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AMERICAN IDIOT

Saturday, July 18th, 2026

Punk rock energy ignites the Broadwater Mainstage in Conundrum Theatre Company’s high-octane revival of the international smash American Idiot, easily the rawest, grittiest, and most ear-splitting of the nine productions I’ve now seen of the Green Day musical.
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Tags: Conundrum Theatre Company, Green Day, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Broadwater Mainstage
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MEXODUS

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

New musicals don’t get any more one-of-a-kind than Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson’s supremely inventive, supremely innovative, supremely elucidating and entertaining off-Broadway two-hander Mexodus, now dazzling Pasadena Playhouse audiences direct from its New York run.
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Tags: Brian Quijada, Los Angeles Theater Review, Nygel D. Robinson, Pasadena Playhouse
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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

Monday, July 13th, 2026

Director Larry Raben and choreographer Corey Wright reinvent Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat like it’s never been reinvented before in a Musical Theatre West revival that feels fresh and new and very Gen Z-meets-Gen Alpha.
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Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Los Angeles Theater Review, Musical Theatre West, Tim Rice
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IF/THEN

Monday, July 13th, 2026

The production itself is a mixed bag, but at the very least Chromolume Theatre’s black-box staging of the Broadway musical If/Then gives L.A. audiences the chance to rediscover a show that didn’t deserve to vanish from sight after its National Tour played the Pantages ten years ago.
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Tags: Brian Yorkey, Chromolume Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Tom Kitt
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E=MC²

Monday, July 6th, 2026

If the life of Albert Einstein seems rather unlikely subject matter for a musical, at the very least the scientist who gave us the Theory of Relativity deserves better than E=MC², the well-intentioned musical muddle now guesting at Glendale’s Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center.
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Tags: Albert Einstein, Janet Marie, Karen Soroca, Los Angeles Theater Review
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MEAN GIRLS

Saturday, June 27th, 2026

No one can top Wisteria Theater these days when it comes to downscaling big-stage/big-budget Broadway musicals to intimate proportions while maintaining maximum entertainment value. Case in point, their fetch and fabulous take on Mean Girls The Musical.
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Tags: Jeff Richmond, Los Angeles Theater Review, Nell Benjamin, Tina Fey, Wisteria Theater
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MAMMA MIA!

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical that started it all, has returned to the Ahmanson Theatre, its 25th-Anniversary Tour treating the Broadway mega-smash’s mega-multitude of fans to not only two dozen of ABBA’s Greatest Hits but a much-needed feel-good night or matinee of musical theater enchantment.
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Tags: ABBA, Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Theater Review
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THE FIRST GENTLEMAN

Monday, June 15th, 2026

There are some terrific songs and performances in Torrance Theatre Company’s The First Gentleman, but the musical itself feels like it’s getting its World Premiere about 20 years too late.
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Tags: Bret Simmons, David Howard, Los Angeles Theater Review, Torrance Theatre Company
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