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Wicked

Wicked

Dec 4 - Feb 2, 2025

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One - born with emerald-green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Dec 5 - Dec 8, 2024

A CLASSIC REIMAGINED Debbie Allen has brought a timeless ballet classic back to life, infusing it with a burst of new energy and excitement. With lively characters, a fresh soundtrack crafted by industry legends, a tapestry of diverse choreography, breathtaking aerial performances, and cutting-edge projection technology, she's redefined the immersive theater experience for all generations.

Mrs. Dilber's Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber's Christmas Carol

Dec 5 - Dec 22, 2024

Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's maltreated housekeeper in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, meets Marley and the Spirits of Christmas before they haunt Scrooge and sets off on a past, present, and future adventure of her own in this subversive and hilarious reimagining of the holiday classic.

Bob's Holiday Office Party

Bob's Holiday Office Party

Dec 6 - Dec 21, 2024

Every year, insurance agent Bob Finhead's whacked out friends and clients stop by his small-town Iowa office for their annual holiday bash. The town mayor, the sheriff, the twin farmer sisters, the stoner, the town floozy and the pastor's wife have already RSVP'd for this year's event. But Bob has dreams of a bigger life and wants to escape their narrow-minded thinking. Will he be able to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional inventor and move to the big city, or will he come to realize how much he is the heart and soul of the town? Will any of this matter once the party starts, the bickering and fighting begins, and the drinks hit the floor?

Fancy Nancy, Splendiferous Christmas

Fancy Nancy, Splendiferous Christmas

Dec 6 - Dec 22, 2024

Fancy Nancy, Splendiferous Christmas follows Nancy and her presents with elegant wrapping paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles – and who could forget the tree? After all, there is no such thing as too much tinsel. Ooh, la la! This year, Nancy is especially excited. After selling some of her old gowns and accessories, she has enough money to buy a brand-new sparkly tree topper. She simply cannot wait to decorate the Christmas tree. But when things don’t turn out the way Nancy planned, does Christmas still stand a chance of being splendiferous?

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Dec 6 - Dec 22, 2024

This December, immerse yourself in the enchanting world of the Charles Dickens' timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, the Broadway musical. Presented at the acclaimed Rose Center Theater, this lavish Broadway-style musical adaptation brings to life the unforgettable story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man forced to confront his past, present, and future by a trio of ghostly visitations.

All About Santa

All About Santa

Dec 7 - Dec 15, 2024

It's holiday time at the North Pole and everyone is in a tizzy - Santa has disappeared. Is he taking a vacation? Did the sleigh run out of spirits? Can Mrs. Claus keep the home fires burning and the toy shop churning until he can be found? And to make matters worse, who should appear on the scene but the Suits - the Mad Men from Badison Avenue - ready and willing to "solve" the problem with a host of plans to make the holidays even more commercial than ever. The good North Pole folk in this heart-warming Victorian yuletide musical almost succumb to these sinister hijinks, but, with the help of the audience, love and good cheer conquers all, leaving the way clear for still another happy holiday season!

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Dec 7 - Dec 15, 2024
Long Beach Shakespeare Company at Helen Borgers Theatre

To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when three ghosts appear, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late.

Once Upon A Mattress

Once Upon A Mattress

Dec 10 - Jan 5, 2025

Directed by Tony-nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods) and with a new adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Once Upon a Mattress sets an unapologetic free spirit loose in a repressed kingdom, reveling in Winnifred's ability to charm and transform with willpower, honesty, and a little bit of help from her friends.

ACTC's Christmas Cabaret

ACTC's Christmas Cabaret

Dec 12 - Dec 15, 2024

Christmas Classic Music and Stories. Song and dance cabaret celebrating the true meaning of Christmas, focus on bringing traditional Christmas music standards from the 1940s and 1950s eras.

American Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker

American Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker

Dec 12 - Dec 22, 2024

SoCal’s favorite holiday tradition returns with American Ballet Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of The Nutcracker. Created by one of today’s most celebrated choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky, this dazzling holiday treat features ABT’s roster of superstar dancers along with gorgeous sets and costumes by Tony winner Richard Hudson, and Pacific Symphony playing Tchaikovsky’s timeless score.

