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THE HELEN BORGERS THEATER

4250 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach 90807
Long Beach, CA 90045



Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026

Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...

Review: APPLAUSE at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage


by Cary Ginell - February 18, 2026

Musical Theatre Guild, the Los Angeles-based company that produces staged readings of long-forgotten, rarely seen musicals, has done it again with a stellar and highly entertaining production of the 1970 musical Applause. ...

Review: THREE COCONUTS World Premiere Comedy at Miles Memorial Playhouse


by Shari Barrett - February 18, 2026

I really enjoyed the story, acting and staging, along with recognizing the Yiddish comments, behavior and attitudes from my own life being raised by a close-knit Jewish family....

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West


by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026

Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...

Review: AMADEUS at Pasadena Playhouse


by Andrew Child - February 17, 2026

Director Darko Tresnjak has crafted a visually-appealing world that unfortunately reduces the action of the play to broad strokes enacted in a toy theatre....

Review: SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - February 17, 2026

SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA is trying to be perhaps too many things at once and not really succeeding at any of them....

Review: POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE at Fountain Theatre


by Evan Henerson - February 13, 2026

These are words that both sing and challenge. If, like this reviewer, you were not previously acquainted with June Jordan, POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE is a crackling introduction....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE


by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026

Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi...

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? at South Coast Rep


by Tracey Paleo - February 09, 2026

South Coast Repertory’s production of Edward Albee’s dark psychological comedy 100% embodies all the epic frustration and athletic dysfunction which begins and ends with Martha. ...

Review: Will Swenson Leads New SoCal Revival of SWEENEY TODD at La Mirada Theatre


by Michael Quintos - February 05, 2026

In what is clearly proving to be the must-see stage production of the new year so far here in Southern California, McCoy Rigby Entertainment's stunning new production of the 1979 Tony Award-winning classic SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET—now playing a limited engagement at the La Mi...

Past Shows

The Black Mosaic
The Black Mosaic
Oct 4

The Black Mosaic collection of literature, narrative, poetry and plays that pull together a picture of Black lives in our current time. The work of...

The Wizard of Oz Old Time Radio Show
The Wizard of Oz Old Time Radio Show
Feb 21 – Feb 23, 2025

The Long Beach Shakespeare Company presents its annual tradition, The Wizard of Oz, a live radio adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic, adapted by S....

Richard lll
Richard lll
Jan 24 – Feb 8, 2025

Having helped secure his brother King Edward IV taking the throne of England, the jealous tormented Richard, Duke of York, plots to seize power for...

Ever Will: The Early Years and Final Days of William Shakespeare, with Music and Songs
Ever Will: The Early Years and Final Days of William Shakespeare, with Music and Songs
Jan 4 – Jan 5, 2025

Ever Will: The Early Years and Final Days of William Shakespeare, with Music and Songs- Staged Reading Directed by Bryan Langlitz Book and LyricsPamela Gilbreath Kelly Composer Carlos Garza Produced byHolly LevequeHow...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 7 – Dec 15, 2024

Come experience the classic, A Christmas Carol at KBRD Long Beach at the Helen Borgers Theater Home of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company.  You don’t want...

The War of the Worlds Radio Show
The War of the Worlds Radio Show
Oct 25 – Oct 27, 2024

Our 2024 Halloween Radio Show Season at the Helen Borgers Theater closes with our annual War of the Worlds! “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic...

War of the Worlds - Old Time Radio Show
War of the Worlds - Old Time Radio Show
Oct 25 – Oct 27, 2024

Don’t miss this yearly Long Beach Shakespeare tradition, the sci-fi adventure that brought mass hysteria! Back for another season!...

A Ray Bradbury Double Feature: Sound of Thunder - The Veldt - Old Time Radio Show
A Ray Bradbury Double Feature: Sound of Thunder - The Veldt - Old Time Radio Show
Oct 18 – Oct 20, 2024

A Ray Bradbury Double Feature comes to life at the Helen Borgers Theater from KBRD Long Beach!Starting with the Veldt, a classic short story that...

Antigone
Antigone
Apr 14 – May 4, 2024

ANTIGONEWritten bySophoclesDirected by Holly LevequeRavaged by civil war, the city of Thebes and the two sons of the late Oedipus have fallen in battle. One has...

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