A Noise Within: 3352 E Foothill Bl., Pasadena (626/356-3100) www.anoisewithin.org The season opens with the Pulitzer Prize winning time bending comic romp by Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth. This iconic play is a riveting testament to the indomitable spirit of humanity. Sept. 1-29.
Ahmanson Theatre: Los Angeles Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles (213/628-2772) TheatreGroup.org Upcoming Season: six productions including two Tony Award winning Best Musicals, A Strange Loop, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; also the Broadway revival of Clue.
A series of special events and programming at the Mark Taper Forum, the Kirk Douglas Theatre and throughout greater Los Angeles. CTG:FWD. The events provide greater opportunities for community gatherings and conversations, can’t miss special events and ways to help center Los Angeles based artists and the arts community. It also provides an opportunity to open the doors of the Mark Taper Forum during this pause in traditional season programming . The initial slate of programming includes Alex Edelman’s Just for Us, Feinstein’s at the Taper, Amal Walks Across America.
A number of services to accommodate persons requiring mobility, vision and hearing access. American Sign language interpretation is offered. Contact CenterTheatreGroup.org/Access
905 Cole Theatre: 905 Cole Ave., Hollywood www.onstage411.com/newsite/show/play_info.as[?show_id=7138 Honeymoon Suite (with Apologies to Neil Simon) A world premiere comedy which in several ways reflects a play by the great Neil Simon but tells a different story. There are three couples, and each of them will experience pivotal moments in their relationship that will affect their marital destiny. Aug. 2-25.
Crypto.com Arena: (formerly the Staples Center) 1111 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles (213/ 742-7100) www.cryptoarena.com Check for all upcoming concerts, family shows and special events. Tickets on sale now.
Davidson/Valentini Theatre: Los Angeles LGBT Center, , 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood. www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10628
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Ave., Los Angeles. (213/972-8001) Upcoming: A stunning lineup of classics and LA premieres including a cinematic twist of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, a Shakespearean romance with Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, Mozart’s laugh-out-loud Cosi fan tutte, Golijov’s flamenco-inspired Ainadamar, and Verdi’s heart-pounding drama Rigoletto. Kristin Chenoweth’s Holiday concert, with the LA Opera orchestra.
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Fountain Theatre: 5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles. (323/663-1525) www.fountaintheatre.com The U.S. premiere of I Daniel Blake, a powerful, timely and poignant story agout people coming together in the face of Kafkaesque government bureaaucracy the refuses to see them as human beings Daniel is a caring, warmhearted middle aged man who suddenly finds himself unable to work Katie opes for a fresh start for herself and her teenage daughter. Together teyh attempt to navigate the nigtmarish unemployment and public housing system while clinging to their dignity and humanity. Oct. 9-Nov. 24.
Greystone Mansion: 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills https://beverlyhills.org/1422/Play-Readings—August-28-September-4- 18 Theatre 40 actors perform a series of play readings in this beautiful setting.
Hollywood Bowl: 2301 Highland Ave., Los Angeles ( 323/850–2000) hollywoodbowl.com Season highlights include 9 performances with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, Zubin Mehta’s return after 30 years, world premiere of Infinita Saga Concert Experience, stellar assists, classical superstars, Jazz Festival, Herbie Hancock, Maestro of the Movies, Andrew Bird Trio joins Pink Martini, Local Natives to mention a few. Great season!!
International City Theatre: Beverly O’Neill Theater, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, 330 East Seaside Way, Long Beach (562/436-4610) InternationalCityTheatre.org The Double V dramatizes the true story of the first Black civil rights movement in the U.S., sparked by a letter to the editor from James G. Thompson of Wichita, Kansas. The Pittsburgh Courier kicked off the Double V campaign, a historical drama. Aug. 21-Sept. 8.