Both: A Hard Day's Silent Night

Both: A Hard Day's Silent Night

Dec 18 - Dec 22, 2024
Open Fist Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre

It's The Beatles! It's the Christmas story! It's BOTH! Celebrate the holidays with Both: A Hard Day's Silent Night, Open Fist Theatre Company's annual holiday charity concert spectacular. A rockin' choir and a swinging live band spread peace and joy, telling the Christmas story through effervescent Gospel arrangements of Beatles songs. Proceeds benefit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), giving underserved kids an equal chance to succeed through a comprehensive array of after-school academic, arts, athletics and wellness programs.

Death Of A Salesman

Death Of A Salesman

Jan 10 - Jan 26, 2025

Considered by many to be Arthur Miller's masterpiece, this iconic American drama harnesses bold realism with riveting theatricality and is a commentary on the American Dream which resonates even today.

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

Jan 12 - Feb 2, 2025

1978. Protests break out across Iran as five close girlfriends plan weddings, trade dirty jokes and try to live their young lives. As the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to face an uncertain future by staying in Iran or leaving it. In this enlightened comedy, Pulitzer Prize winner and Orange County native Sanaz Toossi chronicles a decade of life, as best friends become friends long lost, searching for the bond that once defined them.

Eleanor

Eleanor

Jan 15 - Feb 2, 2025

A tour-de-force solo performance by Kandis Chappell brings to life the dynamic and iconic First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. Both strong and vulnerable, both public and private, Eleanor Roosevelt's fascinating story will sweep you away. Learn more about the passionate and unforgettable woman at the heart of her husband's presidency whose impact on history cannot be understated.

Listing

Listing

Jan 16 - Feb 16, 2025

Raymond is a real estate agent with a passion for historic preservation. His dream listing arrives when the owner of one of Los Angeles' architecturally significant homes asks him to represent her modernist masterpiece. Open houses bring bumbling buyers and development speculators. When catastrophe strikes and the terms of the sale are hijacked, Raymond's well-intentioned hopes and plans are thrown into chaos. Even the house itself seems to have its own nefarious agenda. Tragedy, societal tension, and ghosts of the home's past all simmer to the surface, and the home's good bones can't hide the bad blood.

The Seagull

The Seagull

Jan 16 - Feb 9, 2025

On a country lake, a star-struck girl of 19, becomes entangled with a famous actress, her famous writer-boyfriend, and her troubled son. The girl rejects the romantic pleadings of the son but steals the heart of the famous writer and heads for Moscow to pursue him and pursue a life in the theatre as an actress.

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Jan 24 - Feb 23, 2025

Get ready to experience the electrifying mind behind Rent! Before Jonathan Larson revolutionized Broadway, he was a young man struggling to make his mark. This autobiographical musical, set in 1990, is a raw, humorous, and heartfelt journey of a composer on the brink of turning 30-waiting tables and wondering if he'll ever write that soaring song that will change everything. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, and his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue. Will he give up his dream and sell out just to keep the lights on? Will he lose the love of his life? Scored by music that redefined a genre, Tick, Tick... Boom! takes you on the writer's journey that led to a Broadway blockbuster.

Fake It Until You Make It

Fake It Until You Make It

Jan 29 - Mar 9, 2025

A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based playwright, Larissa FastHorse, about being whoever you want to be, even when it’s not who you are. In her uproarious new comedy, a collision of friends and foes within the non-profit sector sets the stage for a whirlwind of competition, chaos, and comedic revelation.

Noises Off

Noises Off

Jan 29 - Mar 2, 2025

Doors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce about a theater company desperately trying to get their act together. Both onstage and backstage, chaos reigns for a troupe of floundering actors whose forgotten lines, misplaced props, and steamy romantic entanglements make it nearly impossible for the show to go on. An uproarious love letter to the theater, Noises Off is a peek behind the curtain—where everything that can go wrong, does!

