 | The Chance Theater - Anaheim - Presents:
Ragtime
6/28/2019 - 7/28/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 7/11/2019) Based on E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel, this 13-time Tony-nominated musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of three people — a stifled married woman from the upper classes, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young musician from Harlem — whose fates become unexpectedly intertwined. |
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 | Skylight Theatre Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Bronco Billy – The Musical
6/28/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 7/11/2019) Now Extended Through July 21st!
A World Premiere Musical at Skylight Theatre
“Spectacular. I cannot offer enough superlative-laden adjectives to describe the brilliance of the cast” – Broadway World
This upbeat new musical is about following your passion and living your dreams. |
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 | Independent Shakespeare Co. - Los Angeles - Presents:
Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival - Twelfth Night
6/29/2019 - 9/1/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/10/2019) A summer season of free performances like no other! Freewheeling, inclusive and a bit anarchic, the festival includes mainstage performances, pre-show family events including workshops and a slate of extraordinary opening acts. Bring a blanket and a picnic to enjoy great theater in a great city. All free, all summer long. |
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 | Echo Theater Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Pass Over
7/10/2019 - 8/18/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/10/2019) Antoinette Nwandu’s provocative mash up of Waiting for Godot and the Biblical story of Exodus, winner of the 2019 Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding play, gets its California premiere at the Echo Theater Company. |
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Loot
6/8/2019 - 8/10/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/10/2019) Odyssey’s 2019-20 50th Anniversary ‘Circa ’69’ Season kicks off with Joe Orton’s shocking and hilarious black comedy. |
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 | Garry Marshall Theatre - Burbank - Presents:
The Spitfire Grill - An American Musical
7/10/2019 - 8/11/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/10/2019) The Spitfire Grill is joyous American musical that bubbles over with toe-tapping fun and soaring, heart-felt melodies. Serving up sweeping anthems with a bluegrass-inspired orchestra, it will have you singing for days! |
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 | Antaeus Theatre Company - Glendale - Presents:
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
7/5/2019 - 8/26/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) Bertolt Brecht’s 1944 masterpiece is next up at Antaeus. “Art is not a mirror held up to reality,
but a hammer with which to shape it.” — Bertolt Brecht |
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 | La Jolla Playhouse - La Jolla - Presents:
The Luckiest
6/30/2019 - 7/28/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) Developed through the 2018 DNA New Works Series, playwright Melissa Ross and director Jaime Castañeda bring to life a story that Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley says “makes us appreciate our family as well as the friends who became our family in times of difficulty. It’s a deeply affirmational story about how we live.” |
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 | The Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
Mysterious Circumstances
6/11/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) Mysterious Circumstances
Written by Michael Mitnick
Inspired by The New Yorker article "Mysterious Circumstances: The Strange Death of a Sherlock Holmes Fanatic" by David Grann
Directed by Matt Shakman
This world premiere play by Michael Mitnick (Drama Desk Award nominee for Fly By Night, The Siegel) is an ode to literature's most cerebral detective. |
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 | LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE - Laguna Beach - Presents:
Mamma Mia!
7/5/2019 - 7/28/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) Get swept away by the infectious music, uplifting story, and dazzling dance numbers that have made MAMMA MIA! a worldwide phenomenon. As wedding festivities commence on an idyllic Greek island, a young bride-to-be schemes to discover the identity of her father among three men from her mother’s past. |
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 | Open Fist Theatre Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Dancing at Lughnasa
7/6/2019 - 8/18/2019 (next performance: Monday, 7/8/2019) Brian Friel’s Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on the lives of his mother and aunts, is a rich and deeply moving portrait of the everyday lives of five sisters, just as everything is on the brink of change. |
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 | Disappearing Inc. - Santa Monica - Presents:
Magic Monday
6/10/2019 - 8/26/2019 (next performance: Monday, 7/8/2019) Albie Selznick’s ‘Magic Monday’
returns to Santa Monica Playhouse for 4th smash year.
Spring into magic when Albie Selznick returns to the Santa Monica Playhouse with his trademark Magic Monday. Every Monday evening through the end of August will see a new and different lineup of world-class, award-winning magicians and outstanding variety acts.
