2026 New Works Festival
The New Works Festival celebrates the voices of today and the legends of tomorrow. Featuring original plays from emerging and established writers, this festival is...
The Helen Borgers Theater
4250 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach 90807Long Beach, CA 90807
Upcoming Shows
Review: PUPPET UP! at the Richardo Montalbán Theatre
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Interview: COMEDY OF ERRORS Director, Composer and Actor at Independent Shakespeare Company
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.…
Review: Norm Foster's LAKEFRONT U.S. Premiere Engagement at Theatre 40
All in all, Lakefront offers a very enjoyable two-hour romantic journey guaranteed to keep you laughing and rooting for these lost and lonely souls looking for their soulmate.…
Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company
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
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
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
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…
Review: MUSE/IQUE DEFIANTLY JONI: A SINGER/SONGWRITER BARES HER SOUL at Mark Taper Forum
The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspi…
Review: ANATOMY OF A BACK by Kick Boom Theater at Electric Lodge
John Wuchte and his Kick Boom Theater ensemble of five actors and two onstage musicians (Wuchte on percussion and Sarah Green on guitar) continue their exploration of live percussion scoring the actors’ movement, gestures and stylized dialogue during Anatomy of a Back at the Electric Lodge in Veni…
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Musical Theatre West
Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purp…
Past Shows
Department - Episode 2 - Anchor Store - Radio Show
Department - Episode 2 - Anchor Store By: Christopher Bucca TaylorDirected by Joe MontanariThe dates for performances will be: 6/6 8 PM and 6/7 1 PMIts a hilarous...
Life and Death in Cowboy Country
Life and Death in Cowboy Country By: Andrew Tyrell-Smith Directed by Bonnie Dolan The dates for performances will be: 6/6 2 PM and 6/7 8 PM Dos, a...
Reflections in a D’Back’s Eye
Reflections in a D’Back’s Eye By: Deanne Stillman Directed by Dana Schwartz, The dates for performances will be: 6/6 4:30 PM and 6/7 4 PM Reflections in a...
The Deed
The Deed By: Jessica Wienecke Directed by Bonnie Dolan The dates for performances will be: 6/6 2 PM and 6/7 8 PMMack has a permanent solution for Julie’s temporary...
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Romeo And Juliet Actors Repertory Theater of Simi Valley (7/24-8/16) |
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‘F**king Strangers’ Atwater Village Theatre (7/17-8/24) |