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Our Top 3

See these before they close.

Hand picked from every stage in town. The three productions we would buy tickets to tonight.

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium

Musical · Hollywood The Phantom of the Opera Hollywood Pantages · Through Aug 09 Tickets

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance

Musical · Final days Mamma Mia! Ahmanson Theatre · Closes Jul 19 Tickets

Backstage dressing room with lit mirrors before a performance

New musical · Pasadena Mexodus Pasadena Playhouse · Through Aug 02 Tickets

The Houses

The rooms where the lights go down.

From Hollywood Boulevard to the Music Center and beyond: the stages that carry the city.

Neon theater marquees glowing over Hollywood Boulevard at night — Hollywood PantagesHollywood Blvd · Art deco

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium — Ahmanson TheatreGrand Ave · DTLA

Backstage dressing room with lit mirrors before a performance — Mark Taper ForumNew American plays

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance — Pasadena PlayhousePasadena · Since 1917

Open air stage with the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind it — Geffen PlayhouseTwo stages

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance — Walt Disney Concert HallGrand Ave · Gehry

Neon theater marquees glowing over Hollywood Boulevard at night — Dolby TheatreHome of the Oscars

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium — The SorayaNorthridge · CSUN

Open air stage with the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind it — Segerstrom CenterCosta Mesa

The houses of Los Angeles theater · drag to move through

On Stage

Now playing and next up.

Every major production in Los Angeles and the surrounding area: what is closing, what is opening, straight to the box office.

Mamma Mia!

Ahmanson Theatre · Music Center

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium

Mexodus

Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance

The Phantom of the Opera

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Neon theater marquees glowing over Hollywood Boulevard at night

BalletNow

Walt Disney Concert Hall · DTLA

Backstage dressing room with lit mirrors before a performance

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Open air stage with the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind it

Water for Elephants

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium

The Visit

Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance

The Outsiders

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Neon theater marquees glowing over Hollywood Boulevard at night

Dragon Baby

Geffen Playhouse · Westwood

Backstage dressing room with lit mirrors before a performance

The Who's Tommy

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Open air stage with the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind it

Purpose

Geffen Playhouse · Westwood

Grand theater auditorium with red velvet seats and a gilded proscenium

Elf The Musical

Hollywood Pantages · Hollywood

Performers on stage under golden spotlights at a gala performance

Summer and fall 2026 · every row opens the box office Sources: Broadway in Hollywood, Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse

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We sit through everything, from Broadway tours to black box premieres. The moment the house lights go down, the city outside disappears and what is left is the story.

LA THEATER EVENTS is a guide by theater people, for theater people. Musicals, plays, ballet and new work. Every stage in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, one list.

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