The Jury Game
The Jury Game is a staged reading of a new satirical comedy written and directed by Warren Davis, presented by Theatre 40. In this play,...
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Review: OPENING NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL: THE BEST OF BROADWAY at Hollywood Bowl
Every inch a musical theater geek's night to remember, the evening featured quips from host Billy Crystal, the rigor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins, a chorus of wonderful singer-dancers and an eye-popping featured performer lineup.…
Review: TREASURE ISLAND at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Review: Even if you leave wanting a few more cannon blasts from Theatricum Botanicum's 2026 adaptation of TREASURE ISLAND, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more beautiful place to spend a summer evening.…
Review: THE FIRST GENTLEMAN World Premiere Musical at Torrance Theatre Company
Director Glenn Kelman is to be commended for taking on the challenge of coordinating twenty cast members moving scenery and set pieces into place to create 22 set changes in 14 locations on such a small stage, as well as setting the timing of each Ameri-News video projection to forward the story. An…
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Casting high school aged teen-agers can be a trickier needle to thread than one might think. Two actors who are still in high school wrestling down the spectrum of emotions, growth journeys and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s tale is no small achievement. Asher Hagler and Quinnlyn Scheppner make thei…
Review: ANGRY, RAUCOUS AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at Geffen Playhouse
With complex characterizations, whip-smart dialogue, and vibrant, shrewd performances, the four women at the center of the show are alive from the second the lights go up.…
Review: AMAZING GRAVES Sets Two Short Plays Inside the Same Cemetery
Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites? Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo…
Review: Diana Varco Shares Her Journey to RISE Above Childhood Rage
It's a very well done, confrontational hour-long play at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, but also life-affirming to know none of us are alone in the struggle for emotional maturity rather than turn to the easy crutches of overeating, alcohol abuse, drug use or unbridled sex to forget about …
Interview: Director Ellen Geer on TREASURE ISLAND at Theatricum Botanicum
BroadwayWorld spoke with director Ellen Geer about her vision for the production, what drew her to adapt it for Theatricum Botanicum, and what she hopes audiences will love about the story as much as she does.…
Review: ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL Enchants at La Mirada Theatre
I'll say this now: this Summer's most beguiling, most enchanting theatrical surprise is perhaps the brand new, gorgeously opulent regional production of ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL, now on stage at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through June 20, 2026. A visual stunner punctuated by remark…
Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes New Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the s…
Past Shows
Crossing Delancey
Isabel is a modern young woman who lives alone and works in a book shop. When she is not pining after a handsome author, she...
Patriotic Games
Staged reading of a play.Patriotic Games is described as the battle for the soul of America.War rages in Europe. The Nazis have conquered most of...
The Unexpected Guest
Written by Agatha Christie. Directed by Warren Davis. Lost in the fog, a stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house, only to find a man shot...
The Ten Tombs of Dr. styles
Staged reading of a play. Written by Frank Semerano. Directed by Christopher Franciosa. What Secrets Lie Within the Ten Tombs? Horton Sumner Malden is an Egyptologist...
Monday Night Theatre Appreciation Seminars
Play readings followed by Q&A.January 26- A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher. A Nazi agent summons Pablo Picasso to a storage vault for an interrogation. A...
Unnecessary Farce
A play reading. Written by Paul Slade smith. Directed by Melanie MacQueen.wo cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling...
What Opa Did
What Opa Did follows Kate, a young New Yorker, as she confronts her Jewish grandparents’ past in Germany, where they were forced to hide with...
Theatre 40
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, join us and show your love for Theatre 40 and for our playwrights as we present an evening of...
Dracula, My Love
Staged reading of a new play, written and directed by Syrie James.A romantic retelling of Dracula unlike any ever created. In this spellbinding tale of...
An Inspector Calls
This play occurs when a young woman meets with an untimely demise and a respectable family is subject to a routine inquiry in connection with...
Monday Night Theatre Appreciation Seminars
Play readings followed by Q&A.September 29, 2025- What Is Murder? by Ken Levine. Four former Jeopardy champions meet for a weekend to prepare for the...
All These Women
This world premiere play examines the almost insurmountable struggle women faced to get the right to vote in America. It is 1913, and women in...
A Jukebox for the Algonquin
The residents at the Placid Pines Senior Care Center really want a jukebox. When it costs more than the center can raise, a small band...
POWER & LIGHT
Power & Light dramatizes the titanic clash of genius between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla as they battle to electrify the world. It is an...
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The Most Happy Fella North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28) |
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A Haunting Revue II Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) |
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Born This Cabaret Renberg Theatre (6/24-6/24) |
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Bus People – A Hilarious & Optimistic Take on L.A. Public Transit The Actors Company (6/06-6/28) |
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MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre (6/17-6/28) |
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Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/24) |
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My Life is a Sonnet Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27) |
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STRAITJACKET SIRENS The Three Clubs (6/01-6/30) |
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Storytellers Theater: PINOCCHIO @ Sac Fine Arts Sacramento Fine Arts Center (6/26-6/26) |
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The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World) Broadwater Second Stage (6/16-6/27) |