Top Rated Plays In LA - Theatre In LA

Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Step into the vibrant world of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a beloved Harlem hotspot where West African immigrant braiders work their magic on the locals’ locks. Amidst the lively buzz of a scorching summer, love ignites, dreams soar, and secrets unravel. But beneath the surface of this riotous comedy lies a current of uncertainty, pushing this close-knit community to confront the challenges of being outsiders in their own neighborhood.

Los Angeles Times- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
LA Theatrix- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Highly Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Highly Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Pasadena Playhouse

All Julia Masli wants to do is solve people's problems and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. In her wildly unpredictable solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, the award-winning performer turns the audience's problems into surreal, side-splitting theater. No script, no safety net, just one woman on a mission to help. After sensational runs in Edinburgh, Melbourne, New York, and D.C., Julia is on her way to Pasadena to solve all our problems.

Los Angeles Times- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
ArtsBeatLA- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

A Noise Within

As part of our commitment to presenting August Wilson's work, we bring you our sixth production of his American Century Cycle: Joe Turner's Come and Gone, a powerful and poetic play set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911. It follows a group of men and women searching for lost family, identity, and purpose in the aftermath of slavery and during the Great Migration. When a mysterious stranger arrives looking for his long-lost wife, hidden pain and buried pasts come to the surface. With rich characters and lyrical dialogue, the play explores themes of freedom, self-discovery, and the enduring power of community and spiritual healing.

Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Progressive- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended

Guac

Kirk Douglas Theatre

GUAC is a fearless, funny, and deeply moving theatrical tour-de-force about a father turned activist. Seven years after his son Joaquin "Guac" Oliver was killed in the Parkland shooting, Manuel Oliver channels his love, loss, and rage into a powerful force for change. From pepperoni bacon pizza to air guitar solos, Oliver paints a vivid, unforgettable portrait of a vibrant life cut short-and a father's relentless fight for a better future. Both a celebration and a rallying cry, GUAC pulls zero punches and speaks to anyone who has ever loved, lost, or dreamed of making a difference.

Los Angeles Times- Highly Recommended
LA Theatrix- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Recommended

Littleboy/Littleman

Geffen Playhouse

When Nicaraguan brothers Fíto and Bastian clash over their visions of the American Dream, their choices send them on a collision course with fate-risking not just their futures, but their bond. Fíto, a poet, is impulsive and ambitious, willing to take risks to get what he wants. Bastian, a telemarketer, is steady and principled, holding onto caution as a guide. Blending poetry, live music, and ritual, this electrifying tale of brotherhood and belonging pulses with rhythm and emotion, pulling us into a world where family is everything, but dreams come at a cost.

Los Angeles Times- Recommended
LA Theatrix- Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Indulge Magazine- Highly Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended

The Great Lover

The Los Angeles Theatre Center

The notorious Duke de Richlieu wagers that he can seduce the first girl he sees. He's thwarted by the Marquise de Prie, but Gabrielle (the girl) is placed in a terrible predicament with her fiance.

Hollywood Progressive- Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Highly Recommended

Adolescent Salvation

The Matrix

Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker and push each other to the edge of danger - with consequences that could prove lethal.

Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
LA Splash- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
LA Theatrix- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Recommended
Broadway World- Somewhat Recommended

anthropology

The Matrix

This high-stakes AI thriller is wrapped in emotional urgency while questioning just how far we'll go to uncover truth and what technology can and can't help us to resolve in our relationships.

Los Angeles Times- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
ArtsBeatLA- Recommended
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended

The Little King of Norwalk

The Los Angeles Theatre Center

A modern barrio fable about power, politics and the price of survival, set against a real-life scandal that unfolded last year when Norwalk imposed a ban on shelters, supportive housing, and businesses that traditionally serve the poor. Following a DUI, Juan attends his first mandated AA meeting - where he's mistaken for someone powerful and influential who might be of use to the ambitious mayor and his inner circle. Juan wields his new power to benefit himself, but soon goes too far. Can he find redemption by confessing the truth?

LA Theatrix- Recommended
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Recommended
Nerd Of Color- Highly Recommended

Paranormal Inside

David Henry Hwang Theater

PARANORMAL INSIDE finds Max and Delia once again navigating the perilous intersection of grief, ancestry, and identity, as a sinister spirit threatens to upend the fragile peace they built five years after the events of THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL. As the boundaries between the living and the dead once again dissipate, the play explores the generational trauma and cultural legacies that linger long after the lights go out. Will they survive or be claimed by the forces that haunt their past?

Stage and Cinema- Somewhat Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
ArtsBeatLA- Somewhat Recommended
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
Nerd Of Color- Highly Recommended

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