LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
I’ve attended a whopping sixteen productions of the iconic horror comedy rock musical Little Shop Of Horrors, but seeing it “dancified” at the Lineage Performing Arts Center made me feel I was experiencing the off-Broadway camp classic for the very first time.
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Under the sea is the place to be and in-the-round is the way to experience its many magical wonders in The Nocturne Theatre gorgeously designed and swimmingly performed arena staging of Disney The Little Mermaid.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
The ultimate family musical is back in Los Angeles and filling the Hollywood Hills-adjacent Pantages Theatre with The Sound Of Music as the 1959 Broadway classic pays L.A. a three-week visit under the inspired direction of three-time Tony winner (and bona fide National Treasure) Jack O’Brien.
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MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
Monday, May 4th, 2026There is so much talent on the Colony Theatre stage that it’s a shame they’re not starring in a better show than Nico Juber’s deceptively titled and almost certainly not New York-bound Millennials Are Killing Musicals.
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FLOWER DRUM SONG
Friday, April 24th, 2026
A hundred million miracles may be happening every day, but none are more miraculous where musical theater is concerned than the one that has transformed Flower Drum Song, splendiferously revived at Little Tokyo’s Aratani Theatre, from a show filled with antiquated stereotypes to one that can now take its place among Rodgers and Hammerstein’s finest.
DOGFIGHT
Monday, April 20th, 2026The production has its flaws, but Stella Mulroney and Zachary Santolaya deliver such rich and powerful performances as Rose and Eddie in Mouth Bone Productions’ Dogfight that I couldn’t help once again falling for the Louise Lortel Award-winning Outstanding Musical of 2012.
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MEAN GIRLS
Monday, April 13th, 2026
It’s taken eight years for Mean Girls to make it from Broadway to La Mirada for its Southern California Regional Premiere, and McCoy Rigby Entertainment has pulled out all the stops to deliver not only a fabulously directed, choreographed, and performed crowd-pleaser but a freshly designed one as well.
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REEFER MADNESS
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Women cry for it, men die for it, and the audience goes wild for it in Wisteria Theater Company’s wickedly entertaining take on Reefer Madness The Musical, Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney’s tuneful stage adaptation of what is surely one of the worst movies ever made.
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