Featured Events

City of Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills - Presents:
Concerts on Canon FREE Summer Concerts
6/7/2018 - 8/30/2018 (next performance: Thursday, 8/23/2018)

This popular, free outdoor concert takes place every Thursday from June 7 to August 30 with two 45-minute musical sets at 6:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Tables and chairs are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. There is ample seating on the grass and guests can bring their own blankets to sit on.

Breakdown Services and Performing Arts LIVE - Originating from Los Angeles - Presents:
State of the Arts Radio Series
1/4/2018 - 12/27/2018 (next performance: Thursday, 8/30/2018)

State of the Arts is a weekly series devoted to coverage of the performing arts in Los Angeles, and beyond... with emphasis on theatre, music, dance events, and stage spectaculars. Michael Sterling and Andrew David James offer astute reviews, insightful discussions, a live arts calendar, and live interviews with celebrity guests, stars of the arts, and the creative teams behind them.

Huntington Beach Concert Band - Huntington Beach - Presents:
Huntington Beach Concert Band Summer Concert Series
6/24/2018 - 9/2/2018 (next performance: Sunday, 8/19/2018)

Huntington Beach Concert Band 45th Anniversary Year! Summer Series 2018 Sundays at 5PM – Free

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Gershwin On Broadway feat. An American In Paris and Porgy And Bess
8/17/2018 - 8/18/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

A Bayside Summer Nights Concert Rob Fisher, conductor Norm Lewis, vocals Robert Fairchild, vocals and tap dance Aundi Marie Moore, vocals

City Ballet of San Diego - San Diego - Presents:
City Ballet of San Diego - Ballet Showcase 2018
Friday, 8/17/2018

As the culmination of the three-week 2018 Summer Intensive, Intermediate and Advanced dancers perform with members of The City Ballet Company. Program includes: The Four Seasons, Jazz and Contemporary Presentations, Except from The Rosin Box, and Paquita.

The Wallis - Beverly Hills - Presents:
Hershey Felder: Beethoven
7/27/2018 - 8/19/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Extraordinary One-Man Musical Play Brings Composer to Life Through the Eyes of Viennese Doctor Who Spent His Boyhood by the Maestro’s Side "A brilliant and captivating performance. GO!" - Performing Arts LIVE

The Redlands Bowl - Redlands - Presents:
Finale with Fireworks Redlands Symphony Orchestra
Friday, 8/17/2018

Finale with Fireworks Redlands Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Maestro Frank Fetta, Rufus Choi, Piano The Bowl’s 2018 season finale features the acclaimed Rufus Choi playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 and Beethoven’s incomparable Symphony No.5.

Shakespeare by the Sea - San Pedro - Presents:
The Merry Wives of Windsor at Point Fermin Park
6/14/2018 - 8/18/2018 (next performance: Saturday, 8/18/2018)

Join us for The Merry Wives of Windsor! The Merry Wives of Windsor – a rollicking romantic comedy which tells of Falstaff’s folly: courting two married women at the same time. It’s mischief and mayhem galore.

Hollywood Pantages- Nederlander - Los Angeles - Presents:
Waitress
8/2/2018 - 8/26/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles ("Brave," "Love Song"), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding Neverland)."It's an empowering musical of the highest order!" raves the Chicago Tribune.

Pasadena Symphony and POPS - Arcadia - Presents:
Bernstein's New York
Saturday, 8/18/2018

Experience first-hand stories from West side Story to On the Town, and an intimate look at the legend’s relationships with Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne and more.

LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
8/24/2018 - 8/25/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/24/2018)

How do you make our perennial favorite even more spectacular? Have Gustavo conduct and add gifted actors performing scenes from Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Of course, we top it off with the 1812 Overture and fantastic fireworks! Artists Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel conductor USC Trojan Marching Band

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Star Wars: A New Hope - In Concert
Saturday, 8/18/2018

A Bayside Summer Nights Special Concert Sarah Hicks, conductor The San Diego Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score live-to-picture at Embarcadero Marina Park South!

Clago Productions - Sherman Oaks - Presents:
Outlaw
8/2/2018 - 8/24/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Former Hells Angels Leader Tells his Story in ‘Outlaw’ Los Angeles Premiere at the Whitefire Theatre

San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
8/10/2018 - 9/9/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

SLO REP will kick off the 2018-2019 Season with A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM a musical romp through Rome featuring desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and the music of Stephen Sondheim. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM runs Aug. 10-Sept. 9, Wednesdays-Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.

Celebration Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Cabaret
6/1/2018 - 9/16/2018 (next performance: Saturday, 8/18/2018)

Celebration Theatre presents Kander & Ebb’s dark, eerily relevant masterpiece like you’ve never seen it before Wilkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome. This is The Kit Kat Klub... the seediest, sexiest nightclub in Berlin. In here, life isn’t just beautiful - it’s downright dangerous. If you’re not careful, you could lose your perspective on the world outside. Fight that urge. RESIST.

