set inside the executive ladies room in one of Seattles bougie buildings. Four very different women, all stuck but...
All My Sons
"Explosive as ever. Well-paced staging" - LA Times EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 8th! Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, and recipient of numerous Tony Awards, this electrifying family drama remains as timely as it is timeless.Arthur Millers Tony Award...
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CLUB27 Jaxx Theatre (10/01-10/30) |
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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The Cottage North Coast Repertory (10/28-11/22) |
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Woof Odyssey Theatre (10/03-11/08) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Adam Pascal Feinstein's at the Nikko (10/23-10/24) |
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CHAÏR The Elysian Theater (10/17-10/17) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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EVITA Valverde Annex (10/17-10/25) |
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Oh, Mary! Ahmanson Theatre (11/10-12/06) |
