HELL’S KITCHEN
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
Coming of age has rarely been brought to life on the musical theater stage as movingly or exhilaratingly as it is in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, now bringing L.A. audiences to their feet at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
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ASCENT
Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Henry Ong pays long overdue tribute to Qian Xuese, aka the “Father of Chinese Rocketry,” in Ascent, the much-missed playwright’s look back at not just one of the ugliest pages in American history but one with unmistakable parallels to today’s United States, brought to stunning life at the Skylight Theatre by director-dramaturg Diana Wyenn.
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ANTIGONE
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
Playwright Kenneth Cavander dusts the cobwebs off Sophocles’ Antigone in his contemporary adaptation of the 2500-year-old Greek tragedy … and the result is yet another Antaeus Theatre Company winner.
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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