Los Angeles Theatre Center: 515 S Spring St., Los Angeles (213/489-0994) www.latinotheaterco.org Whittier Boulevard, an ensemble devised CChicano Noir satire that employs the company’s blend of comedy, drama, music, dance and theatrical magic to explore ageism – and the divine that exists within us all. Sept. 12-Oct. 20
Mark Taper Forum: Los Angeles Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles (213/628-2772) CenterTheatereGroup.org
Matrix Theatre: 7657 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles http://hollywoodfringe.orgt/projects/10967
Morgan-Wixson Theatre: 2627 Pico Bl., Santa Monica (310/828-7519) www.morganwixson.org, Bat Boy: The Musical, a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave. Sept. 28-Oct. 13.
Musco Center for the Arts: Chapman Universit July 13-28.y, (714/997-6812) Ticketing@chapman.edu The 2024-25 season; Free Heartbeat of Mexico ( family festival) Sept. 8; Preservation Halll Jazz Band, Sept. 27; The Heartbeat of Mexico (free), Sept. 8; Hubbarad Street Dance Chicago, Sept. 20; Dance Theatre of Harlem, Oct 24.
Odyssey Theatre: 2055 S. Sepulveda Bl., West Los Angeles (310/477-2055) odysseytheatre.com 3 Faces of Steve: Sondheim in Concert spans the breadth of Sondheim’s oeuvre at the Odyssey Theatre, Sept. 6-29. Award winning Norwid’s Return stars Polish-American actor Mark Probosz, features the music of Mozart, Chopin, Satie, Szymanowski, Oct. 5-6.
Renberg Theatre: Los Angeles LGBT Center, The Village at Ede Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles bit.ly/happyfall24
Robey Theatre: 514 S. Spring St., at Los Angeles Theatre Center (213/489-7402) info@therobeytheatrecompany.or Royce Hall: UCLA campus, 10745 Dickson Court, Westwood (310/825-2101) www.cap.ucla.edu
Santa Monica Pier & El Cariso Park: Free Night of Opera presents live simulcast from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly under the stars . Bring your blanket, picnic basket or explore on site vendors. Enjoy opera at the beach or at El Cariso Park in Sylmar. Sept. 21..Free but you must register in advance. 213/972-8001
Santa Monica Playhouse: 1211 4th St., Santa Monica (310/394-9779 ext 1)
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Segerstrom Center for the Arts: 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, www.SCFTA.org (714/556-2787) Upcoming Dance Headliners and in conversation series for the 2024 season includes Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck, American Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Coppel-o/A, American Ballet Theater Mixed Repertory. Headliner Series features Get Happy: Jessica Vost, Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive, A Broadway Birthday, Sondheim, Lloyd Webber and Friends.
At the Samueli Theater: Family Series features Somebody Loves You, Oct. 12-13; Jazz Ash & the Leaping Lizards, Nov. 2-3; Journey to Oz, Nov. 23-24.
Theatre 40: Mary Levin Cutler Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills (310/364-0535) www.theatre40.or Vincent van Gogh presents Holmes with a most unusual case, Sept. 19-Oct. 20. World Premiere comedy Jane Austen In 89 Minutes, a comedy in which a cast of madcap ladies and gents bring all six of Austen’s beloved novels to comic life and includes modern day zingers about Austen’s fame, fandom, movies and TV series. The play takes place in a wrinkle in time, the present day intermingled with England’s Regency Era, 1811-1816.At several points, Austen has to rein in her characters when they run amok and try to take over the show. Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a thrilling tale of greed, blackmail and murder most four. Nov. 14-Dec. 15. In Listing, a real estate agent with a passion for historic preservation has the perfect modernist masterpiece come his way but tragedy, societal tension and ghosts of the home’s past all simmer to the surface and the home’s good bones can’t hide the bad blood, Jan. 16-Feb. 16, 2025, running in repertory with Beatnik Girl, the story of a young woman of vision and principle as she struggles with misogyny, antisemitism and an unwanted pregnancy while trying to be a Beat poet .