The Great Yes, The Great No

The Great Yes, The Great No

Feb 5 - Feb 8, 2025

Marseille, 1941: A liner sails for Martinique with artists and intellectuals on board fleeing from Vichy France, including surrealist André Breton, anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, Communist novelist Victor Serge and exiled German author Anna Seghers.

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Feb 8 - Mar 9, 2025

Celebrate the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim, with an irresistible company headlined by none other than Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends comes to Broadway from London's West End, where it earned a bevy of 5-star raves and was hailed by The Times as "unmissable musical theatre."

Macbeth

Macbeth

Feb 9 - Mar 9, 2025

One of Shakespeare's most compelling and enduring works, this play depicts a tragic spiral of violence, propelled by unbridled ambition and the consequences of unchecked power. Set in a world of political intrigue and supernatural forces, we land in a divided nation at the edge of tearing itself apart. Delve deep into the psychological turmoil of a king tortured by guilt, fate, and the corrupting influence of his own desires. This is a dark and profound examination of evil and the power of a guilty conscience.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Feb 13 - Jun 22, 2025

Cursed Child is the official eighth story in the Harry Potter franchise and the first to be officially presented on stage. The events of Cursed Child take place nineteen years after those of the final J.K. Rowling novel "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and the production features dazzling illusions, bringing the Wizarding World to life before your very eyes.

Don't Touch My Hair

Don't Touch My Hair

Feb 13 - Feb 24, 2025
IAMA Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre

Lifelong best friends Eemani and Jade decompress one afternoon over a good blunt. Unbeknownst to them, the blunt is laced with much more than weed - spiraling the duo into a hilarious hallucination that allows them to confront the oppressors of the past dead-on. IAMA first presented a virtual reading of Douglas Lyon's play (under the title Invisible) in collaboration with New York City's Queens Theatre's Fly on the Wall series, part of IAMA's ongoing tradition of partnering with like-minded companies to develop and produce new work.

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical

Feb 15 - Mar 16, 2025
Pasadena Playhouse at The Colony Theatre

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical has music and lyrics by EGOT winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul along with Ari Afsar, Emily Xu Hall, Joriah Kwamé and Mark Sonnenblick—the team that wrote the songs for the 2022 film version of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. The libretto is written by Timothy Allen McDonald (Between The Lines, Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach) and Sara Wordsworth (In Transit, Disney Live Entertainment) and directed by Nina Meehan (Grumpy Monkey, the Musical). This world premiere will feature songs from the recent movie as well as new songs created especially for this production by the same award-winning songwriters.

Topdog/Underdog

Topdog/Underdog

Feb 26 - Mar 23, 2025

Two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their fate. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Suzan-Lori Parks’ darkly comic fable is poetic, gripping, and unforgettable.

Such Small Hands

Such Small Hands

Feb 28 - Mar 23, 2025

Paul and Marie wake in the morning, Marie makes coffee, black, Paul asks for sugar, Marie says the sugar is out of reach, and they drink it black, Paul questions, "do we drink it black because the sugar is out of reach or because we like it that way?" And so begins the daily routine of this long-married couple, filled with small quibbles, but an extraordinary amount of love, laughter, and memories. This hilarious and moving world premiere play about love, aging, selfishness, and selflessness from Chance Theater's Resident Playwright Adam Szymkowicz, is sure to resonate with audiences with its laughter and heart.

The Remarkable Mister Holmes

The Remarkable Mister Holmes

Mar 5 - Mar 23, 2025

Sherlock Holmes is back with an all-new madcap mystery to solve...and a new sidekick! In this fast-paced, wildly comedic musical. Holmes must solve a series of baffling crimes without the help of his trusted partner. Packed with wild wordplay, red herrings, and zany surprises, this over-the-top rollercoaster of musical mayhem is perfect for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle, Mel Brooks, musical theater, or anyone who loves a fun night out.

