Los Angeles Theatre Newsroom

Get ready for the 6th annual Holly Weird Film Festival 2024, celebrating original underground filmmaking. The lineup features independent films of all genres, showcasing unique voices and avant-garde visions from around the world, including works from five female directors.

Authentic Stories is set to premiere 'Heartbreak Hospital' at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival, a satirical musical that delves into the challenges of teenage mental health in the digital age.

Catch JENNY LIND PRESENTS P.T. BARNUM, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection, written and performed by Shelley Cooper. The show opens on June 26 at Asylum @ Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre. Proceeds will support the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival.

The Palos Verdes Performing Arts' production of A Chorus Line is everything community theater should be: It makes you realize you don’t need a big Broadway house to get a Broadway experience.

Center Theatre Group has announced “The Trial of the Catonsville Nine,” featuring Bill Pullman (Independence Day, The Sinner, Oleanna, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?), and Raymond Lee (Quantom Leap, Kevin Can F*** Himself, Vietgone, Tokyo Fish Story), as the first in a series of Taper Legacy Readings on Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Mark Taper Forum.

Experience SPRING AWAKENING like never before with Theatre 360's production featuring a talented cast of teens. Directed by Devon Yates, the show explores serious themes in a supportive environment, encouraging post-show discussions.

Join Maria Fagan Hassani in ATYPICAL GRACE, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection at the Zephyr Theatre. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Laguna Art Museum will present Jay DeFeo: Trees showcasing the works of California artist Jay DeFeo (1929-1989).

EPIC Entertainment Group has expanded its partnership with Hersheypark Dark Nights for the third consecutive year. Learn more!

Each summer, actors from all over the world come to the Art of Acting Studio to experience the Summer Conservatory, a rigorous and all inclusive training program in the heart of Los Angeles. The Summer Conservatory highlights a term of the Professional Conservatory and NYU Tisch School of the Arts course work.

A brand-new, reimagined regional iteration of the Tony-winning 2005 musical JERSEY BOYS now at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is exceeding all expectations. Featuring a superb ensemble cast performing The Four Seasons' greatest hits, this spectacular, high-energy, crowd-pleasing production continues through May 12, 2024.

The Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center season will include performances all across its north campus including the famed Mark Taper Forum, the iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Ahmanson Theatre.

'The Body’s Midnight' premieres this weekend in a co-production from IAMA Theatre Company and Boston Court Pasadena. Check out all new photos here!

Twelfth Night is a glorious example of how to do Shakespeare right.  This production is full-bodied, fresh, cheeky, lighthearted, inventive, imaginative, and flat-out hilarious.

Flayed, written and performed by Josiah Blount and directed by David Bridel, has been set to play an encore performance on Friday, May 24, at 9:30pm, at the Lyric Hyperion Theater & Café.

On Saturday, June 1st, Long Beach Symphony will close its 2023-2024 season with the cherished music of Anton Bruckner and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, featuring the inventive artistry of pianist Awadagin Pratt.

On April 30 The Soraya will unveil an all-new sound system by L-Acoustics, the industry leader in premium sound technologies used around the world in the largest festival stages and venues, such as NFL Super Bowl Performances, Coachella, and prominent local performance venues such as the Hollywood Bowl.

The Nation's most historic maritime icon, The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, has announced its inaugural Summer Event Series, set to kick-off May 3rd through June 2024.

Join the 19th annual Celebrating Words Festival on May 18, 2024, at the Vaughn G3 Academy campus for a day of literature, creativity, and intellectual growth. Enjoy free books, music, and art workshops in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Explore the origins of Anti-Semitism with Mitchell Feinstein in THE ROAD TO MASADA: ANTI-SEMITISM AND ME, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection at Zephyr Theatre.

Experience the world of renowned artist Frida Kahlo in FRIDA- STROKE OF PASSION: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association revealed additions to the Hollywood Bowl 2024 season. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

Dr. Noreen Green, the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony has spent 30 years presenting music of the Jewish experience. I decided to speak with Maestra Green on her history with the LAJS, conducting past concerts, and the group’s recent 30th Anniversary celebration on Sunday, April 14 at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Brentwood.

In a co-production with IAMA Theatre Company, Boston Court’s current production - Tira Palmquist’s The Body’s Midnight opened April 18, 2024. Boston Court’s artistic director Jessica Kubzansky directs this world premiere cast of Ryan W. Garcia, Jonathan Nichols-Navarro, Sonal Shah and Keliher Walsh. Midst her multiple responsibilities, Jessica found time to answer a few of my queries.