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 | Celebration - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Producers
6/21/2019 - 8/12/2019 (next performance: Monday, 7/8/2019) When a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, things go awry when the show is a hit. THE PRODUCERS skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an "equal opportunity offender!" |
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 | Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach - Laguna Beach - Presents:
Pageant of the Masters
7/7/2019 - 8/31/2019 (next performance: Monday, 7/8/2019) The Pageant of the Masters is arguably one of the most unique productions in the entire world. This uber-creative, one-of-a-kind show combines theater, performance art and art history. Each evening during the summer season, classic and contemporary works of art are faithfully re-created with theatrical illusion and real people posing as living pictures. |
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 | The Fountain Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Daniel's Husband
5/1/2019 - 7/29/2019 (next performance: Monday, 7/8/2019) Michael McKeever’s funny, passionate and poignant play takes an unflinching look at how we choose to tie the knot — or not. |
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 | Theatre 360 - Pasadena - Presents:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
7/12/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Friday, 7/12/2019) Thoroughly Modern Millie
The winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie was the 2002 season’s most awarded new show on Broadway! Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City. |
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 | Santa Monica Symphony - Santa Monica - Presents:
Santa Monica Symphony Free Outdoor Concert
Saturday, 7/27/2019 Bring your picnic blankets and lawn chairs to the Santa Monica Symphony’s free outdoor summer concert at Reed Park. The family friendly concert includes classical and popular favorites from Copland’s “Rodeo” to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” featuring Guatemalan tenor Maximo Marcuso. |
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 | LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents:
Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s 2nd
Tuesday, 7/23/2019 Dudamel leads Mahler’s larger-than-life symphony of resurrection. |
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 | Department of Music - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Summer Carillon Recital
Sunday, 7/21/2019 The UCSB Music Department hopes you can join us for a special Summer Carillon Recital.
As part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Carillon Recital Series, Jeff Davis (University Carillonist, UC Berkeley) will present a recital from the carillon in UCSB's Storke Tower on Sunday, July 21st at 3 pm. |
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 | Pacific Symphony - San Juan Capistrano - Presents:
Symphony at the Mission
Sunday, 7/21/2019 Mission San Juan Capistrano, in partnership with Pacific Symphony, is proud to announce an added concert to its 2019 Music Under the Stars line up! For the first time ever, Music Under the Stars will feature Pacific Symphony performing your favorite light classics and beloved Broadway hits with the award-winning soprano, Lisa Vroman, and led by the ever-charming maestro, Albert-George Schram for |
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 | LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents:
Natalia Lafourcade and Gustavo Dudamel
Sunday, 7/21/2019 Dudamel and the LA Phil accompany the melodically magic singing of Mexican songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. |
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 | Westwood United Methodist Church - Los Angeles - Presents:
Summer Organ Concert
Sunday, 7/21/2019 Summer Organ Concert: Featuring Sean O'Neal
Join us for four 60-minute concerts by world-class organists performing on the landmark Shaffer Memorial Organ in a magnificent cathedral setting.
Sean is the Director of Music and Organist at St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach. |
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 | Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Festival Artists Series: Academy Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, 7/20/2019 Music Academy of the West Festival Artists Series
The Academy’s popular chamber music series combines unique ensembles of Music Academy teaching artists and fellows in cherished favorites and new revelations.
A complimentary, festive reception with the artists follows each performance outdoors in the Lobero Theatre Courtyard. |
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 | Shakespeare by the Sea - Long Beach - Presents:
Henry V at Cesar Chavez Park
Saturday, 7/20/2019 Performance is free. Henry V: Shakespeare’s most patriotic and inspiring play tells of a young King Henry V who seeks to unite his beloved England. After laying claim to French lands and being ridiculed, Henry marches off to war. Although sorely outnumbered, Henry rallies his troops and achieves a decisive victory in the famous Battle of Agincourt. |
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
The Tale of Despereaux FREE Sensory-Friendly AXIS Event
Saturday, 7/20/2019 A pre-show performance featuring the acclaimed PigPen Theatre Co. who will perform an acoustic set from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in a family-friendly and supportive environment for children and adults on the autism spectrum and with other special needs, on Copley Plaza, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. |
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 | iPalpiti Artists International - Los Angeles - Presents:
iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Saturday, 7/20/2019 Festival Grand Finale: BEETHOVEN that BEETHOVEN NEVER HEARD
Beethoven: String Symphony after "Kreutzer" Sonata, Op.47 (USA premiere)
FREE TICKETS for this event available to public schools students and non-profits. INQUIRE:310-205-0511 |
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 | Center Theatre Group - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Play That Goes Wrong
7/9/2019 - 8/11/2019 (next performance: Friday, 7/19/2019) What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You'd get 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' Broadway and London's award-winning smash comedy!
"Hilarious! The audience ROARED with laughter throughout. GO! - Performing Arts LIVE |
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 | Hollywood Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Miss Saigon
7/16/2019 - 8/11/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/17/2019) This is the epic story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim. In a bar run by a notorious character called The Engineer, Kim meets an American G.I. That encounter will change their lives forever.