Here There Are Blueberries

Here There Are Blueberries

Mar 13 - Mar 30, 2025

A mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrives at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding. As Rebecca and her team of historians begin to unravel the shocking story behind the images, the album soon makes headlines around the world and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, Here There Are Blueberries tells the story behind these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust and, ultimately, about our own humanity.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Mar 23 - Apr 20, 2025

Experience Jane's resilience and determination to live life on her own terms, from her early years of hardship and mistreatment to her eventual pursuit of love and independence. In a tale beloved for generations, thrills, mystery, and romance abound in this tenacious story of self-determination. Facing societal expectations and personal challenges, Jane navigates betrayal and injustice with inexhaustible courage. This bold and dynamic production offers audiences a compelling portrayal of one woman's quest for freedom and fulfillment in the face of devastating adversity.

El Otro Oz

El Otro Oz

Mar 29 - Apr 13, 2025

This bilingual musical and The New York Times Critic's Pick by Mando Alvarado, Tommy Newman, and Jaime Lozano, returns in a reimagined production! Click your heels together tres veces and take a transformative journey with this salsa, merengue, and Mexican folk-infused musical inspired by The Wizard of Oz. As her fifteenth birthday approaches, Dora, a contemporary Latine teenager, struggles with her family's ideas about tradition and dreads her impending quinceañera! But, when Dora gets swept away to a strange new land, she learns how to celebrate her unique rhythm and embrace her cultural identity.

You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!

You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!

Apr 5 - May 4, 2025

Take your seat for an irreverently funny celebration through the cosmos! Since Greg’s terminal diagnosis, he’s felt a deep connection to the Earth—and to save himself, he’ll need to save the planet. Viv desperately wants to savor every last minute with her husband. Meanwhile M, our emcee, searches desperately to find meaning in the chaos of their final year with Dad. A heartfelt and joyful theatrical event, as magical as the world itself.

Furloughs Paradise

Furloughs Paradise

Apr 16 - May 18, 2025

Cousins Sade and Mina used to be inseparable. Now leading very different lives, they return to their childhood town for the funeral of their mother and aunt. While Sade is on a three-day furlough from prison and Mina experiences a brief reprieve from her career and life on the West Coast, the two try to make sense of grief, home, love, and kinship. As the clock ticks down, the cousins grapple with their conflicting memories of the past and their shared hopes for the future. Poetic and theatrical, Furlough’s Paradise explores family dreams of a utopia yet to be realized.

The Staircase

The Staircase

Apr 27 - May 18, 2025

Mother and Son spend their evenings playing cards and retelling stories of Hawaiian legend. Better those than their own, which lurk below the surface. When Son's former sweetheart resurfaces, both he and Mother must choose how they will embrace the future. A mysterious tale about holding on, letting go and the curious force that pulls us back home.

Fences

Fences

Apr 30 - May 18, 2025

Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it's 1957 and he's a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson's best and most well-known plays, we see one man struggle with disappointment and the effect it has on his marriage and relationship with his sons. This powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play is both epic and intimate and a must-see theatrical event.

A Man of No Importance

A Man of No Importance

May 4 - Jun 1, 2025

This evocative award-winning musical celebrates the redemptive power of theater, love, and friendship. Set in 1960s Dublin, an unassuming bus driver, Alfie Byrne, is determined to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salome with his troupe of amateur players in their local parish. But this man of seemingly no importance is somehow forced into confrontations with religious objections to his artistic pursuits, and pushed into facing the stigma and shame over a love "that dare not speak its name," on this hard-fought journey of self-discovery.

Life Of Pi

Life Of Pi

May 6 - Jun 1, 2025

Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling novel (over 15 million copies sold) is a worldwide phenomenon and opened to critical acclaim on Broadway and the West End and is now captivating audiences around the globe.

Annie

Annie

May 7 - May 18, 2025

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production - just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

The Chinese Lady

The Chinese Lady

May 16 - Jun 8, 2025

In 1834, 16-year-old Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America, sailed into New York Harbor to be featured in a museum. She sees herself as a representative of China, here to educate and entertain. Or, in the eyes of the paying public, is she merely a mesmerizing display? Moving and sharply funny, this play follows the idealistic Moy as she travels through America as a living exhibit for decades. Over the course of her travels, Moy shares her impressions of a young country struggling to define itself. Inspired by a true story, Lloyd Suh's critically acclaimed play is a poetic, whimsical tale that paints a unique portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of this remarkable young Chinese woman.

