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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Comes to Long Beach Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2024

Brilliantly innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the landmark musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. In this gender-bending musical, transgender punk rocker from East Germany, Hedwig tours the U.S. with her band, The Angry Inch. The musical explore...

THE PASSION OF DRACULA Comes to Long Beach Playhouse This Month


by Stephi Wild - September 10, 2024

With Halloween just around the corner, the Long Beach Playhouse will serve up a classic horror story with a twist in The Passion of Dracula. ...

SWEAT Opens at Long Beach Playhouse This Month


by Stephi Wild - July 08, 2024

Sweat opens at Long Beach Playhouse this month. Performances run July 20 – August 17, 2024....

Interview: Director Brian Pirnat On THE TRANSLUCENT FROGS OF QUUUP Musical


by Shari Barrett - May 28, 2024

Every so often, a new play or musical being done in Los Angeles catches my eye with a big dose of curiosity. Such is the case with the musical The Translucent Frogs of Quuup with Book by Chris Larner and Music by Mark Stevens, produced by Alchemy Theatre Company and directed by Brian Pirnat with mus...

NOT A MOMENT, BUT A MOVEMENT Play Festival Held Next Month at The Kirk Douglas Theatre


by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2024

Center Theatre Group, in collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company, will present a second season of Not A Moment, But A Movement, an initiative created to amplify, center, and celebrate Black voices....

Solofest Award-Winner MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY Announced At 2024 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL


by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024

Discover the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival's SoloFest Award-winning show, MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW I'M KINKY. ...

Cast Set for UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS at East West Players


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2024

East West Players will present Unbroken Blossoms, by Philip W. Chung and directed by Jeff Liu. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

HAMLET Comes to LB Playhouse This April


by Stephi Wild - March 25, 2024

Hamlet by William Shakespeare,  adapted by James Rice and Amanda Karr, comes to the Long Beach Playhouse, running April 6 – May 4, 2024....

Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival 2024 Winners Revealed


by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2024

This year, the Long Beach Playhouse will celebrate its 34th New Works Festival, a national competition for plays which have never been produced. Scripts are submitted and read by members of the New Works committee. ...

Cast Set for Lisa Sanaye Dring's KAIROS at East West Players


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 06, 2024

East West Players will present Kairos, by Lisa Sanaye Dring and directed by Jesca Prudencio. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!...

Past Shows

The Addams Family
6/29 - 8/10/2024


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Ordinary Days
Ordinary Days
3/3 - 3/5/2023


Set in New York City, the musical follows four characters, Claire, Jason, Warren, and Deb, exploring how their   ordinary lives connect in the most amazing ...

Urinetown
10/14 - 11/19/2022


Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of ...

Holmes and Watson
9/23 - 10/22/2022


Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor ...

The Revolutionists
9/2 - 10/1/2022


The Revolutionists is a new play about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe ...

The Cripple of Inishmaan
7/22 - 8/20/2022


Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN is a strange comic tale in the great ...


Long Beach Playhouse Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman...

You Can't Take It with You
2/19 - 3/20/2021


Long Beach Playhouse Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman...


The night of merriment includes improv by the award-winning troupe, Held2gether, along with music and performances by actors from the Long Beach Playhouse and an ...

The Cripple of Inishmaan
9/25 - 10/24/2020


Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN is a strange comic tale in the great ...

The Cripple of Inishmaan
7/17 - 8/18/2020


Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN is a strange comic tale in the great ...


Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out ...

Intimate Apparel
5/15 - 6/13/2020


INTIMATE APPAREL, set in 1905 in turn of the century New York, tells the story of Esther, a lonely, single African-American woman who makes her ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4/3 - 5/2/2020


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American drama written by Tennessee Williams . It is considered one of his greatest works and ...


Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon Long Beach Playhouse...

HAIR
10/11 - 11/24/2019


Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical exploded onto the scene in the late 1960s, becoming a cultural phenomenon that both shocked and captivated audiences. A ...

The Haunting of Hill House
9/20 - 10/19/2019


F. Andrew Leslie, from the novel by Shirley Jackson Long Beach Playhouse...

La Cage aux Folles
6/29 - 8/10/2019


LA CAGE AUX FOLLES features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the play by Jean Poiret. Georges is ...

Silent Sky
4/5 - 5/4/2019


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

CABARET (1998 VERSION)
10/13 - 11/18/2017


In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget ...

Guys and Dolls
7/1 - 8/5/2017


Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received ...

Fences
5/20 - 6/17/2017


Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

Treasure Island
4/8 - 5/6/2017


adapt: Phil Willmott from Robert Louis-Stevenson....

Rumors
2/25 - 3/25/2017


The host has injured himself, his wife is missing and four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. As the rumors escalate, ...

A Murder is Announced
1/14 - 2/11/2017


Following the huge success of The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced, is Christie's first play featuring the much loved Miss Marple. Audiences loved ...

Don't Dress for Dinner
11/5 - 12/3/2016


Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has ...

Don't Dress for Dinner
11/5 - 12/3/2016


Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has ...


Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Libretto by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Muriel Von Villas Musical Director Patrick O’Donnell A joint production with the Department of Music...


Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Libretto by Hugh Wheeler Directed by Muriel Von Villas Musical Director Patrick O’Donnell A joint production with the Department of Music...

Hound of the Baskervilles
9/24 - 10/22/2016


Holmes’ most spine-chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version – with suspense, humor, and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the ...

Hound of the Baskervilles
9/24 - 10/22/2016


Holmes’ most spine-chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version – with suspense, humor, and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the ...


adapt: Phie Mura from Oscer Wilde....


adapt: Phie Mura from Oscer Wilde....


book: Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, Jack Weinstock; lyrics: Frank Loesser; music: Frank Loesser....


book: Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, Jack Weinstock; lyrics: Frank Loesser; music: Frank Loesser....

A Raisin in the Sun
5/21 - 6/18/2016


Set in 1950's Chicago, this groundbreaking play portrays an African-American family's pursuit of their shared dream for a better life amid conflicting aspirations, betrayal, and ...


adapt: Mark Brown....

Pygmalion
2/27 - 3/26/2016


George Bernard Shaw....

The Mousetrap
1/16 - 2/13/2016


After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the ...

Hay Fever
11/7 - 12/5/2015


Noel Coward....

The Hot L Baltimore
9/26 - 10/24/2015


Lanford Wilson....

Jesus Christ Superstar
7/11 - 8/8/2015


This rock opera, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice, takes a bold approach to the final week of Jesus' life. Forget ...

Little Shop of Horrors
5/25 - 6/22/2013


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 ...

A Flea in Her Ear
4/13 - 5/11/2013


- Georges Feydeau; trans: Barnett Shaw....

Into The Woods
6/30 - 7/28/2012


Musical based on Classic Fairy Tales... An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch…who raps? ...


Jennifer is just an average California girl who re-engineers obsolete missile components for the U.S. Army from her bedroom. Rolin Jones’ inventive “techno-comedy” chronicles one ...


The world’s greatest detective has seemingly reached the end of his remarkable career when a case presents itself that is too tempting to ignore. In ...

Barefoot in the Park
1/14 - 2/11/2012


One of the sweetest odes to young love and commitment ever written for the theatre. In this delightfully playful comedy, newlyweds Corie and Paul negotiate ...

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