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Free-spirited Rachel finally trades her independence for a long-term marriage. At last, she's found a connection worthy of commitment with conviction! That is, until the universe decides to test her. In this laugh-out-loud open-hearted solo show, Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) dives headfirst into the whiplash experience of what it is to live, love, and lament. Written by candid playwright and best-selling author Robin Gerber, this surprising exploration of love, purpose, and meaning is more than a romantic comedy, it's an unexpected revelation.

Candlelight Concerts in LA turn an ordinary night out into something warm and memorable, pairing live music with the soft glow of hundreds of candles for an atmosphere that feels both upscale and totally unpretentious. Produced by Fever, these shows typically feature talented local musicians—often a string ensemble—bringing everything from classical favorites to pop hits and themed tributes to life in an intimate setting.

In a small office where lives are measured in credit scores, two strangers find themselves returning to the same conversation. Keith, a mortgage broker raising his daughter alone, and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker determined to reclaim a piece of his family's lost land, meet as client and lender. What unfolds instead is an unexpected connection between two fathers navigating uncertainty, responsibility, and the quiet weight of unrealized dreams. With wit, compassion, and emotional precision, this story touches an extraordinary humanity hidden within ordinary lives. What do we owe one another in a world shaped by inequality, and can small acts of trust and kindness become something transformative?

With Edgar Allan Poe’s creation of the character of C. Auguste Dupin, the master of the macabre forever changed crime fiction. Dupin was the first modern detective. He was the archetype for literary sleuths Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, solving seemingly unsolvable crimes with logic and astonishing deductions. This play brings together Poe’s three spellbinding Dupin Mysteries: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter for an engrossing evening of murder, mayhem and meerschaum pipes.

Based on the hit DreamWorks motion picture and the incredible true story that inspired it, Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying, splashy Broadway musical that tells the story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer – living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. But when Frank’s lies catch the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, Carl chases Frank to the end … and finds something he never expected.

Hit musical Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 airline passengers stranded in a small Newfoundland town on 9/11. As fear and uncertainty give way to compassion and connection, a community opens its doors to the world. With a soaring score and deeply human storytelling, this production reflects A Noise Within's distinctive approach to musicals and offers a rare opportunity to experience it in an intimate setting. Come From Away is a moving and uplifting celebration of kindness, resilience, and the power of coming together in extraordinary times.

Crone Creed* is a mythic drama spanning centuries, written by John Epstein, Casey Morgan, and T. Theresa Scarano; and directed by Marc Morgenstern. The story follows Vita, a young woman whose life is shattered by religious upheaval and betrayal in medieval Europe, who is reborn in the late 1800s American frontier as part of an ancient lineage of mystical women known as the Crones. She discovers her brother has also returned through time as part of a corrupting force known as the Fallen, and as their conflict unfolds across eras, Vita must confront questions of power, loyalty, and resistance in a struggle where belief itself shapes reality.

Asian American theater collective Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company reunite for their fourth collaboration in four years with a rare revival of The Dance and the Railroad, a haunting and deeply moving early work by David Henry Hwang. Set during the Chinese Railroad Workers' Strike of 1867, two immigrant laborers form an unexpected bond through their shared love of Chinese opera. Together, they practice the ancient art form atop a mountain in the Sierra Nevada, finding connection and a sense of possibility even as their fellow workers below confront brutal labor conditions, isolation and cultural displacement.

Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch Petey, the world's most evil cat, who has cloned himself to exact revenge on the doggy do-gooder? And will George and Harold finish their show before lunchtime ?? Find out in this epic musical adventure featuring the hilarity and heart of beloved characters from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club.

It’s a year after six brave Americans escaped the Hand of God, the most notorious group of terrorists on the planet. The heroes have gathered for a reunion on a 60 Minutes–type news magazine. We’ll come to find out that not all was as it seemed during their captivity. In addition, the hostages are making demands that could scuttle the broadcast. Will they get to tell their harrowing story to America or not?

When the Baker and his wife venture into the forest to break a witch's curse, they encounter Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack (of beanstalk fame)-and familiar tales take on clever new lives. But be careful what you wish for, because "happily ever after" is never the whole story. With a Tony Award-winning book and score, this poignant musical comedy masterpiece celebrates its 40th anniversary with a fabulous new SCR production.

