 | Actors Co-op - Hollywood - Presents:
Steel Magnolias
3/22/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) The award-winning Actors Co-op presents Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS, directed by Cameron Watson, produced by Lauren Thompson, March 22 through May 5, at Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre in Hollywood.
Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. |
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 | Theatre Palisades - Pacific Palisdes - Presents:
Clybourne Park
3/29/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Pulitzer Prize winning family drama inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Act One, set in 1959, shows nervous white community leaders trying to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act 2, set in 2009, the same house, the same neighborhood, shows the now-predominantly African-American neighborhood battling to hold its ground in the face of white gentrification. |
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Faith Healer
3/23/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Brian Friel’s mysterious, humorous and unforgettable work about the life and times of an itinerant Irish healer. |
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 | Garry Marshall Theatre - Burbank - Presents:
The Root Beer Bandits
4/5/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Treat the family to an old-fashioned slapstick musical comedy, plum full of original songs and colorful dances, set against the shimmering wild west, back when folks were pannin' for gold! Hold on to yer hats, 'cuz laughs are sure to be aplenty in this high-paced vaudevillian show for all ages. |
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 | Diversionary Theatre - san diego - Presents:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4/4/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) 20 years after its explosive debut that changed American theatre forever, this iconic queer rock musical comes to pulsating life for the first time on the Diversionary stage. |
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 | Independent Shakespeare Co. - Los Angeles - Presents:
Julius Caesar
3/15/2019 - 5/11/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) From the presenters of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, join us indoors at the ISC Studio for Julius Caesar. Beginning on the Ides of March!
Part ghost story, part political murder thriller, ancient Rome comes to vivid life in ISC’s first ever mounting of one of the greatest hits of the Elizabethan stage. |
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 | LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT - La Mirada - Presents:
Singin’ In The Rain
4/19/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 4/24/2019) The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time”
Each unforgettable scene, song and dance is accounted for, including the showstopping title number, complete with an onstage rainstorm! Knock-‘em-dead dance routines, hilarious situations, snappy dialogue, and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN the perfect entertainment for any fan of the Golden Age of movie musicals! |
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 | AAP - Food Samaritans - Palm Springs - Presents:
Evening Under the Stars Gala for AAP - Food Samaritans
Saturday, 5/4/2019 Evening Under the Stars Gala benefitting AAP - Food Samaritans. May 4 at the O'Donnell Golf Club.
Cocktails, Dining, and a brief awards presentation followed by dancing to "The Music of ABBA" by ARRIVAL from Sweden. |
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 | Lara Ganz & Rene Rodman - Los Angeles - Presents:
Newsies
4/26/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) The rousing tale of Jack Kelly and his band of newsboys, also known as "newsies", who rally across New York City to strike against unfair conditions and fight for what's right!
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 | Cal State University Fullerton - Fullerton - Presents:
Lysistrata
4/12/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) "Fun, lighthearted and successfully adapted to modern day times." - Yorkshire Post, United Kingdom
This timely, political comedy centers on an Athenian housewife who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. |
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 | Vanguard University Theatre Department - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Around the World in 80 Days
4/12/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) A hilarious farce taking audiences on the trip of a lifetime.
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Join fearless adventurer, Phileas Fogg, and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! |
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
They Promised Her the Moon
4/6/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) In 1960 the famed “Mercury Seven” trained at NASA to become the first American astronauts. But they weren’t alone. Thirteen women also underwent the same rigorous psychological and physical testing. The first woman to be tested, Jerrie Cobb, even out-performed her male counterparts. But while Alan Shepard and John Glenn went on to become household names, Ms. Cobb never got that chance. |
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 | Morgan-Wixson Theatre - Santa Monica - Presents:
Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
5/4/2019 - 5/26/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 5/4/2019) A classic whodunit from the Queen of Crime, based on her book which is one of the best-selling novels ever. Marooned at a lonely resort, each guest has a dark secret to hide and all fear dark shadows from their wicked past. Isolated and trapped, one by one they start to die. Time Magazine called it “one of the most ingenious thrillers in many a day.” Recommended for ages 12 and up. |
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 | Hollywood Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Fiddler On The Roof
4/16/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) A beloved theatrical classic from Tony Award-winner Joseph Stein, and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, The King and I) choreographed by the acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter inspired by the original choreography of Jerome Robbins and has musical direction by Ted Sperling. |
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 | The Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Niceties
4/9/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) The Niceties
Written by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Lisa Banes & Jordan Boatman
Two brilliant women meet their match.
