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Sutton Foster with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra
Sep 19

Sutton Foster, two-time Tony Award winner, makes her Soraya debut with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra and 40 of the finest L.A. studio musicians led by...

Snarky Puppy
Oct 3

Snarky Puppy makes its Soraya debut on this date, marking a milestone for the ensemble that has won five GRAMMY Awards since 2014. Led by...

Majo Aguilar con Mariachi y Banda
Oct 29

Majo Aguilar presents a World Premiere collaborative performance blending traditional ranchera and mariachi music with modern influences. A Mexican singer and songwriter, Majo Aguilar is...

Dance Theatre of Harlem: Higher Ground
Nov 14

Dance Theatre of Harlem makes its Soraya debut with the Los Angeles premiere of Robert Garland's Higher Ground, a joyous and critically acclaimed piece from...

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Jan 23

Considered one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine makes its Soraya debut with conductor Volodymyr Sirenko and...

Terence Blanchard & Ravi Coltrane
Feb 11

The Jazz at Naz festival opens with a concert headlined by Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane, joining the centennial celebration of John Coltrane and Miles...

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with José James
Feb 13

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra returns to The Soraya with special guest José James as part of the Jazz at Naz festival. The concert will feature...

Jazz Club: Alfredo Rodriguez Band featuring Pedrito Martinez and Hamilton de Holanda Trio
Feb 17 – Feb 18, 2027

The Soraya's mainstage transforms into an intimate supper club for Jazz Club, featuring the Alfredo Rodriguez Band with Pedrito Martinez and opener the Hamilton de...

Jazz Club: Emmet Cohen Trio with Ekep Nkwelle
Feb 20 – Feb 21, 2027

The Emmet Cohen Trio performs with rising star vocalist Ekep Nkwelle as part of the Jazz at Naz festival's Jazz Club series, where The Soraya's...

Jazz Club: Linda May Han Oh Quintet featuring Melissa Aldana and Sara Serpa
Feb 24 – Feb 25, 2027

The Jazz at Naz festival wraps up with the Linda May Han Oh Quintet featuring saxophonist Melissa Aldana and vocalist Sara Serpa. The performance is...

Jacob Jonas The Company & Delirium Musicum: River / As Eternity Flows
Mar 1

Two Los Angeles companies collaborate on a double bill of groundbreaking works: choreographer Jacob Jonas will expand his piece River, and Delirium Musicum founder and...

LA Phil at The Soraya
Mar 26

The LA Phil makes its Soraya debut led by guest conductor and L.A. Opera's newly appointed Music Director Domingo Hindoyan. The program features the world...

Audra McDonald
Apr 3

Audra McDonald makes her Soraya debut in this concert performance. McDonald is the winner of an Emmy Award, two GRAMMY Awards, and a record-setting six...

National Symphony Orchestra
Apr 29

The National Symphony Orchestra, based at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, makes its Soraya debut as part of a United States tour while the...



Review: THE CAROLE KING AND JAMES TAYLOR STORY at BroadStage


by Shari Barrett - May 08, 2026

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylo...

Review: THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE: THE SONGS OF JULE STYNE at the El Portal


by Harker Jones - May 07, 2026

This marks the second triumph for co-creator-director-choreographer Scott Thompson, following his sensational “One For My Baby” at the same venue last year....

Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre


by Harker Jones - May 05, 2026

Director Meyer keeps things moving at a fair clip without ever seeming rushed, and he serves up real scares....

Review: Updated FLOWER DRUM SONG Returns to Los Angeles by East West Players


by Shari Barrett - April 29, 2026

Astounding triple-threat talent is on display in big production numbers with attention-grabbing scenic elements by brilliant designers add to the artistic wonder of the entire production helmed by EWP Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, choreographed by Janelle Dote Portman, with music direction by...

Review: BACK TO OZ at Mark Taper Forum


by Harker Jones - April 28, 2026

BACK TO OZ is an exhilarating trip through history and down the Yellow Brick Road...

Review: Last Call Theatre Invites You to Discover The Liminary


by Shari Barrett - April 27, 2026

Be ready to play your part to find out who can you trust and who wants to destroy The Liminary. Depending on the questions asked and information gathered via audience participation, the process and ending will be different at each of the performances....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere of EAT ME


by Michael Quintos - April 26, 2026

First developed and workshopped at South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2025, celebrated new “it” playwright Talene Monahon’s freshly birthed play EAT ME is currently being presented at OC’s Tony Award-winning regional theater as a fully-formed World Premiere prod...

Review: LOVE STRUCK by Macha Theatre/Films at Odyssey Theatre


by Shari Barrett - April 25, 2026

We never get a sense of what draws these two women to each other (other than sex), or what they have in common other than auditioning for acting work. Nor do we witness them falling in love, which makes it difficult to care whether or not their relationship succeeds....

Review: HELL MOUTH at The Road Theatre


by Harker Jones - April 23, 2026

The star of the show, in the end, is Jacobson’s script, leading us toward the titular HELL MOUTH through five well-drawn characters and their existential crises that mirror our own....

Review: MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - April 21, 2026

The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life....

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Hobgoblin Playhouse (6/06-6/28)