2009-2010 Theatre Season -
Los Angeles
| A Noise Within | Actors Co-Op | Actors' Gang | Ahmanson Theatre | Boston Court |
| California Repertory | Celebration Theatre | Circus Theatricals | Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities |
| The Colony Theatre | East West Players | The Falcon Theatre | Fountain Theatre |
| The Geffen Playhouse | Glendale Centre Theatre | International City Theatre | The Kirk Douglas Theatre |
| The Laguna Playhouse | La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| Long Beach Shakespeare Company | L.A. City College Theatre Academy | L.A. Theatre Works |
| The Mark Taper Forum | Musical Theatre Guild | The Orange County Performing Arts Center |
| Musical Theatre West | Native Voices at the Autry | The Pantages Theatre | Pasadena Playhouse |
| REDCAT | Reprise! Broadway's Best | Road Theatre | Rubicon Theatre Company |
| Sierra Madre Playhouse | South Coast Repertory | Theater League |
| Theatre West | Theatricum Botanicum | WEST COAST ENSEMBLE |
A NOISE WITHIN
234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204
Shows perform in repertory
Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Geoff Elliott
September 26 - December 12, 2009
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus
Directed by Craig Belknap
October 10 - December 17, 2009
Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Geoff Elliott
November 7 - December 19, 2009
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Andrew Traister
January 16-24, 2010
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Murray
February 27 - May 21, 2010
Awake and Sing!
by Clifford Odets
Directed by Andrew Traister
March 13 - May 23, 2010
The Playboy of the Western World
by John Millington Synge
Directed by Geoff Elliott
April 10 - May 22, 2010
ACTORS CO-OP
1760 N. Gower St., Hollywood, CA 90028
Big River - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller
Book by William Hauptman
Directed by Richard Israel
September 25 - November 1, 2009
Sherlock’s Last Case
by Charles Marowitz
Directed by Jeremy Lewit
October 16 - November 22, 2009
The Freddy Wyatt Christmas Spectacular
Written and Directed by Stephen Van Dorn
December 2-14, 2009
Wit
by Margaret Edson
Directed by Marianne Savell
February 19 - March 28, 2010
The Philadelphia Story
by Philip Barry
Directed by Douglas Clayton
April 23 - May 30, 2010
ACTORS GANG
Ivy Substation
9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
August 27-30, 2009
AHMANSON THEATRE
135 North Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Monty Python's Spamalot
Through September 6, 2009
August: Osage County
September 8 - October 18, 2009
Mary Poppins
November 13, 2009 - February 7, 2010
Dreamgirls
February 25 - April 4, 2010
Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
April 27 - May 16, 2010
South Pacific
May 27 - July 17, 2010
BOSTON COURT
70 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA
God Save Gertrude
by Deborah Stein
Music by David Hanbury
Lyrics by Deborah Stein and David Hanbury
Directed by Michael Michetti
October 1 - November 8, 2009
CALIFORNIA REPERTORY
at The Edison Theatre, 213 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802
2009-2010 Season will be at The Royal Theatre on board the Queen Mary
TBA
CELEBRATION THEATRE
7985 Santa Monica Blvd. #109-1, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Altar Boyz
Book by Kevin Del Aguila
Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker
Directed by Patrick Pearson
Through August 30, 2009
F*cking Men
by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Calvin Remsberg
September 9 - October 25, 2009
CIRCUS THEATRICALS
Studio Theatre at the Hayworth, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057
Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jack Stehlin
A Co-Production with the Odyssey Theatre
September 9 - October 31, 2009
CIVIC LIGHT OPERA OF SOUTH BAY CITIES
At Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Oklahoma!
September 16 - October 4, 2009
Seussical, the Musical
December 2-20, 2009
Bark! The Musical
February 10-28, 2010
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
April 21 - May 9, 2010
Beehive - The 1960's Girl Group Musical
September 15 - October 3, 2010
1940's Radio Hour
December 1-19, 2009
At Hermosa Beach Playhouse
Pacific Coast Highway and Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
October 13 - 25, 2009
Wait Until Dark
November 3 - 15, 2009
'On the Fritz' Tonight at 11
January 19 - 31, 2010
Spit Like a Big Girl
March 23 - April 4, 2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 25 - June 6, 2010
THE COLONY THEATRE
Media City Center Mall, Corner of 3rd Street and Cypress Avenue, Burbank, CA
Visiting Mr. Green
by Jeff Baron
August 26 - September 27, 2009
Better Angels
by Wayne Peter Liebman
October 21 - November 22, 2009
Jay Johnson: The Two & Only!
