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Sierra Madre Playhouse

87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.
Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Upcoming Shows

Battleship Potemkin with Live Score by George Sarah

Aug 14 – Aug 15, 2026

Sierra Madre Playhouse presents a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin paired with the world premiere of a live music score for string quartet and vocal quintet, composed and conducted by George Sarah. The film charts the 1905...

Hindustani Music Program Features Absolute Focus & Cellist Chris Votek

Hindustani Music Program Features Absolute Focus & Cellist Chris Votek

Aug 16

Cellist Chris Votek joins Absolute Focus – the celebrated husband-and-wife duo of santoor virtuoso Kamaljeet Ahluwalia and tabla master Jas Ahluwalia – for an evening of traditional Hindustani raga, on Sunday, August 16, 2026, 4:00 PM, at Sierra Madre Playhouse. The program...

 Brightwork newmusic Performs Game-Inspired Chamber Music

Brightwork newmusic Performs Game-Inspired Chamber Music

Aug 22

Brightwork newmusic, hailed for boundary-breaking chamber music that blurs the line between pop and the avant-garde, returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse with “New Music Game Night!” – an eclectic program of game-inspired music – on Saturday, August 22, 2026, 8:00 PM. The...

New Music Game Night!

Aug 22

Brightwork newmusic returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse with an eclectic program of game-inspired contemporary chamber music. The program includes works by Cristina Lord, Isaac Schankler, Siobhán Dougall, and Richard An, ranging from a choose-your-own-adventure piece based on...

Babatunde Blends Hip Hop and Opera

Babatunde Blends Hip Hop and Opera

Aug 28

Babatunde Akinboboye, a visionary classically-trained baritone singer brings fresh new perspective to opera with “Hip Hopera,” a genre-defying musical style fusing the classical opera with the rhythmic intensity and attitude of hip-hop, on Friday and Saturday, August 28 and 29...

Babatunde HipHopera

Aug 28 – Aug 29, 2026

Babatunde Akinboboye, a classically-trained Nigerian American baritone, performs Hip Hopera, a genre-defying musical style fusing classical opera with the rhythmic intensity and attitude of hip-hop. Accompanied by DJ Amond Jackson, Babatunde traverses recognizable arias such as...

Indian Mythology and Me

Aug 29

Dancing Storytellers brings Indian myths to life through a family-friendly program blending classical South Asian dance, folk movement, storytelling, and audience engagement. The performance weaves together three stories: Bheema's meeting with Hanuman, the clever mice who outwit...

Echoes of Home

Aug 30

Asia America New Music Institute (AANMI) presents Echoes of Home, a program of new works exploring the places, people, and memories that shape our sense of belonging. The concert features two world premieres by AANMI founder Chad Cannon and Chinese composer Weijun Chen, the West...

Songs My Mother Taught Me

Sep 4

Yu&Sung Duo, featuring violinist YuEun Kim and pianist Sung Chang, celebrates the music and moments that stay with us throughout our lives in this chamber music program inspired by Kim's journey into motherhood. The program features works by Dvořák, Clara Schumann, Prokofiev...

Yu&Sung Duo Presents Chamber Music Concert

Yu&Sung Duo Presents Chamber Music Concert

Sep 4

Yu&Sung Duo, featuring violinist YuEun Kim and pianist Sung Chang, celebrates the music and moments that stay with us throughout our lives with the chamber music program “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” on Friday, September 4, 2026, 8:00 PM, at the historic 99-seat Sierra Madre...

Samyōga - A Confluence of String, Wind & Rhythm

Samyōga - A Confluence of String, Wind & Rhythm

Sep 5

The mesmerizing sounds of Indian Veena (plucked string instrument), bansuri (bamboo flute), and percussive tabla blend seamlessly in a program of classical Indian ragas when Sierra Madre Playhouse continues its Hindustani Music Series with “Samyga - A Confluence of String, Wind...