Theatre 40 - Beverly Hills - Presents:
Screwball Comedy
7/19/2018 - 8/19/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Two reporters are on the trail of a scammer. Hilarity ensues. Norm Foster is Canada’s favorite playwright. He’s one of Theatre 40’s favorite playwrights as well, judging by the fact that the company has been including one of his plays every season for the last several years. This year’s selection is special: It’s a U.S. Premiere.

Little Fish Theatre - San Pedro - Presents:
Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite"
8/3/2018 - 9/2/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

A story about Suite 719 at the infamous New York City Plaza Hotel and the people who inhabit it: a not-so-blissfully married couple, a movie producer and his old flame, and a nervous bride and family.

STAGEStheatre - Fullerton - Presents:
All the World's a Grave
7/27/2018 - 8/26/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

John Reed reconstructs the works of William Shakespeare into a new tragedy. The language is Shakespeare’s, but the drama that unfolds is as fresh as the blood on the stage. All the World’s a Grave: A New Play by William Shakespeare Written by John Reed Directed by Jill Johnson

Torrance Theatre Company - Torrance - Presents:
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
8/11/2018 - 8/25/2018 (next performance: Saturday, 8/18/2018)

A musical satire of 1960s big business and all it held sacred, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called “How To Succeed In Business” to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the office party, backstabbing co-workers, and true love.

Echo Theater Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Cry It Out
7/11/2018 - 8/19/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

This insightful comedy takes an honest look at the absurdities of new motherhood, the dilemma of returning to work versus staying at home, and how class impacts parenthood and friendship.

Open Fist Theatre Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Under Milk Wood
7/20/2018 - 8/25/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Touching, eerie and very funny, this tale of a day in the life of the inhabitants of a small seaside town by the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas reveals their dreams and routines, their loves and regrets.

San Diego Musical Theater - San Diego - Presents:
Hairspray
8/2/2018 - 9/2/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

The 1950s are out and change is in the air! Hairspray, winner of 8 TONY Awards including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter, romance, and deliriously tuneful songs

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Side by Side by Sondheim
7/21/2018 - 9/16/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble revives this musical love letter to the American musical theater legend.

Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival - Sierra Madre - Presents:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7/12/2018 - 8/18/2018 (next performance: Saturday, 8/18/2018)

Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival celebrates its fourth summer season in Sierra Madre Memorial Park with the rollicking comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Bring a picnic! Bring a blanket! Bring a friend!

An 11:11 Experience - West Hollywood - Presents:
Famous
8/17/2018 - 9/30/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

A world premiere play, written and directed by Michael Leoni ("Elevator"). Through the eyes of Hollywood’s biggest star, Jason Mast, we witness a world fueled by sex, money, and power, where image is everything.

Antaeus Theatre Company - Glendale - Presents:
Three Days in the Country
7/5/2018 - 8/26/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

In Patrick Marber’s passionate and comedic update of Turgenev’s classic A Month in the Country, a handsome new tutor brings reckless, romantic desire to an eccentric household. Over three days one summer the young and the old will learn lessons in love.

The Fountain Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Arrival & Departure
7/11/2018 - 9/30/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

An unforgettable love story inspired by one of the most romantic movies of all time.

LACMA - Los Angeles - Presents:
Jazz at LACMA
8/3/2018 - 10/26/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Jazz at LACMA features the art of jazz as practiced by leading Southern California artists. Celebrating over twenty years at LACMA, the program continues to be one of the museum’s most recognizable offerings.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum - Topanga - Presents:
Theatricum Botanicum 2018 Summer Season
6/2/2018 - 9/30/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

With its one-of-a-kind, spectacular outdoor setting in the heart of Topanga Canyon, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum offers a summer repertory season of Shakespeare and modern classics, as well as music and performance for kids and adults alike throughout the summer months. Arrive early to picnic on the beautiful grounds before a performance!

Grand Performances - Los Angeles - Presents:
2018 Grand Performances
6/1/2018 - 8/18/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Hailed as the “Best Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series” by Los Angeles Magazine and called “a grand gift to the public... democracy in musical action” by the Los Angeles Times, Grand Performances presents high-quality music, dance, theater, and more at the breathtaking California Plaza in the heart of Downtown.

Shakespeare by the Sea - San Pedro - Presents:
The Winter's Tale - Shakespeare by the Sea at Point Fermin Park
6/21/2018 - 8/17/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Join us for The Winter's Tale! The Winter’s Tale - the story of Leontes, a King who banishes his family wrongfully, and is taught the meaning of forgiveness through the inspired plan of a wise, loyal woman.

Sierra Madre Playhouse - Sierra Madre - Presents:
CarneyMagic
8/17/2018 - 8/19/2018 (next performance: Friday, 8/17/2018)

Magic and illusion meets theatricality. Following two SOLD-OUT engagements in 2016, CarneyMagic returns to the stage of Sierra Madre Playhouse for three more dates of amazing FUN! John Carney is a unique blend of comedian, actor and sleight of hand virtuoso. Order your tickets early and don’t miss out.