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A missing spy. A mysterious woman. A man on the run. When an ordinary man stops to help a stranger, he’s catapulted into a high-speed chase across the Scottish countryside — with only his wits (and a trench coat) to survive. This fast-paced farce features over 150 characters played by just four actors in a whirlwind of costume changes, clever staging, and nonstop laughs. A comic thriller at its best, The 39 Steps is a wildly inventive tale of mistaken identity, espionage, and split-second decisions that change

"There’s a universe of people outside and you’re responsible to it." Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is a gripping tragedy about family and morality. In the aftermath of World War II, the Keller family’s fragile happiness is shattered when long-buried secrets force them to confront the consequences of their choices. Directed by Oánh Nguyễn, this timeless classic delivers an unflinching look at love, sacrifice, and the price of the American Dream.

The stage is set for a riveting rivalry between two composers: Antonio Salieri, the court's celebrated musician, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the vulgar prodigy whose brilliance threatens everything Salieri holds dear. Lavishly laced with biting wit, this Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece dives deep into ambition, envy, and the price of greatness. Embrace the intrigue of Amadeus, where the music is divine and the drama is unforgettable.

Step into a world where light and dance intertwine in this breathtaking retelling of Sleeping Beauty. As dancers glide across the stage, their illuminated costumes create a dazzling display of color and light, making every twirl and leap feel otherworldly. This isn’t just a ballet show—it’s a magical experience that brings a beloved classic to life in a way you’ve never seen before. Get your tickets now for Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show in Los Angeles!

A small town in the south-west of Ireland receives international recognition after President Clinton plans a trip to their iconic golf course, just a few days after his infamous scandal. An opportunistic hotelier, Roger Hasett decides it's in the town's best interest to build a statue of the president to commemorate the occasion. The wealthy and powerful businessman also goes to sinister lengths to convince Monica Looney to change the name of her small business, Monica’s Shoe Repair, out of worry that it could upset the president when he drives through the town. The unhinged cobbler’s hatred for adulterers leads to a massive fall out that sparks outrage, vandalism, and violence. Meanwhile, Monica’s children have to break the news that they are both moving abroad, a decision difficult to justify in the height of the Celtic Tiger. Ballybunion Backs Bill is a fictional account of a true event that occurred in Co Kerry in September 1998.

“If only these walls could talk.” Open Fist Theatre Company makes that wish a reality with the Los Angeles premiere of Brownstone, a bittersweet comedic drama that unfolds on the second floor of a classic New York brownstone at three distinct moments in its history. Brownstone’s structure is as striking as the architecture that inspired it: three poignant, often funny stories, set in 1978, 1937 and 1999, take place in the same building, linked through time.

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.

Welcome to The Circle, a tragicomic play exploring three generations of conflict over one very intense weekend in San Antonio, Texas. The heat threatens to boil over as the chaos in the Medina home reflects the absurd brutality of the 2016 election season and the pain pouring into the streets across the country at that time.

Sylvia and Beau find themselves in an English countryside cottage for their yearly rendezvous, and Sylvia knows this time it will be the beginning of their new life together. But when Beau demurs on a shared future, and their spouses arrive at the cottage, she realizes that this home-away-from-home is a refuge for determining a new path forward. Enjoy endless laughs, hilarious twists, daring physical comedy, and a happy ending for lovers everywhere.

DAD'S LEG is a dark comedy about two estranged sisters' bizarre battle over their father's soon-to-be-amputated leg. Connie, fueled by a "vision from God," believes keeping the leg will heal their broken family; Brianna knows it's just another mess she'll be left to clean up. But as the play unfolds, the desperate struggle for the leg brings the sisters face-to-face with the question at the heart of every broken family: can they find a miracle of forgiveness, or are some wounds too deep to heal?

