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Little Women Ballet - Original Full-Length Classical Ballet


Following its acclaimed debut, the Little Women Full Length Classical Ballet returns for an encore presentation with three captivating performances between June 21 and 22, ...



Pasadena Playhouse Marks 100th Anniversary with Major Building Announcement


by Emmy Rice - April 06, 2025

The building was lost to bankruptcy in 1970 and held in private ownership for more than five decades. Check here for more information....

Elizabeth Reaser and Jason Butler Harner to Lead A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 at Pasadena Playhouse


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2025

Pasadena Playhouse has revealed the cast and creative team for A Doll’s House, Part 2, by Lucas Hnath, directed by previously announced Jennifer Chang. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

SHREK THE MUSICAL JR. to be Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 07, 2025

Center Theatre Group and Pasadena Playhouse will present a special, one-night-only, benefit performance of Altadena and Eliot Arts Magnet’s production of Shrek The Musical JR. Learn how to attend....

Pasadena Playhouse Cancels ANYTHING GOES And FOLLIES IN CONCERT Due To Eaton Fire


by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2025

Anything Goes in Concert and Follies in Concert, which Pasadena Playhouse were to have presented over two consecutive weekends at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium (January 24-25 and January 31-February 1, 2025) have been cancelled due to the ongoing situation with the Eaton Fire affecting Pasadena, Alt...

Rachel Bay Jones, Stephanie J. Block, Derrick Baskin & Aaron Lazar Will Lead FOLLIES in Concert at Pasadena Playhouse


by Joshua Wright - December 19, 2024

Casting has been announced for Follies in Concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Rachel Bay Jones will star as Sally Durant Plummer, Stephanie J. Block will star as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Derrick Baskin will star as Buddy Plummer, and Aaron Lazar will star as Benjamin Stone in Stephen Sondheim’s groun...

Pasadena Playhouse Second Annual Benefit Raises Over $675,000


by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2024

The PLAYHOUSE PARTY, the 2nd annual benefit for Pasadena Playhouse, was held on Saturday, April 13, 2024. The event was a success, raising over $675,000 for Pasadena Playhouse....

Past Shows

A Doll's House, Part 2
A Doll's House, Part 2
5/14 - 6/8/2025


A Doll’s House, Part 2 | May 14 — June 8 by Lucas Hnath directed by Jennifer Chang GET TICKETS Nora’s back—15 years after walking out on ...

La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles
11/12 - 12/15/2024


Beautiful. Bawdy. Bizarre. Welcome to  La Cage aux Folles , the hottest drag club in St. Tropez and one of theater’s all-time biggest hits. Experience ...

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
9/4 - 9/29/2024


Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Freely Adapted by Martin Crimp Directed by Mike Donahue  One of the greatest plays ever written is radically reborn ...

Jelly's Last Jam
Jelly's Last Jam
5/29 - 6/23/2024


When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is left at the ultimate crossroads. Follow ...

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
11/1 - 11/26/2023


Two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head-to-head in the ultimate battle of wit, wisdom, and will in this powerful drama. With freedom of speech ...

Stew
7/11 - 8/6/2023

Sanctuary City
Sanctuary City
9/14 - 10/9/2022


From Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) comes an exhilarating, unforgettable love story of two life-long friends, their tenuous grip on an uncertain future, ...

Freestyle Love Supreme
Freestyle Love Supreme
7/12 - 8/7/2022


Before Hamilton, Before In the Heights, there was freestyle love supreme, a 2020 Special Tony Award Recipient. Now - direct from Broadway - the hip-hop ...

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
6/1 - 6/26/2022


An exhilarating revival of one of the greatest plays ever written. After years of caring for their familys crumbling estate, Vanya and his niece receive ...

The Father
The Father
2/5 - 3/1/2020


Acclaimed actor Alfred Molina in a tour-de-force performance that will leave you breathless. André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, ...

The Great Leap
The Great Leap
11/6 - 12/1/2019


When an American basketball team travels to Beijing for an exhibition game, the coaches find themselves in a conflict that runs deeper than the strain ...


Pasadena Playhouse audiences have had the joy of being the first to experience the premieres of new musicals on our stage before they’ve moved on ...

Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty
2/13 - 3/6/2011


DANGEROUS BEAUTY, based on a true story, tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a celebrated courtesan/poet of 16th century Venice. Forced to become a ...

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