In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), two extraordinary women square off in a high-stakes academic debate over race, reputation and who gets the final word on how American history is written. |
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 | CSUN Department of Music - Northridge - Presents:
Two of "L.A.'s Finest"
Tuesday, 4/23/2019 Gala Finale Concert
Completing the Year-Long Celebration of the
CSUN Bands’ 60th Anniversary Season
A festive concert featuring two of "L.A.'s Finest" Bands:
The CSUN Wind Ensemble and The LAPD Band. |
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 | Spreckels Organ Society - San Diego - Presents:
Spreckels Organ Concerts
4/14/2019 - 6/30/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 4/28/2019) The Spreckels Organ is located in the heart of San Diego’s Balboa Park.
All concerts on the Spreckels Organ are free to the public in accordance with the original Deed of Gift by John and Adolph Spreckels.
Concerts are held very Sunday at 2 p.m. for one hour (rain or shine) |
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 | Global Musical Bridges - West Hollywood - Presents:
Pianist Vladimir Khomyakov in Solo Recital
Sunday, 4/28/2019 The City of West Hollywood and Global Musical Bridges present:
180-year Anniversary of Modest Mussorgsky
Russian pianist Vladimir Khomyakov in solo recital
Program:
Mussorgsky - "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Tchaikovsky - "Dumka" Op.59
Stravinsky - Three Movements from "Petrushka" |
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 | Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation - Yorba Linda - Presents:
Nixon Library Family Concert Series
12/16/2018 - 7/28/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 4/28/2019) FREE FAMILY CONCERT SERIES
Free concerts are held Sundays, except when otherwise noted, and are open to the public.
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Classical Guitar Masterclass with Pepe Romero
Monday, 4/22/2019 Classical guitar master and Thornton faculty member Pepe Romero offers an up-close glimpse into his renowned artistry in three masterclasses. |
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 | Friends of Sundays Live & LACMA - Los Angeles - Presents:
Sundays Live
3/3/2019 - 12/29/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 4/28/2019) Sundays Live presents FREE weekly classical chamber music concerts and recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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 | Classical Encounters Foundation - Tarzana - Presents:
Inna Faliks plays Chopin, Scriabin and Schumann
Sunday, 4/28/2019 Program: CHOPIN - Polonaise Fantasie and D flat Nocturne Op. 27, SCRIABIN - Sonata no. 5 and SCHUMANN - Symphonic Etudes Opus 13 at an elegant private home in Tarzana followed by delicious and healthy buffet and meet Inna. |
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 | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Glendale - Presents:
mozart's requiem
4/27/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Music Director Designate Jaime Martín Conducts West Coast Premiere of Voy a Dormir, a LACO-Co-Commissioned Song Cycle by Bryce Dessner, Guitarist of The National and One of the Most Sought-After Composers of his Generation
Dessner's Work Spotlights Grammy Award-Winning Mezzo-Soprano Kelley O’Connor, for Whom He Wrote It Concert also Features Mozart’s Requiem |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Chamber Music Festival: Wind & Percussion
Monday, 4/22/2019 As part of a four-day festival, USC Thornton’s Winds & Percussion students present an afternoon of chamber music under the direction of Kristy Morrell. |
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 | Santa Monica Playhouse - Santa Monica - Presents:
Willy's Lil Virgin Queen
Saturday, 4/27/2019 It's a madcap, comic romp when the works of Willy Shakespeare teach a 20th century girl how to ditch the Prince and become the Queen in this Award-Winning Solo Show about a Woman finding her voice and surviving trauma in a World of Words, Words. Words!
– a one-night-only Benefit for Santa Monica Playhouse |
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 | Coachella Valley Symphony - Palm Desert - Presents:
"Under the Streetlamp"
Saturday, 4/27/2019 UNDER THE STREETLAMP will play Palm Desert for one night only, April 27th, as part of a special concert event at The McCallum Theatre with the Coachella Valley Symphony conducted by Maestro John Mario.
