HAIRSPRAY
Sunday, October 12th, 2025
5-Star Theatricals concludes its 2025 season with an irresistibly entertaining revival of the 2002 Broadway smash Hairspray, directed by none other than the show’s original Tracy Turnblad, Best Lead Actress Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur herself.
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MY SPIRITS SOAR
Monday, September 29th, 2025Rising L.A. stage star Abigail Stewart and Daytime Emmy nominee Kevin Spirtas light up the stage in Doug Haverty and Adryan Russ’s entertainingly old-fashioned romantic musical comedy My Spirit Soars now playing at The Group Rep.
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RENT
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
No matter how many times you’ve seen Jonathan Larson’s legendary rock musical Rent, you have never seen it “dancified” the way Lineage Performing Arts Center dancifies their shows, just one reason why Lineage’s unique take on the 1990s Broadway classic is well worth checking out.
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COME FROM AWAY
Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Come From Away makes its long-awaited regional debut at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts in a feel-good production that’s even better than the already brilliant 2017 Tony-winning Broadway original at bringing to life this true story of heroism, humanity, and heart triumphing over terror.
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RAGTIME
Monday, September 15th, 2025Some fine lead performances and plenty of soaring full-cast harmonies shine in Actors Repertory Theater of Simi’s restaging of the Broadway classic Ragtime, but the move from the intimate Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center to the far larger El Portal Theatre mainstage proves more a minus than a plus.
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MATILDA THE MUSICAL
Saturday, September 6th, 2025With over two-dozen talented tykes and teens singing and dancing their hearts out, Matilda The Musical is sure to be packing them in during its three-week run at on Whittier Community Theatre stage.
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RENT
Sunday, August 31st, 2025
A talented bunch of Gen Zers make it crystal clear why Jonathan Larson’s Gen X musical Rent is still going strong at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center nearly thirty years after its Broadway debut.
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INTO THE WOODS
Saturday, August 30th, 2025
Wisteria Theater Company reimagines Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods as seen through the eyes of a child and the result is a production so sparklingly new, I felt almost as if I were experiencing the Broadway musical classic, one I’ve now seen in a whopping 24 productions, for the very first time.
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