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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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Monday, September 21st, 2026
Understudy Matthew Taylor Smith got shot out of a cannon and stuck a show-stopping landing as Seymour Krelborn at the post-Opening Night matinee of La Mirada Theatre’s absolutely sensational big-stage revival of the cult classic to end all cult classics, Little Shop Of Horrors.
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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Monday, September 21st, 2026
Teen con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr. is back in action and once again scamming his way across the country in the Colony Theatre’s exuberant, crowd-pleasing revival of the 2011 Broadway musical based on Steven Spielberg’s popular 2002 biopic.
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Thursday, September 10th, 2026
Death-defying aerial performances and breathtaking acrobatic feats, stunning animal puppetry, and forbidden love at its most forbidden, Water For Elephants, now dazzling Pantages Theatre audiences, has them all.
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Friday, September 4th, 2026
Even last-minute improvised emergency lighting couldn’t dim the opening night excitement at Altadena Music Theatre’s all-around fabulous open-air revival of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop Of Horrors.
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NEXT TO NORMAL
Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
Next To Normal has arrived at the Hudson Backstage for an all-too-short 4-performance run that more than does justice to the powerful, deeply moving multiple Tony Award winner.
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