Into the Woods is a musical that intertwines the plots of several classic fairy tales, exploring what happens after "happily ever after." The story follows characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, a Baker and his Wife as they venture into the woods to fulfill their deepest wishes. As their stories overlap, the consequences of their actions begin to unravel their happy endings. The musical cleverly blends humor, heartache, and moral complexity, challenging the simplicity of traditional fairy tales. Stephen Sondheim's intricate music and lyrics bring depth to each character's journey. The first act delivers familiar stories with a twist, while the second act reveals the darker costs of pursuing one's desires. Responsibility, community, and the loss of innocence emerge powerfully throughout the woods. Into the Woods is both a whimsical adventure and a profound reflection on the choices we make.

Funny, unsettling, and audacious, KAIJU uses the spectacle of gigantic mythic monsters to examine power, destruction, artistic responsibility, and the fragile rituals of contemporary culture. Chaos becomes pageantry and pageantry becomes debate in a theatrical event that forces both artist and audience to confront the power-and futility-of making art.

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite!

Open Fist Theatre Company presents a rare revival of Marisol, a darkly funny, apocalyptic fable about survival, faith and hope by Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera. As a cosmic civil war erupts between God and the angels, New York City descends into chaos. After her guardian angel abandons her to join the celestial battle against a senile God, Bronx resident Marisol Pérez must navigate a terrifying, unraveling world on her own while struggling to preserve her humanity.

Theatricum returns with its signature production! The most magical outdoor setting in Los Angeles becomes an enchanted forest inhabited by lovers both fairy and human. Shakespeare conjures a world of wonder, magic, and romance where comical misunderstandings and the pain of unrequited love are resolved. All is reconciled through midsummer night revelries and the enduring power of nature.

In Victorian England, where women enjoy few legal rights, Kitty Warren has built an international business empire. When her daughter Vivie graduates from Cambridge, she presses her mother for answers as to their family background. The truth of how her mother survived poverty is difficult to hear; but it's not the whole story. Shaw's 1893 play takes a surprisingly modern view of the choices a woman must make, faced with little or no options before her, and the moral implications of economic survival.

Salter thought he had only two sons: the troubled child he sent away at four years old, and the genetically identical copy he had created and raised in his place. Then he discovers there are more-many more. When the truth about a long-buried cloning experiment comes to light, Salter is forced to confront the consequences of a decision made decades earlier. As questions of identity, nature, nurture, and responsibility collide, A Number turns a startling scientific premise into a gripping and deeply human family drama.

Outside Mullingar is a lyrical, deeply human story— warm, wistful, and full of hope that love can bloom late in life. In the mist-shrouded farmlands of rural Ireland, Anthony and Rosemary live side by side, bound by family legacies, stubborn pride, and an unspoken longing that has lasted a lifetime. Anthony has spent his days quietly tending his father’s cattle farm, uncertain of his future and haunted by what might have been. Rosemary, his strong-willed neighbor, has waited years for him to see what’s been right in front of him all along.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of 'outsiders' battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. THE OUTSIDERS navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them. With a dynamic original score, THE OUTSIDERS is a story of friendship, family, belonging...and the realization that there is still "lots of good in the world."

The Peterson Show follows five former child stars who reunite as the legacy of their beloved television father collapses into scandal. With cameras swarming outside and decades of unresolved history inside, they confront old rivalries, buried secrets and the complicated bonds forged while growing up on America's favorite sitcom

Clarissa, the charming wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live drama much harder to cope with. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband arrives with an important politician, she enlists the help of her guests. Hilarity ensues with the arrival of a wry detective. Christie delivers suspense and humor in equal parts with secret drawers, hidden doors, and invisible ink.

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!

What begins as a drunken arrest soon grows into a constitutional battle stretching from Houston to Washington, D.C. Texas Sodomy follows two ordinary working-class men and Lane Lewis (Matt McConkey)—a Houston activist and bartender who becomes their closest ally and protector—as they join an unlikely coalition of lawyers and activists in a pivotal chapter of the American civil rights movement.

In Olivier-Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny’s world premiere, Winter’s Bench, an old woman believes they can. She has returned, after many years, to a dilapidated, abandoned park where all the trees are logged but one. It’s ancient. And she is certain it spoke to her once. The tree being the only witness left to her childhood, she has something urgent to ask it.

In WOOF, three outspoken dogs — a flamboyant show poodle, a pampered Yorkie, and a scrappy rescue — observe everything, offering hilarious commentary on their human owners, who are strangers whose lives unexpectedly intersect at a neighborhood dog park. While the humans struggle through personal crises, unlikely friendships, and the messy search for connection, the dogs have plenty to say to each other in this heartfelt comedy. Filled with laughter, warmth, and surprising emotional depth, WOOF reminds us that our greatest teachers – man's best friends - sometimes walk on four legs.