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Hobgoblin Playhouse

1516 N Gardner Street
Hollywood, CA 90046

Hobgoblin Playhouse is a theatre in Los Angeles.

Upcoming Shows

Warhol/Frankenstein 4D!

Sep 26 – Nov 28, 2026

The underground comedy reimagines Andy Warhol's wild Factory filmmaking years during the creation of his 3D cinema film Flesh for Frankenstein. The cast includes Andrew Goetten as Andy Warhol, Jordan Mullins as Edie Sedgwick and The Bride, Danny McCarthy as Lou Reed and Baron...

Southern Goth

Oct 27

Dan Ruth stars in this world premiere solo horror comedy, a semi-autobiographical journey through hauntings, witchcraft and the punk and indie/goth scene of mid-eighties Richmond, Virginia during the Satanic panic. The show is a humorous take on Ruth's Roman Catholic upbringing...

Articles

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

by Andrew Child · October 2, 2026

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

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS

by Michael Quintos · October 1, 2026

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…

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · October 1, 2026

There are no easy answers here, but playwright Janine Nabers raises many questions. What happens when something outside your control forever taints your legacy? How to separate art from artist? How to hold someone accountable even when you love them?…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

by Edmund Whelan · September 30, 2026

When the US airspace shut down after the attacks of 9/11, what happened to the planes already on their way? Hit Broadway musical Come From Away, penned by Canadian composer-lyricist couple Irene Sankoff and David Hein, recounts the story.…

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

by Harker Jones · September 30, 2026

Agatha Christie is perhaps the most successful and prolific mystery writer in history. Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, she wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, introducing the world to household-name detectives like Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.…

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

by Michael Quintos · September 27, 2026

The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…

Review: BEGIN AGAIN at the Old Globe Theatre

Review: BEGIN AGAIN at the Old Globe Theatre

by Evan Henerson · September 25, 2026

Director Loren Latarro’s production is smooth and lovely, ablaze in song and possessed of some choice bites of visual dazzle that give the production its dreaminess.…

Review: Krysta Rodriguez Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center

Review: Krysta Rodriguez Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center

by Michael Quintos · September 22, 2026

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rap…

Past Shows

20 total · showing 1–10

A Role Playing Game

A Role Playing Game

Jun 8 – Jun 28, 2026

Every Caverns and Creatures campaign needs three things: Knights! Wizards! And, political discourse? When a group of friends finish their long-running C&C campaign, an exploration of what comes next for their shared imaginary world turns into a heated debate over political...

Cumming Down The Mountain

Jun 9 – Jun 28, 2026

Cumming Down The Mountain is a 60-minute raunchy queer comedy written and directed by Katie Hatlestad and produced by Carlos Westbrook, presented as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The play follows Hazel, played by Summer Benson, a young queer girl sent to a...

Hold That Thought While I Scream

Hold That Thought While I Scream

Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Set in a 1940s therapist’s office, a therapist meets with three increasingly fractured clients, each bringing their own confessions, delusions, and carefully constructed narratives. As she moves from session to session, her own sense of self begins to erode. Sleep-deprived and...

Jeremy Worried About the Wind

Jeremy Worried About the Wind

Jun 11 – Jun 27, 2026

Explores the weight of childhood anxiety and the liberation found when we finally trade our lists for the unpredictable magic of the unknown.

The Anti-Magic Magic Show

The Anti-Magic Magic Show

Jun 6 – Jun 27, 2026

The Anti-Magic Magic Show is billed as “a magic show for people who hate magic shows.” This suggests that people who have seen magic shows in Vegas or elsewhere have been disappointed by them: the repetition of very old, over-familiar tricks, the fakery involved, the...

Hold That Thought While I Scream

Jun 6 – Jun 26, 2026

Hold That Thought While I Scream is a dark comedy-drama written and directed by Barrett DeYoung, making its debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Set in a 1940s therapist's office, the play follows Lady Havilland, portrayed by Nicole Ohara, a fiercely ambitious therapist who...

The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra

The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra

Jun 4 – Jun 26, 2026

At the prestigious Miskatonic University, Polly Simpkins and Gwen Hunter are normal, college girls. Polly is academic, obsessed with research and straight A’s. Gwen is hot and popular and would rather party than study. But their lives are turned upside-down one night when Martha...

The House Always Wins

Jun 4 – Jun 25, 2026

The House Always Wins is a world-premiere original musical written, directed, and starring Carli Wright, presented as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The folksy play features a musically inclined ghost tasked with haunting her childhood home by The House, an echo of...

Baby Bipolar

Jun 7 – Jun 21, 2026

Baby Bipolar is a solo show created and performed by Maria Mainelli, directed by Fiona Campbell, making its West Coast premiere at Hollywood Fringe 2026. The show traces Mainelli's first five years following a bipolar 1 diagnosis during the Covid-19 pandemic, moving through...

Roast Your Chestnuts

Jun 5 – Jun 21, 2026

Roast Your Chestnuts is a 45-minute solo comedy show featuring a glamorously unhinged Mrs. Claus who has had enough of holiday cheer after centuries trapped behind an oven in the shadow of a narcissistic husband with a toy monopoly. She steps into the spotlight to roast holiday...

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