 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
7/18/2025 - 7/19/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/18/2025) The charismatic Carlos Miguel Prieto leads an explosive annual tradition with San Francisco Ballet.
The night comes down to a booming finale with the 1812 Overture, accompanied by the USC Marching Band and our flabbergasting pyrotechnics. |
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 | Independent Shakespeare Co. - Los Angeles - Presents:
Free Shakespeare in the Park: Love's Labour's Lost
6/25/2025 - 7/27/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/9/2025) Four gentlemen commit to a celibate life of disciplined study, but the last thing they expect is a quartet of aristocratic ladies to sweep them off their feet. Shakespeare’s intoxicating wit meets Bridgerton’s spicy society drama in Indie Shakes’ lush, bawdy, and bittersweet romantic comedy. |
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 | Rogue Machine - Los Angeles - Presents:
Nice Girl
6/7/2025 - 7/20/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) Rogue Machine Presents the West Coast Premiere of 2x Lecomte du Noüy Prize Winning Playwright's NICE GIRL
"A tenderly drawn drama … unpatronizing honesty and simplicity” —The New York Times. |
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 | Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
7/18/2025 - 7/20/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/18/2025) Set in the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood film, this all-new production explores the power dynamic of the sexes through innovative direction by Mo Zhou, conducted by Christian Reif.
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 | Chance Theater - Anaheim - Presents:
Spring Awakening
7/11/2025 - 8/10/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) On the Cripe Stage…
Based on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking play, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book bring the story of sexual awakening, youth revolt, and self-discovery into a new century. It’s 1891, and the grown-ups hold all the cards. NOTE: Spring Awakening contains mature themes, strong language, sexual content, and violence. |
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 | Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Academy Chamber Orchestra: Poulenc and Piazzolla
Saturday, 7/12/2025 Witness the raw power and nuanced beauty of a full symphony orchestra as it transforms into a surging ocean, a cosmic meditation, or a hypnotic dance. Be moved as monumental works, led by today’s top conductors, are performed by tomorrow’s stars.
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 | MTW - long beach - Presents:
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
7/11/2025 - 7/27/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) Musical Theatre West is turning up the volume this summer with its next highly anticipated production, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, running select dates from July 11 through July 27, 2025. |
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Lear Redux
5/23/2025 - 7/13/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) The final days of an aging actor strangely parallel those of Shakespeare’s tragic king in this evocative, perpetually surprising reconstruction of William Shakespeare’s King Lear that features a potent mix of physical theater and verbal gymnastics. |
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 | The Blank Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Blank Theatre's 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival
7/10/2025 - 8/3/2025 (next performance: Thursday, 7/10/2025) Professional actors and directors present 12 winning plays by young playwrights from across the nation. Three different plays are presented each week. For complete list of plays and performance dates, see schedule below. For a complete list of play descriptions, mentors, and directors, go to www.theblank.com.
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 | 5-Star Theatricals - Thousand Oaks - Presents:
5-Star Theatricals Presents Disney's Frozen
7/11/2025 - 7/20/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) The wait is over! Disney’s FROZEN is coming to the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks, July 11–20, for just two magical weekends.
Don’t get left out in the cold—secure the coolest seats of the summer before they melt away! |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Classical Pride
Thursday, 7/10/2025 A wide range of LGBTQ+ artists come together in celebratory music. |
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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Top Gun: Maverick in Concert with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Friday, 7/11/2025 John Beal, conductor
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Top Gun: Maverick in Concert will feature the San Diego Symphony Orchestra performing Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer’s score – conducted by John Beal. |
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 | Morgan-Wixson - Santa Monica - Presents:
Sister Act
6/28/2025 - 7/27/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) Set in 1970s Philadelphia, the plot follows Deloris, who witnesses a mob hit and is placed in witness protection at a convent, posing as a nun. Initially out of place in the quiet, conservative world of the church, Deloris uses her lively, secular personality to rejuvenate the convent’s struggling choir, turning it into a powerhouse that brings the community together. |
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 | Center Theatre Group - Los Angeles - Presents:
Parade
6/17/2025 - 7/12/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/9/2025) Winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, “Parade” has been proclaimed as “a work of art! As commanding as any musical revival to hit Broadway in years” (Deadline). It was also nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album. |
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 | Axis Theater - Huntington Beach - Presents:
Axis - Rock of Ages the musical
7/11/2025 - 7/13/2025 (next performance: Friday, 7/11/2025) Axis Theater is thrilled to be one of the first companies in years to bring Rock of Ages—a high-energy, fan-favorite musical—back to local Orange County audiences. Performances run July 11–13 at the historic Huntington Beach HS Theater, located at 1905 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. |
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 | Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Reservoir
6/18/2025 - 7/20/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 7/9/2025) Served up with outrageous humor and truth, The Reservoir reminds us that sometimes the path forward isn’t the one we expect. |
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 | MIMA (mimamedia.org) - Los Angeles - Presents:
2025 MIMA Young Artist Competition Winner's Showcase
Saturday, 7/12/2025 Welcome to the 2025 MIMA Young Artist Competition Winner's Showcase & Award! Join us at Zipper Concert Hall on July 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) to celebrate the incredible talent of our young artists. FREE event. |
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 | Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum - Topanga - Presents:
The Seagull: Malibu
7/12/2025 - 10/5/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 7/12/2025) In this evocative retelling of Anton Chekhov’s timeless masterpiece The Seagull, Artistic Director Ellen Geer transports audiences to the sun-soaked yet tumultuous shores of 1970s Malibu, California. |
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 | Performing Arts LIVE - Southern California - Presents:
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Performing Arts LIVE is the most comprehensive database of theater, dance and classical music events in Southern California!
Be sure to check out our home page and the pages that follow daily. We FEATURE events of great interest here. |
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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Beethoven by the Bay
Sunday, 7/13/2025 Marie Jacquot, conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" |
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