Los Angeles Theatre Newsroom

The global animated hit returns as “Moana 2” sails back to the El Capitan Theatre January 10th! Learn how to purchase tickets and learn more about the movie.

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

BroadwayWorld talks with the touring crew of BACK TO THE FUTURE to get the scoop on how the high-tech show makes it on the road.

Open-Door Playhouse will be presenting four of its short plays live on stage as part of the 30 Minutes or Less Festival in Hollywood at the Stephanie Feury Theater.

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz performed a mini-concert for young patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The event spread holiday cheer and featured a Starlight Toy Delivery.

SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research, has released its annual ranking of the 40 most arts-vibrant small, medium and large communities in the United States with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ranking at number 12 in the list of 20 most arts-vibrant large communities in the nation.

Binge Free Festival, the month-long festival of free shows at Santa Monica Playhouse, returns for the ninth time this February. The Festival will run from February 25 through March 30.

Pasadena Dance Theatre is presenting The Nutcracker at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse this month. See photos here! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

A special Book Giveaway of the latest installment of the Dog Man series, Dog Man: Big Jim Begins, will take place at the January 4th and 5th performances of TheaterWorksUSA’s Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical.

Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art, the second PST ART exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, opens January 12.

At the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) holiday soirees held in Los Angeles, NYC, and Nashville, a Who's Who of the entertainment industry gathered to celebrate together and recognize accomplishments of many of the world's top music creators in films, TV, and other visual media.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will present its engaging Baroque Series on Saturday, January 11, 7:30 pm, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, and Sunday, January 12, 2025, 4 pm, at The Huntington's Rothenberg Hall in San Marino.

Festival Napa Valley's 2025 Summer Season is set to take place at venues throughout Napa Valley Saturday, July 5 - Sunday, July 20.

AKT Up Enterprises' production of Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Solo Flight, adapted & performed by Andrew Thacher, will return to Los Angeles for the opening weekend of the Whitefire Theatre's Solofest. Learn more!

Airing live on WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room Stream, tonight's episode of Bob Barth's One Night Stand puts the spotlight on the enchanting musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress. Learn how to tune in!

Casting has been announced for Follies in Concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Rachel Bay Jones will star as Sally Durant Plummer, Stephanie J. Block will star as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Derrick Baskin will star as Buddy Plummer, and Aaron Lazar will star as Benjamin Stone in Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking musical presented in concert with a full 25-piece orchestra.

Renowned pianist Yuja Wang will join the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas for a program titled “Celebrating MTT with Yuja Wang.” Learn how to purchase tickets.

Miyo Yamauchi's solo show, How To Be Japanese: Beyond the Normal, is set to return to the stage at the Fanatic Salon Theater in Culver City. Learn how to purchase tickets.

BroadwayWorld is deeply saddened to report the passing of our longtime contributor and current Los Angeles Senior Editor Gil Kaan.

All Roads Theatre Company has announced its inaugural season at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, beginning with the World Premiere Musical ONE FOR MY BABY, with a score by the incomparable Harold Arlen and headlined by Broadway stars LANA GORDON and LUBA MASON.

Combined Artform and Theatre Asylum have announced Diversity Entertainment as a sponsor for the upcoming 30 Minutes or Less Festival, running January 15–26, 2025, at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre in Los Angeles.

“The Skivvies” return to Laguna Playhouse with this concert celebration of the 1973 cult musical, The Rocky Horror Show this January.

The Actors Company is proud to announce 'Test Fest: The Fest Before the Festival,' a unique opportunity for artists, actors, writers, directors, and creatives to refine their ideas and concepts in front of a live audience and industry professionals.

Stand-up comedian, actor, voice impressionist, visual artist and L.A. native Melissa Villaseñor is set to host the 65th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration. Learn more and see how to attend.

The Society of Composers & Lyricists has revealed the nominations for the 2025 Annual SCL Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. Learn more!