KIMBERLY AKIMBO
Sunday, August 16th, 2026
Theatre Palisades and director Cate Caplin have another winner on their hands with Kimberly Akimbo, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s quirky comedy about a soon-to-turn-16-year-old who’s got more on her plate than your average high schooler.
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WAITING IN THE WINGS
Monday, August 3rd, 2026
Dames don’t get any grander than the grandes dames taking centerstage at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Waiting In The Wings, Noël Coward’s charming 1960 salute to actresses of a certain age who’ve still got it in them to hold an audience spellbound.
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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Ophelia’s Jump Productions celebrates Pride Month with a feel-good intimate stage revival of Matthew Lopez’s 2015 off-Broadway crowd-pleaser The Legend Of Georgia McBride.
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CROSSING DELANCEY
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Romcom lovers in search of romantic comedy bliss need look no further than Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40, where Susan Sandler’s Crossing Delancey is nearing the end of its captivating sold-out run.
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MELANCHOLY PLAY
Saturday, June 13th, 2026
Quirkiness and whimsy meet operatic grandiosity meet Sarah Ruhl’s unique take on love and life at Hollywood’s Madnani Theatre in Melancholy Play, a terrific talent showcase for some of LA’s brightest young theatrical stars and as effervescent a comedic treat as any Ruhl lover could wish for.
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EXIT THE KING
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026Unless you are a huge fan of existentialist theater, you’ll probably find A Noise Within’s revival of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist comedy Exit The King a very long hour and forty-five minutes.
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FALLEN ANGELS
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Non-traditional casting adds a contemporary sensibility to Little Fish Theatre’s effervescent, sparklingly performed revival of Noël Coward’s 1925 comedy gem Fallen Angels.
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THE BAPTIST WITCHES OF SHELBYVILLE
Saturday, April 4th, 2026A trio of Tennessee sisters in their early 40s reunite for an entertaining albeit largely uneventful 4th Of July weekend back home in Julie Shavers’ World Premiere Southern Gothic comedy The Baptist Witches of Shelbyville, now playing once a weekend at the Whitefire Theatre.
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