SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Four college besties set off on a decades-long journey through life at the Rubicon Theatre in Somebody To Love, a crowd-pleasing World Premiere jukebox musical that with some script tweaking could have legs on the regional theater circuit.
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THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Saturday, March 28th, 2026A charismatic Sean Yves Lessard as best-selling novelist Jamie Wellerstein cannot overcome a miscast “Shiksa Goddess,” lackluster direction, and poor sound mixing in Chalomot Productions’ well-intentioned but largely unsuccessful revival of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years at the Hudson Backstage.
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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Monty Python’s Spamalot is back, and the Hollywood Pantages has got it, guaranteeing L.A. audiences not only the wildest, wackiest, and winningest of musical comedy rides but a spectacular new scenic design and even more flashy dancing than the 2005 Broadway original.
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Sunday, March 15th, 2026
The Nocturne Theatre reinvents Jesus Christ Superstar to thrilling effect by re-situating the famed rock opera in a dystopian version of the world we live in today, and that’s only the beginning.
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
Joe Di Pietro and Jimmy Roberts’ three-decades-old—but still delightfully relevant—smash off-Broadway musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change now gets a smashing 30th-anniversary revival at Long Beach’s International City Theatre
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SIX
Friday, February 20th, 2026
Never has a sextet of triple-threats delivered more 5-star Broadway pizzazz than the 6 wives of Henry VIII do in Six The Musical, now making its 2nd appearance at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, back in 2026 for a must-see 3-week run.
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HERE LIES LOVE
Thursday, February 19th, 2026Center Theatre Group’s sensationally designed and performed West Coast Premiere of Here Lies Love, aka the Imelda Marcos Disco Musical, has everything an entirely sung-through show ought to have except one vital element–songs you’d want to listen to a second time.
MAN OF LA MANCHA
Monday, February 16th, 2026
Career-best performances by Richard Bermudez and Monika Peña are just two of the reasons Musical Theatre West’s spectacular 60th-anniversary revival of the 1966 Best Musical Tony winner is a must-see.
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