A comedian takes five shots of whiskey in a row and tries to perform an improvised play with five sober comedians. What could go wrong?! Drunk Theatre is the entirely improvised, unpredictable, and crazy comedy show that’ll kick your weekend into overdrive. Come see what iHeartRadio, SF Chronicle, CBS, LA Times, SF Weekly, SFGate, Thrillist, DoLA, TimeOut, and WeLikeLA have all been talking about. Grab your tickets now before it sells out! The cast: Sahil Desai, Ittai Geiger, Cassie Grilley, Rodd Naimi, Oleg Trofimov, & 5 Shots of whiskey.

A new play by Matthew Scott Montgomery Directed by Tom DeTrinis This razor-sharp, riotously funny, and fearlessly sexy new play explores queer love and the many forms commitment can take. Four friends gather for a weekend getaway, armed with champagne, secrets, and enough emotional baggage to fill the trunk twice over. As pop anthems echo through the cabin, what begins as a warm, wine-drenched reunion becomes a powder keg of desire, miscommunication, history, unexpected revelations, and more.

In gentrified Brooklyn, a playground fight between 11-year-old boys brings four parents together to resolve their sons' conflict. At first, diplomacy rules. But as each parent reveals their demands, the living room peace summit spirals into a riotous free-for-all of opposing parenting styles, conflicting personalities and marital tensions. A brilliant and biting comedy of manners (without the manners) Variety called "Elegant, acerbic... Reza's sharpest work since Art."

From the moment the curtain rises, you’ll be swept into the electrifying world of 1960s Baltimore, where dance floors are alive, the music is non-stop, and change is in the air as dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad auditions for a spot on "The Corny Collins Show" and wins, becoming an overnight celebrity. With her newfound influence, she advocates for racial integration on the television show and proves that perseverance and believing in yourself does make a difference.

In this powerful new play, a high school classroom becomes a courtroom battleground between two estranged brothers (JIM BEAVER and CHARLIE MOUNT) on opposing sides of the Evolution/Intelligent Design issue. With MEG LIN, ANNE LEYDEN and JOHN COMBS as the school board members, whose decision on whether or not to accept the state’s re-definition of science (allowing for the legal introduction of Creationism into their science classrooms) is being carefully watched by the country’s media and may influence school systems across the country. GEORGE TOVAR and CORRINE SHOR play parents of a child whose teacher was killed while teaching a Bible Literacy class. Adding her sly wisdom to the debate is the Board Secretary (SCOTTIE NEVIL) looking for a “lost cause” of her own to champion.

Here Lies Love is a groundbreaking musical about former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos' and the Marcos' rise to power and subsequent fall at the hands of the Philippine People Power Revolution. Witness her journey through “exhilarating songs” (USA Today) and “imaginative spectacle” (The Guardian) over “90 breathless minutes” (The Washington Post).

A sharp and authentic examination of love, betrayal, and the fragile agreements that hold marriages together. When a celebrated writer can’t seem to “do the right thing,” decades of loyalty, intimacy, and compromise unravel in a single evening. With wit and emotional precision, the play explores the personal cost of truth and the reverberations of a single, life-altering choice - asking whether honesty is always an act of courage, or sometimes one of cruelty.

International City Theatre opens its 41st season with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the crowd-pleasing musical comedy revue that tackles modern love in all its forms. Four triple threat performers portray over 40 characters in a collection of scenes and songs scaling the dizzying spectrum of relationships, revealing the difficulties and joys of connecting with another person at nearly every stage of life.

Malcolm and Asher are a long-term couple. Malcolm is a film historian and professor. Asher is an unemployed dance instructor. They’re dealing with Asher’s depression since losing his job. Malcolm’s delight in teaching his class, “Gunsels and Gay Blades” (a survey of homoerotic coding in Film Noir), exacerbates Asher’s hopelessness. Finn, a determined young man, upends their world with his provocative blend of candid sexuality and menace.

In association with the Oscar-winning producer of David Lynch's The Elephant Man and Mel Brooks' The Producers, along with the Tony-nominated producer of Broadway's Buena Vista Social Club, IT'S A BIRD... IT'S A PLANE... IT'S SUPERMAN! THE MUSICAL is flying in to Long Beach. Written by the same team behind the Oscar-winning films Richard Donner's Superman and Bonnie and Clyde, and with a score composed by the guys behind Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, this rarely seen musical comedy features the man of steel like you've never seen him before: with jazz hands!

