DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Sunday, November 1st, 2026
The multiple Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen gets its Southern California Regional Premiere at the La Mirada Theatre a whopping ten years after its Broadway debut in a production that reaffirms its status as one of the most powerful and emotionally compelling musicals of this or any century.
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THE WHO’S TOMMY
Friday, October 30th, 2026
Not everything works to perfection in the National Tour of the 2024 Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy, but a spectacular production design, mesmerizing choreography, and soaring vocals add up to a thrilling theatrical extravaganza at the Hollywood Pantages.
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THE MUSIC MAN
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
Few Golden Age musicals stand the test of time the way Meredith Willson’s 1957 classic The Music Man has for the past 69 years, and if you don’t believe me check out the fabulously entertaining National Tour now paying a visit to the Ahmanson Theater.
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre has a big-stage, big-talent hit on their hands with Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, a tuneful, double entendre-packed, laugh-filled treat for Brooks fans and classic horror buffs alike.
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FALSETTOS
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
Conundrum Theatre Company hits a bullseye with Falsettos, William Finn and James Lapine’s richly rewarding look back at a freshly out gay New Yorker’s life in the years before and just after the AIDS epidemic began to wreak havoc on his city.
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COME FROM AWAY
Sunday, October 11th, 2026
Excitingly reconceived staging and a fresh new design turn the Broadway smash Come From Away’s true-life tale of heroism, humanity, and heart triumphing over terror into one of the most thrilling A Noise Within musicals ever.
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SWEENEY TODD
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
It takes talent, ingenuity, and a whole lot of chutzpah to trim an original Broadway cast of 26 down to a mere 11 performers and deliver a Sweeney Todd with the entertainment goods of a production more than twice its size, but that’s exactly what Ophelia’s Jump has done on a matchbook-sized stage over in Upland.
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FRANKENSTEIN: RESURRECTION
Friday, September 25th, 2026
Gothic horror isn’t really my cup of tea, but if it’s among your favorite theatrical genres, you just might find The Nocturne Theatre’s World Premiere Gothic horror musical Frankenstein: Resurrected right up your dark alley.
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