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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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 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 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...
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...
Sierra Madre Playhouse pulls the curtains back on its state-of-the-art movie screen to present Hola Frida!, a family-friendly animated biographical film released in 2024 inspired by the childhood of acclaimed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, on Saturday, September 12, 2026, 4:00 pm...
The Sierra Madre Playhouse becomes a hub for Indian classical dance and music when dancer/choreographer Rukhmani Mehta takes the stage for a spellbinding program of Kathak, a rarely performed traditional dance form known for its dazzling footwork and fast spins that originated...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sierra Madre Playhouse in conjunction with The 6th Act presents the charming romantic comedy Outside Mullingar by Tony, Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award–winning writer John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck) for 16 performances from October 2-25, 2026. The play, directed by...
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Here are my interviews with director Melissa Chalsma, composer David Melville, and actor Carene Rose Mekertichyan on COMEDY OF ERRORS presented by Independent Shakespeare Company outdoors in Griffith Park this summer.…
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The historic Sierra Madre Playhouse launches a new partnership with contemporary music ensemble Wild Up, becoming the ensemble’s first-ever long-term East Los Angeles home. For the first of its two performances there this fall, Wild Up, which has premiered hundreds of new works...
The Dave Tull Trio swings by the Sierra Madre Playhouse on Sunday, September 8, 2024, 7:30 pm. Tull, a premiere songwriter, is also considered among the leading jazz singers and drummers on the scene today. His songs have been called both laugh out loud funny and deeply soul...
Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Jazz @ The Playhouse series features the return of jazz/funk/soul guitarist Greg Porée on Saturday, September 7, 2024, 7:30 pm. His soul-stirring melodies, influenced by a diverse range of music, from Bach to The Beatles, reflect the rich tapestry of his...
Clayton Cameron’s Rhythmos Quintet , led by drummer Clayton Cameron, known as the “Brush Master,” appears at Sierra Madre Playhouse on Sunday, September 1, 7:30 pm. Rhythmos, which is Greek for rhythm, is driven by the Brush Master’s sophisticated jazz and contemporary drum...
Sierra Madre Playhouse , a dynamic and intimate performing arts center noted for its eclectic programming, welcomes eminent Hindustani vocalist GAAYATRI in an unprecedented program showcasing the vocal music of the Rampur-Maihar Senia gharana on Saturday, August 31, 2024, 2:00...
Sierra Madre Playhouse , a dynamic and intimate performing arts center in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, launches its Fall 2024 programming on Saturday, August 3, 2024, 7:30 pm, with Nacht und Träume, a compelling music program delving into the territories of night and...
Sierra Madre Playhouse presents Jason Robert Brown's acclaimed musical The Last Five Years , a captivating and emotionally charged musical journey that explores the complex dynamics of a relationship through the lens of time, with 20 performances running from Friday, May 17...
Join us September 8 - October 8, 2023 at Sierra Madre Playhouse, in the charming village of Sierra Madre, California, just 10 minutes east of Pasadena, as we celebrate this intimate story of how the friendship, persistence and inspiration of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Comics Reading Comics Dynasty Typewriter (9/13-9/13) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
