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Sierra Madre Playhouse

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

Upcoming Shows

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...

Brandon Coleman Ensemble

Sep 6

Jazz keyboard maestro Brandon Coleman leads the Brandon Coleman Ensemble through a program of original compositions infused with improvisational dialogue and rhythmic drive. The performance merges deep jazz sensibility with electronic texture and soulful grooves. Coleman, a...

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...

Hola Frida!

Sep 12

A family-friendly animated biographical film inspired by the childhood of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, directed by Karine Vézina and André Kadi. Suitable for viewers ages seven and up, it follows a vibrant, free-spirited young girl in Coyoacán, Mexico, whose world is challenged...

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...

Midterms: This Will Hurt Someone

Sep 26

Brightwork newmusic concludes its Sierra Madre Playhouse residency with a concert of provocative, humorous and deeply human works inspired by civic life and social change, curated by Artistic Director Aron Kallay. Highlights include the world premiere of What Remains (Ancheh...

Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble

Sep 26

The Los Angeles-based Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble brings to life the gong-chime music and dance traditions of the southern Philippines. The family-friendly performance unfolds as both a concert and cultural experience, featuring interlocking rhythms, layered melodies, and...

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...

Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Theater Palisades At The Odyssey

Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Theater Palisades At The Odyssey

by Evan Henerson · August 27, 2026

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

Review: SWEENEY TODD at The Gem Theater

by Edmund Whelan · August 24, 2026

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

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ovation Theatre

by Edmund Whelan · August 22, 2026

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

Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Hudson Backstage Theatre

by Melissa Heckscher · August 22, 2026

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

Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Broadwater Black Box

by Harker Jones · August 18, 2026

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

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Old Globe Theatre - San Diego

by Evan Henerson · August 17, 2026

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

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.…

Past Shows

116 total · showing 91–100

The Curse of Quon Gwon

The Curse of Quon Gwon

Jan 31

The Curse of Quon Gwon , the earliest known Chinese American feature film, directed by Marion E. Wong in 1916, lights up the Sierra Madre Playhouse’s fabled silver screen on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 8 pm. Accompanied by live piano, the recently rediscovered silent film tells...

Patsy

Patsy

Jan 25

The multi-week Lunar New Year celebration at Sierra Madre Playhouse kicks off with the East West Players’ production of Patsy , a heartwarming play about the enduring legacy of trailblazer Patsy Mink, the first Asian American congresswoman, on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 11...

Bob Baker’s Nutcracker

Bob Baker’s Nutcracker

Nov 30 – Jan 5, 2025

Bob Baker’s Nutcracker , Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s (BBMT) delightful and spellbinding 1969 marionette adaptation of the beloved ballet classic, makes its highly anticipated Sierra Madre Playhouse debut this holiday with 50 performances running from November 30, 2024...

Music @ The Playhouse: Tesserae Baroque – Musica Secreta

Music @ The Playhouse: Tesserae Baroque – Musica Secreta

Dec 7

The acclaimed Tesserae Baroque Ensemble returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse to present an intimate evening of exquisite Renaissance music from the late 16th-century Ferrarese Court, considered among the era’s most sophisticated courts in Europe and noted for attracting celebrated...

Tesserae Baroque – Musica Secreta

Dec 7

The Tesserae Baroque Ensemble will perform a selection of intricate Renaissance vocal music from the 16th-century Ferrarese court at Sierra Madre Playhouse. The concert features Ian Pritchard on harpsichord, joined by sopranos Anna Schubert and Addy Sterrett, along with baritone...

Music @ The Playhouse: Raga Trio

Music @ The Playhouse: Raga Trio

Nov 17

The Raga Trio , which deftly merges string traditions from the East and West to create a fascinating confluence of musical styles, appears on Sunday, November 17, 2024, 2 pm, at Sierra Madre Playhouse . The ensemble’s trailblazing artists include premier Indian classical...

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