“A DYNAMITE BROADWAY REVIVAL.” - The New Yorker |
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 | Athenaeum Music and Arts Library - La Jolla - Presents:
Athenaeum Summer Festival 2019 with Gustavo Romero
6/30/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 7/14/2019) The Athenaeum’s 2019 Summer Festival features pianist Gustavo Romero playing Beethoven sonatas. |
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 | Ventura Music Festival - Ventura - Presents:
Ventura Music Festival
7/11/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 7/13/2019) Ventura Music Festival (July 11-21, 2019)
Seven concerts over two weekends |
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 | Marc Bruni - San Diego - Presents:
The Tale of Despereaux
7/6/2019 - 8/11/2019 (next performance: Friday, 7/12/2019) The acclaimed PigPen Theatre Co. charmed and astonished Old Globe audiences with The Old Man and The Old Moon. Now they return to San Diego, bringing their one-of-a-kind theatrical and musical inventiveness to Kate DiCamillo’s beloved, Newbery Medal–winning modern fable. |
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 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Phantom of the Opera
7/10/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/10/2019) Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will make a triumphant return to Orange County as part of its North American Tour. The production, overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh, boasts many exciting special effects including the show’s legendary chandelier. |
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 | Lamplighters - La Mesa - Presents:
The Sunshine Boys at Lamplighters
7/5/2019 - 8/5/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 7/20/2019) Neil Simon tells the story of Al Lewis and Willie Clark, a venerable Vaudeville comedy team, performing on stage, screen and television for forty-three years. |
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 | RCT Musical Theater Productions - Westminster - Presents:
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
7/19/2019 - 8/11/2019 (next performance: Friday, 7/19/2019) A rollicking and tuneful romp, jam-packed with sly, swift, and sharp jabs to the funny bone, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is this summer’s must-see musical hit!
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 | Spreckels Organ Society - San Diego - Presents:
2019 San Diego International Organ Festival
Monday, 7/22/2019 2019 San Diego International Organ Festival Peter Richard Conte and Andrew Ennis: Organ & Flugelhorn duo |
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 | LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents:
Dudamel & Yuja Wang
Thursday, 7/25/2019 Two of the most exciting artists of our time, together on stage. |
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 | Spreckels Organ Society - San Diego - Presents:
Spreckels Organ Concerts
6/23/2019 - 12/29/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 7/14/2019) The Spreckels Organ is located in the heart of San Diego’s Balboa Park.
All concerts on the Spreckels Organ are free to the public in accordance with the original Deed of Gift by John and Adolph Spreckels.
Concerts are held very Sunday at 2 p.m. for one hour (rain or shine) |
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 | Festival Mozaic - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
Orchestra Series: Mozart in the Mission
Wednesday, 7/31/2019 Mozart – Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Mozart– Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191/186e (Fei Xie, bassoon)
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 (Jonah Kim, cello)
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hob I:100 Military
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 | Festival Mozaic - Arroyo Grande - Presents:
UnClassical Series: Take 3
Thursday, 8/1/2019 With a flair for the wild and unexpected, this genre-bending trio brings the refinement of a rigorous classical background and mixes it with rock star charisma. Whether performing their take on pop, jazz, or classical tunes, they bring enthusiasm to their interpretations and impart their love of music to audiences of all musical preferences. |
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 | Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation - Yorba Linda - Presents:
Nixon Library Family Concert Series
6/23/2019 - 10/27/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 7/14/2019) FREE FAMILY CONCERT SERIES
Free concerts are held Sundays, except when otherwise noted, and are open to the public.
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 | Festival Mozaic - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
Chamber Series: Silver and Gold
Friday, 8/2/2019 Michael Fine – Bassoon Quintet (World Premiere)
Francaix – Octet for two violins, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon, and horn
Beethoven – String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4
Turina – Piano Quintet in g minor, op. 1
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 | Festival Mozaic - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
Chamber Series: Scott Yoo & Friends
Sunday, 8/4/2019 Prokofiev – Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Paquito d'Rivera – Aires Tropicales
Piazolla – Kicho
Soler – Concerto No. 6 in D major for two keyboards
Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
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 | Friends of Sundays Live & LACMA - Los Angeles - Presents:
Sundays Live
3/3/2019 - 12/29/2019 (next performance: Sunday, 7/14/2019) Sundays Live presents FREE weekly classical chamber music concerts and recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
As You Like It
6/16/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jessica Stone
The 2019 Shakespeare Festival kicks off with the Bard’s fabulously charming romantic comedy, whose heroine is one of his most remarkable creations.
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.” |
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 | The Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
Invisible Tango
5/7/2019 - 7/21/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 7/9/2019) Invisible Tango
Created & Performed by Helder Guimarães
Directed by Frank Marshall
Original Music by Moby
Magic sensation Helder Guimarães returns to the Geffen with the world premiere of his one-man show, Invisible Tango. |
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