Theatre West: 3333 Cahuenga Bl. West, Los Angeles (818/761-2203) www.theatrewest.org
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Kavli Theatre: 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks (800/745-3000) www.startheatricals.com
24th Street Theatre: 1117 West 24th St., Los Angeles (213/745-6516) www.24thstreet.org Pascal & Julien, a uniquely touching story about fathers and sons and the birth of a friendship. The story of a closed isolated middle aged man whose true self is able to emerge through his friendship with a child. Aug. 30-Oct. 26
UCLA Nimoy Theater: 1262 Westwood Bl., Los Angeles (310/825-2101) tickets@cap.ucla.edu Upcoming highlights for the 2024 season include: Rapper Omaer Offedum’s The Little Syria Show, Ethiopian ensemble Ethioand Cabaret sensation Meow Meow, Choreographer-dancer Calib Teicher and pianist-composer Conrad Tao.
Venice United Methodist Church: 1020 Victoria Ave., Venice (323/821-2449) http://wejt.org West Coast Jewish Theatre presents antisemitism play reading series : The Last Yiddish Speaker, Aug. 11; Two Jews Walk into a War, Aug. 25; Lebenaraum, Sept. 8.
Victory Theatre Centre: 3326 West Victory Bl., Burbank (818/841-5421) www.thevictorytheatrecenter.org Crevasse, a critically acclaimed new play by Tom Jacobson, Oct 4-27. In 1938 German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl went to Hollywood to find American distribution for her award winning film, Olympia. This is the true story of betrayal. Nazi propaganda and cartoons.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis): 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl., Beverly Hills (310/746-4000) www.thewallis Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma, a first of its kind in the early 1940s combined the complex storytelling of the typical stage play with the music and movement of traditional musicals. Join Muse/Que for the story of how the Broadway musical came to represent hope and wonder in American culture July 26-28. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra fall events features The Wallis continues to offer free events for families and young audiences.
Walt Disney Concert Hall – Photo: Grant Mudford
Walt Disney Concert Hall: 151 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles (213/972-7288) www.wdch.com The Frank Gehry designed home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic embodies the unique energy and creative spirit of both the City of Angels and its world-class orchestra under the direction of maestro Gustavo Dudamel and features the works of the world’s musical greats featuring Classical, World Music, Jazz, Songbook and the Master Chorale. The season features programs that reflect on the profundity of our cultural moments by examining themes of life, death and transcendence in music. Opening night for the season, October 1, presents the amazing Dudamel and legendary pianist Lang Lang featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 as well as baritone Gustavo Castillo performing Estancia. The month of October ongoing highlights feature: Wynonna Judd, Oct. 4; An Evening of Classical, Symphonic and Opera Works, Oct 10; Jason Moran & Big Bandwagon, Oct 11; Experimentation in Funk, Soul ad Jazz, Oct. 12; A Revival for Devotional Art, Oct. 13. Lightscape: An artwork by Doug Aitken produced in partnership with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the LA Phil The core of the work is a feature length film, a multi-screen fine art installation, and a series of live musical performances. Lightscape creates a modern mythology asking the questions “where are we now?” and “where are we going?” Nov. 16.
Whitefire Theatre: 13500 Ventura Bl., Sherman Oaks www.ticketleap.events/tickets/spyforspy/shermanoaks Spy for Spy, a romantic comedy. Sarah and Molly love one another but that is all they see to have in common. This drama is performed like a playlist with the scenes shuffled into a random sequence by the audience each night. Sept. 5-Oct. 10.
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum: 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga (310/455–3723) www.theatricum.com Under the Oaks salon series returns with classical and popular music under the stars featuring classical and popular music weekly in September. The summer season will transform the stage alternately into the captivating countryside of Bohemia in The Winters Tale by Shakespeare, the enchanted woods of Athens in A Midsummer Nights Dream, the imaginary isle of Neverland in the world premiere of Wendy’s Peter Pan. Tartiffe: Born Again translated and adapted from Moliere and the USA Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote by Bernardo Cubria. June 1-Sept. 30.