Jazz Keyboardist Brandon Coleman at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Jazz Keyboardist Brandon Coleman at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Sep 6

Jazz keyboard maestro Brandon Coleman, a central figure in the Los Angeles jazz and funk-fusion scene who pushes the boundaries of sound, brings his distinctive musical artistry to Sierra Madre Playhouse on Sunday, September 6, 2026, 8:00 PM. Coleman leads the Brandon Coleman...

Brightwork newmusic Presents World Premiere & Socially Inspired Works

Brightwork newmusic Presents World Premiere & Socially Inspired Works

Sep 26

Brightwork newmusic, noted for boundary-breaking chamber music that blurs the line between pop and the avant-garde, concludes its Sierra Madre Playhouse residency with Midterms: This Will Hurt Someone, a concert of provocative, humorous and deeply human works inspired by civic...

Pakaraguian Kulintang Performs Music & Dance of Southern Philippines

Pakaraguian Kulintang Performs Music & Dance of Southern Philippines

Sep 26

The Los Angeles-based Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble (PKE) brings to life the gong-chime music and dance traditions of the southern Philippines on Saturday, September 26, 2026, 11:00 AM, at the historic Sierra Madre Playhouse. Centered on the mesmerizing sound of the kulintang...

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Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre

Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre

by Shari Barrett · August 12, 2026

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…

Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

by Evan Henerson · August 7, 2026

Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · July 27, 2026

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.…

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

by Michael Quintos · July 27, 2026

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

Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep

by Andrew Child · July 25, 2026

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

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

by Michael Quintos · July 22, 2026

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…

Past Shows

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Battleship Potemkin with Live Score by George Sarah

Aug 14 – Aug 15, 2026

Sierra Madre Playhouse presents a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin paired with the world premiere of a live music score for string quartet and vocal quintet, composed and conducted by George Sarah. The film charts the 1905...

Jazz @ the Playhouse: Jazz Organist Carey Frank

Aug 9

Organist Carey Frank performs on the Hammond B3 organ, joined by guitarist Nadav Peled and drummer Jake Reed. The trio plays iconic songs spanning rock, pop, folk, and soul, reinventing them through jazz improvisation, with selections including the Beatles' Norwegian Wood, Bob...

Jazz Organist Carey Frank Featured at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 8/9

Jazz Organist Carey Frank Featured at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 8/9

Aug 9

Organist Carey Frank summons the soul of jazz on the Hammond B3 organ at Sierra Madre Playhouse on Sunday, August 9, 2026, 8:00 PM. He is joined by guitarist Nadav Peled and drummer Jake Reed.Frank leads the powerhouse trio through iconic songs spanning rock, pop, folk, and...

Box of Hope (2nd Edition)

Aug 7 – Aug 8, 2026

Box of Hope (2nd Edition) is an evening-length multidisciplinary work by Versa-Style Street Dance Company celebrating the company's 20th anniversary as a hip hop and street dance ensemble. Choreographed by company founders and co-artistic directors Jackie "Miss Funk" Lopez and...

Jazz @ the Playhouse: Sidney Jacobs

Aug 2

The Sierra Madre Playhouse continues its Jazz @ the Playhouse series with jazz and R&B vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader Sidney Jacobs. Jacobs leads a dynamic quartet through a set that blends original music with reimagined standards filtered through a contemporary groove...

Jazz Vocalist Sidney Jacobs Appears at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 8/2

Jazz Vocalist Sidney Jacobs Appears at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 8/2

Aug 2

The historic Sierra Madre Playhouse, which has earned a reputation as one of the Southland’s leading jazz presenters in recent years, continues its popular Jazz @ the Playhouse series with noted jazz and R&B vocalist and songwriter Sidney Jacobs on Sunday, August 2, 2026, 8:00...

Authors @ the Playhouse Featuring Camille Hernandez: Motherlands

Jun 20

Camille Hernandez, the Poet Laureate of Anaheim, presents an immersive reimagining of poetry from her chapbook Motherlands as part of the Sierra Madre Playhouse Authors Series. Hernandez transforms her work into a choreopoem, merging movement, rhythm, and language into living...

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