Storybook Theatre's award-winning "Jack and the Beanstalk" is a rollicking interactive version of the famous story. There are plenty of songs and lots of audience participation to delight the whole family. There is a rapping giant, a talking goose and chases up and down the beanstalk as members of the audience try to hide Jack from the giant on his adventure.

Ruth Cohen finally finds the perfect man to love, marry, and above all else, bring home to her Conservative family. But she neglected to ask one, small question: Is he Jewish? Or, can he at least fake it?

In the aftermath of an unforeseen life-changing event, Patti, a well-meaning mother, decides to become a volunteer for a suicide hotline, where laughter, tears, and a new understanding bridge the divide between people from very different walks of life.

Based on C.S. Lewis’ classic work of literature, this play faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting, never-to-be-forgotten Narnia.

LUCA & URI opens with a breakup between two men fiercely bound by love yet unable to hold on, tracing the fractured arc of their decade-long relationship in Los Angeles. As their dreams and desires pull them apart, their intimacy dissolves into quiet compromises and mounting silences, exposing the gradual erosion of self. Unfolding like a fractured memory through moments of tenderness, passion, and resentment, the play confronts the cost of staying, the quiet courage it takes to leave, and the heartbreak of loving someone so deeply you begin to disappear inside them.

Bold, theatrical, and timelessly relevant, Man of La Mancha is a masterwork of musical theatre that explores the thin line between reality and illusion. Set in the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition, Miguel de Cervantes mounts a passionate defense of his life's work by transforming his fellow prisoners into the characters from the beloved story of Don Quixote. With its stirring score - including the iconic anthem "The Impossible Dream" - and its powerful message of courage, hope, and unyielding idealism, Man of La Mancha challenges us to see the world not as it is, but as it should be.

My Lawyer is an Angel, a dramedy about ambulance chasers, those predators whose faces leer down at us from every billboard in town, and one fearless attorney who’s on a mission to chase them down.

Alone in his meticulous apartment in Salinas, CA, Douglas awaits the arrival of his son, throwing back shots of gin and spewing comically bitter stories of a father's thwarted hopes, while somehow maintaining the faintest possibility of redemption. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, James delays his departure, refusing to get on the road until he's located a missing bag of weed. As he unleashes forty years' worth of acrimony about his dad's egregious shortcomings, he cautiously begins to set aside his resentments and recognize his part in the slow-motion car crash of his career.

He's trying to move on from heartbreak, she's a bit of a mystery, and both are a bit stuck as they deal with their own pain and loss. But together, they create songs that capture the joy, struggle, and beauty of life, music that has the power to speak to their souls and offer some healing. This unlikely friendship blossoms into something powerful, complicated, and brings the possibility of something mor

A bold, joyous theatrical celebration of one of America’s most fearless writers and human rights activists. Devised by Fountain Theatre artistic director Raymond O. Caldwell and composer Adrienne Torf, who was Jordan’s longtime collaborator and life partner, this award-winning production weaves together Jordan’s electric poetry with movement and music performed live on stage by Torf to illuminate the life and legacy of a woman who believed that poetry is a political act.

In Arthur Miller’s 1968 tour de force masterwork, THE PRICE, two brothers reunite in the attic of a New York brownstone to sort through their late father’s possessions. What begins as a long overdue reunion becomes an intense exploration comparing the price of professional success to the cost of personal integrity, as four indelible characters struggle to make sense of the past and create a future.

Puppet Up! - Uncensored is a night of outrageous, off-the-cuff comedy featuring the MISKREANT puppets brought to life by a cast of world-class puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company. Created by legendary puppeteer and award-winning director Brian Henson and co-created and directed by Patrick Bristow, Puppet Up! - Uncensored is never the same show twice.