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 | Modern Men: Coachella Valley Men's Chorus - Palm Springs - Presents:
Believe: The Music of Cher
4/27/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) Modern Men: Coachella Valley Men's Chorus presents Believe: The Music of Cher! Come hear the Valley's best men's chorus, 80 voices strong, present the best of Cher - 21 iconic - hits from "I Got You Babe" to "Dancing Queen". Directed by Dr. Stan Hill. And, as usual, the men of the chorus will add their own fabulous touches to make it an evening of fun and delight! |
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 | Palm Springs Gay Men's Chorus - Palm Springs - Presents:
"Quiet No More - A Choral Celebration of Stonewall"
4/26/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus (PSGMC) as part of their 20th anniversary season, brings a new commissioned 8-movement work to the Annenberg Theater stage in the West Coast Premiere of “Quiet No More – A Choral Celebration of Stonewall” in three powerful and inspiring performances April 26, 27 and 28. |
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 | Athenaeum Music and Arts Library - La Jolla - Presents:
Athenaeum Mini-Concert featuring pianist Tina Chong
Monday, 4/22/2019 Tina Chong will be performing on piano for this noon mini-concert.
Pianist Tina Chong hails from Banff, Canada and is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Since her orchestral debut at the age of nine, Tina has appeared as a guest soloist with orchestras throughout the world. |
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 | Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center - Hollywood - Presents:
Miss Coco Peru – Have You Heard?
4/26/2019 - 4/27/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) The return of the legendary Miss Coco Peru in her latest solo show.
Miss Coco loves to reminisce. In fact, she’s very good at it. In "Have You Heard?," Coco performs some of her favorite monologues and songs spanning her long career, as well as some new stuff too. |
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 | Opera Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara - Presents:
The Crucible by Robert Ward
4/26/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) The Crucible is one of the most gripping works of American opera. Based on Arthur Miller’s play centered on the Salem witch trials, Robert Ward’s eerily topical opera is sure to make your pulse race. Wayne Tigges and Audrey Babcock – both standout singing actors – debut as John and Elizabeth Proctor Anya Matanovic portrays the malicious Abigail Williams. |
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 | Temecula Presents - Temecula - Presents:
Ambrosia
Thursday, 4/25/2019 Always exploring the possibilities of progressive, classical, and world influences – with tangled roots of soul, rhythm, and blues – Ambrosia is continuing to entertain their original fans while still engaging newer audiences. Bringing a breathtaking performance of their classic hits, as well as new moving music, Ambrosia is sure to bring a perfect show to Temecula. |
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
Life After
3/22/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) Grieving the recent loss of her famous father, 16-year-old Alice begins to question the events surrounding his death and sets out to uncover what really happened on the night that changed her family forever. Britta Johnson’s Life After is a bittersweet, witty, and life-affirming new musical that explores the mess and beauty of loss and love. |
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 | Long Beach Opera - Long Beach - Presents:
In the Penal Colony by Philip Glass
4/25/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) Philip Glass’ opera, In The Penal Colony, is a Kafkaesque drama about the twilight of a barbaric world struggling to maintain order.
- SoCal Premiere |
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 | Academy for the Performing Arts - Huntington Beach - Presents:
"Fanfare 2019"
Wednesday, 4/24/2019 The Academy for the Performing Arts, a magnet program for the Huntington Union High School District, presents "Fanfare 2019" by its Orchestra department.
Entertain your brain and get a little culture if you dare...at Fanfare! The APA Orchestra department celebrates great music from the Baroque to present day with exciting student performances. |
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 | Department of Music - Santa Barbara - Presents:
World Music Series: Middle East Ensemble
Wednesday, 4/24/2019 The UCSB Music Department and MultiCultural Center, invite you to attend a performance by the Middle East Ensemble! |
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 | Echo Theater Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Wolves
3/13/2019 - 4/22/2019 (next performance: Monday, 4/22/2019) Sarah DeLappe’s fierce, funny and intense debut play, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, gets its L.A. premiere from the acclaimed Echo Theatre Company. |
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 | Los Angeles Children's Chorus - Los Angeles - Presents:
Los Angeles Children's Chorus Gala Bel Canto
Wednesday, 4/24/2019 Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Honors Oscar-Nominated Producer Don Hahn and Longtime LACC Supporters Jennifer and Joe Sliskovich at Gala Bel Canto |
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 | Chris Isaacson Presents - Hollywood - Presents:
Erich Bergen In Concert
4/24/2019 - 4/25/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 4/24/2019) Returning to the concert stage in Los Angeles for the first time in over three years, the critically acclaimed actor and singer will perform at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood for two nights only. The music director is Michael Orland ('American Idol'). |
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 | Wartburg College - Torrance - Presents:
Wartburg Choir Concert
Monday, 4/22/2019 The Wartburg Choir from Wartburg College, located in Waverly, IA will soon be touring the Southwest United States! Under the direction of Dr. Lee Nelson, the choir is excited to share the 2019 program 'We Will Rise.' |
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