Hamlet

Hamlet

May 28 - Jul 6, 2025

"So...once more... tell me about this Ghost." That's how the legendary story begins. But ghosts are tricky things. Especially in a world of madness, murder, and mayhem. A rich entitled Prince goes on a ferocious rampage that will lead to a massacre in the living room. Is he a tragic hero as we've often been told? Or a royal blooded serial killer? In this new adaptation we will step into a Shakespearian noir through a forensic investigation of the ultimate crimes of passion.

Peril in the Alps

Peril in the Alps

Jun 11 - Jun 29, 2025

The thrilling follow-up to Murder on the Links makes its anticipated debut! This new Hercule Poirot story leads the famed Belgian detective on a thrilling journey into the treacherous snow-capped Alps to solve a kidnapping before it becomes a murder. Will he finally meet his match in the mountains? Fortunately for the audience, the journey to the satisfying conclusion is filled with clever twists and turns and plenty of laughter as Poirot encounters dozens of eccentric characters and clever suspects - all played by six actors!

Parade

Parade

Jun 17 - Jul 12, 2025

Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.

The Reservoir

The Reservoir

Jun 18 - Jul 20, 2025

Josh’s life is a mess. He’s come home to Denver from NYU to get his life together, but can’t manage to stay sober. Desperate for camaraderie, he decides to bring his four lovable grandparents on his road to recovery. He drags them to Jazzercise class. He pressures them into playing memory games. He forces them to eat spinach by the handful. And eventually, when he can no longer help his grandparents, they begin to help him. Served up with outrageous humor and truth, The Reservoir reminds us that sometimes the path forward isn’t the one we expect.

A Beautiful Noise

A Beautiful Noise

Jul 8 - Jul 27, 2025

Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon. With 120 million albums sold, a catalogue of classics like "America," "Forever in Blue Jeans," and "Sweet Caroline," an induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold-out concerts around the world that made him bigger than Elvis, Neil Diamond's story was made to shine on Broadway-and head out on the road across America.

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Jul 11 - Aug 10, 2025

Based on Frank Wedekind's groundbreaking play, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book bring the story of sexual awakening, youth revolt, and self-discovery into a new century. It's 1891, and the grown-ups hold all the cards. Headstrong Melchior and naive Wendla stumble into each other's arms, passionate and curious, while anxious Moritz struggles to live up to the stringent expectations of society. With only each other for guidance, this group of young men and women travel the fraught and rocky path of adolescence, discovering their bodies, their minds, and themselves along the way. Winner of eight Tony Awards, Spring Awakening features an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality, and rock and roll, delivering a story that packs a powerful emotional punch.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Jul 29 - Aug 17, 2025

Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the "glorious, big, high-kicking" (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime.

Honky Tonk Angels

Honky Tonk Angels

Jul 30 - Aug 17, 2025

This feel-good, boot stompin' musical celebrates the enduring power of music and friendship. Armed with only their dreams and a bus ticket, three sassy gals leave their thankless lives behind and head to Nashville to become country music singers. Revisit dozens of pop-country favorites like "Stand By Your Man," "Ode To Billy Joe", "Delta Dawn," and many more.

Shucked

Shucked

Aug 19 - Sep 7, 2025

SHUCKED is the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls "flat out hilarious!" Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater.

What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me

Oct 3 - Oct 26, 2025

Heidi Schreck's timely, hilarious, and deeply felt play breathes new life into our country's most important document. Fifteen-year-old Heidi paid her college tuition by speaking in (and winning) debate competitions across the country. Now older, she resurrects her teenage self to tell the story of four generations of extraordinary women in her family whose lives were shaped by the Constitution. Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Schreck's boundary-breaking play reimagines our founding document and considers how it will shape the next generation of Americans.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Nov 28 - Dec 21, 2025

Back by popular demand, this musical adaptation of the classic novel brings Anne Shirley's beloved story to life. Watch as the red-headed orphan girl makes her mark on Avonlea and captures the hearts of everyone she meets. A perfect holiday treat for the entire family, Anne of Green Gables is a heartwarming journey of friendship, growth, and imagination.