Review: FALSETTOS at Victory Theatre
Let’s face the music: William Finn’s Falsettos, written during the Reagan administration’s brutal fumbling of the AIDS epidemic and polarizing of the LGBTQ+ community, remains strikingly relevant to today.…
Helen Borgers Theatre
4250 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach 90807
Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA 90708
Helen Borgers Theatre is a theatre in Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA.
Articles
Review: COME FROM AWAY at A Noise Within
Clearly there were a lot worse places to be on that infamous day than small provincial Gander. In Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s spirited and heart-warming production...A Noise Within let’s us savor that unique visit.…
Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum
Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. …
Review: THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND Is a Dreamlike Experience Best Left Unexplained
BroadwayWorld reviews THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND, an unconventional concert experience that's as much about the mood as the music, playing through October 25 in Downtown LA's Arts District…
Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre
Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…
Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Colony Theatre
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a vivacious and colorful show making the most of its 1960s setting to dazzle us with period fashions and backdrops.…
Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre
CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…
Review: KAIJU at Road Theatre Company
Consistently over-the-top with plenty of laughs and some technical dash for which the Road has long been known, Sawyer’s production shoots out a volley of satirical darts, few of which land with much impact.…
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
A musical about disenfranchised teenage boys in warring gangs in the middle of the twentieth century has an impossibly high standard to measure up against in the department of subject matter.…
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS
To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt of…
Past Shows
56 total · showing 41–50
A Ray Bradbury Double Feature: Sound of Thunder - The Veldt - Old Time Radio Show
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 may make you take that iPad away from your kids. Then enjoy Ray Bradbury’s short story "Sound of Thunder". A cautionary tale of the...
Chekhov in Shorts
The Helen Borgers Theater Home of The Long Beach Shakespeare Company is proud to present Chekhov in Shorts Directed by Diane Benedict Original translation and adaptation by Diane Benedict Produced by Holly Leveque A Vaudeville brings the comedic short stories of literary master...
The Comedy of Errors
In The Comedy of Errors romance, misadventures, mistaken identities and shenanigans take center stage. This comedy shows us how far you will go to save your own neck, your long lost family or your coin purse.
Penelope: A Lesson In Drowning
Penelope: A Lesson In Drowning By Baylee Shlichtman Directed by Angela Cruz Martinez Autistic Princess Penelope of Sparta has put off marriage for years by having her suitors challenge her father to a foot race she's rigged to ensure they'll never win. Self-proclaimed scoundrel...
Joan and Samuel -Medieval Sketch / Behind The Scenes
Behind the Scenes By Maren English Directed by Ryan Hollon Hoping to find someone to sit on the couch with forever, Angela and Josie ready themselves to step blindly into the cold unknown of a first date. Cast Julianne Holmquist- Angela Phoebe Balson- Josie Joan and Samuel - The...
Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods by Robert Weibezahl Directed By Jen Gerould A modern-day fable that plays with the Orpheus myth (and perhaps turns it on its head), it is at turns a tender, funny, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking look at life, love, and the choices we make. Cast- Orfie...
Pyar Aur Coffee
Pyar Aur Coffee By Rena Patel Directed by Rippin Sindher Four quick-witted and coffee-addicted friends navigate espresso machines, relationships, and South Asian societal expectations all while figuring out what or who makes them happy. Cast Syona Varty - Aaliya Nate Memba...
Antigone
ANTIGONE Written by Sophocles Directed by Holly Leveque Ravaged by civil war, the city of Thebes and the two sons of the late Oedipus have fallen in battle. One has been given full funeral rites, the other banished as a traitor to rot on the battlefield. Antigone believes that...
MACBETH
The Long Beach Shakespeare CompanyCelebrating 20 years with our 2022 Season Homecoming!PresentsMACBETHOur first fully stage production of the season.Something wicked has come home.Macbeths ambition overtakes his humanity as he kills his way to being King of Scotland...for a...
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being EarnestA Trivial Comedy for Serious People Filmed At the Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic, Long Beach, in Bixby KnollsThe second fully staged production in our 2021 Season: Back to Basics In his country estate, Jack is the responsible guardian of...
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CLUB27 Jaxx Theatre (10/01-10/30) |
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The Cottage North Coast Repertory (10/28-11/22) |
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Woof Odyssey Theatre (10/03-11/08) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Adam Pascal Feinstein's at the Nikko (10/23-10/24) |
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EVITA Valverde Annex (10/17-10/25) |
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ECHO LUBIMOVKA 2026 Independent Festival of Russian-language drama. Highways Performance Space and Gallery (11/21-11/22) |
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Hallowe'en Spooktacular Bob Baker Marionette Theater (9/05-11/08) |
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Forever Plaid San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (2/12-3/14) |
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TST's 13th 10-Minute Play Festival Towne Street Theatre (10/03-11/01) |