Based on true events. As the Communist Party courts African-Americans in 1932, four Harlemites fleeing racial injustice and the economic fallout of the Great Depression, win roles in a blockbuster film financed by Joseph Stalin. Once in the Soviet Union, they pursue the dreams denied them in the US, but when they discover the country is hiding a devastating secret, they'll be forced to escape it with their lives.

Experience a gripping tale of ambition, manipulation, and ruthless power. Set in the aftermath of a long civil war, the play follows Richard, a cunning and charismatic villain, as he unexpectedly schemes his way to the throne - leaving a trail of betrayal and bloodshed in his wake. With sharp wit and chilling determination, Richard stops at nothing to achieve his goals, even as the consequences close in around him. A thrilling drama, Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most iconic explorations of corruption, control, and the obsessive pursuit of power.

A young female historian collecting Holocaust rescue stories uncovers a legendary family's buried truth and is forced to confront the myths we cling to and her own need for heroes. Co-founder of Creative Acts, Sabra Williams, makes her Little Fish directorial debut with this provocative new play. LFT received a Los Angeles New Play Project Grant for this World Premiere by playwright Amy Tofte.

Room by the Sea is a new play by John Guerra that explores freedom, disability, and power through the relationship between a father and son and a ruling family defined by secrecy.

In SIX, the queens of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their identities out of the shadow of their infamous spouse-remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of twenty-first-century girl power. The all-woman cast, backed by an all-woman band known as the "Ladies in Waiting," traverses the spectrum of modern-day pop with a soundtrack that has stormed up the UK charts.
At Pantages Theatre from Feb 18 - Mar 8
At Segerstrom Center for the Arts from Mar 10 - Mar 15

Sally, a once-celebrated novelist grappling with writer's block and overshadowed by her husband Theo's rising literary fame, seeks solace and inspiration in the iconic Boston apartment once inhabited by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. But when eerie encounters begin to blur the line between inspiration and madness, Sally is forced to question what's real, what's imagined, and what her art may truly cost her. A darkly funny, gripping world premiere from rising playwright Beth Hyland, this tragicomic thriller explores creativity, obsession, and our ghosts that refuse to be ignored.

Set in Chicago in 1968 during the Democratic National Convention, Three Coconuts follows Ida Blumenthal in Albany Park as she prepares a Shabbat dinner-and a possible fresh start. With her husband gone, Ida places an ad in the Jewish newspaper The Forward and invites three quirky suitors to her apartment, which her brother Irving dubs the "Three Coconuts." But when vice cops investigate her upstairs neighbor's secret bordello, Ida, her young son Sammy, and the would-be husbands risk getting swept into trouble that was never on the menu.

A jazz-infused love story, THE TYPIST transports us to the Summer of ’61 in a Greenwich Village basement apartment where a bourbon-soaked novelist racing to complete his manuscript for publishing hires a typist to commit his words to the page. What begins as a professional arrangement—dictation, typing, coffee, repeat—becomes something more combustible.

Acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute brings a fresh edge to Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece about disillusionment, unrequited love, frustrated passion, and the search for meaning. Set in a rural estate at the end of the 19th century, the lives of Vanya, his niece Sonya, the retired Professor Serebryakov and his young wife Yelena intertwine, leading to complex jealousies, romantic rivalries, and emotional breakdowns as they confront their wasted lives and failed dreams. Vanya and Astrov, a local doctor, both fall in love with Yelena, a spoiled, self-centered beauty; Sonya pines hopelessly for the doctor; while the oblivious Professor disrupts everyone’s lives with his egotistical demands. This classic play, rendered here by LaBute in a new, contemporary version, uses deceptively ordinary dialogue to reveal deep human frailties and a poignant, yet hopeful message about how we find the strength to endure life’s struggles.

The New York Times described this American classic as "wry and electric!" In Edward Albee's landmark drama, George and Martha invite a young couple to their home for a nightcap. As the clock ticks into the wee hours, Nick and Honey find themselves submerged in a cocktail of clever mind games, deep-seated resentments and broken promises. Hilarious and harrowing, this unflinching portrait of a marriage ceaselessly astonishes audiences with its razor-sharp dialogue and thrilling performances.