December 3-13, 2009
Celadine
by Charles Evered
February 3 - March 7, 2010
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
April 7 - May 9, 2010
EAST WEST PLAYERS
120 North Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Art
by Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Alberto Isaac
September 10 - October 11, 2009
Po Boy Tango
by Kenneth Lin
November 5 - December 6, 2009
Cave Quest
by Les Thomas
February 11 - March 14, 2010
Road to Saigon
Developed and Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
Musical Director and Arranger Nathan Wong
May 13 - June 13, 2010
THE FALCON THEATRE
4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank
The Troubadour Theater Company's
Oedipus The King, Mama!
Directed by Matt Walker
August 12 - September 27, 2009
Exit Strategy
by Bill Semans and Roy M. Close
October 14 - November 15, 2009
The Troubadour Theater Company's
Frosty The Snow Manilow
Directed by Matt Walker
December 2, 2009 - January 17, 2010
Souvenir
by Stephen Temperley
January 27 - February 28, 2010
The Psychic
by Sam Bobrick
March 17 - April 18, 2010
FOUNTAIN THEATRE
5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Coming Home
by Athol Fugard
Through August 29, 2009
Shining City
by Conor McPherson
Directed by Stephen Sachs
From September 12, 2009
Don Juan in L.A.
Created and Directed by Deborah Lawlor
Opening 2010
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Main Stage
Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas
by Blair Singer
Directed by John Rando
Featuring Matthew Modine
September 8 - October 18, 2009
Equivocation
by Bill Cain
November 10 - December 20, 2009
The Female of the Species
by Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Randall Arney
Featuring Annette Bening
February 2 - March 14, 2010
Nightmare Alley
Music, Book and Lyrics by Jonathan Brielle
Directed by Gilbert Cates
April 13 - May 23, 2010
Thurgood
Written by George Stevens Jr.
Directed by Leonard Foglia
Featuring Laurence Fishburne
June 27 - August 8, 2010
Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara
Written and Performed by Vanessa Claire Smith & Jake Broder
Through September 27, 2009
GLENDALE CENTRE THEATRE
324 North Orange Street, Glendale, CA 91203
Footloose
Through August 29, 2009
Lucky Stiff
September 3 - October 17, 2009
Wait Until Dark
October 22 - November 21, 2009
A Christmas Carol
November 27 - December 23, 2009
INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE
300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
Bright Ideas
by Eric Coble
Directed by caryn desai
August 25 - September 20, 2009
Songs for a New World
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
October 13 - November 8, 2009
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Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Musical
Conceived and Developed by Lynnette Barkley and Christopher McGovern
Book, Songs and Arrangements by Christopher McGovern
February 23 - March 28, 2010
How The Other Half Loves
by Alan Ayckbourn
April 27 - May 23, 2010
A Shayna Maidel
by Barbara Lebow
June 8 - July 11, 2010
A Clean House
by Sarah Ruhl
August 24 - September 19, 2010
When Garbo Talks!
Book and Lyrics by Buddy Kaye
Music by Mort Garson
October 12 - November 14, 2010
THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE
9820 Washington Blvd at Duquesne, Culver City
Eclipsed
by Danai Gurira
Directed by Robert O'Hara
September 13 - October 18, 2009
A New Play by Lisa Kron
March 21 - April 18, 2010
Tynan
Based on the Book The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
Edited by John Lahr
Adapted by Richard Nelson with Colin Chambers
Directed by Richard Nelson
Starring Malcolm McDowell
May 6 - June 6, 2010
THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA
Menopause, the Musical
September 4-27, 2009
Moonlight & Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
October 6 - November 1, 2009
Winter Wonderettes
November 24 - December 20, 2009
Hershey Felder as
George Gershwin Alone
January 12 - February 7, 2010
The Second City: Can You Be More Pacific
March 16 - April 11, 2010
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
Directed by Brian Kite
Starring Cathy Rigby
October 2-28, 2009
Moonlight and Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
A Co-Production with Laguna Playhouse
November 6-22, 2009
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Jeff Maynard
February 5-21, 2010
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Book by Alan James & Rob Bettinson
Directed by Glenn Casale
April 16 - May 2, 2010
Dinner With Friends
by Donald Margulies
Directed by Brian Kite
June 4 - 20, 2010
LONG BEACH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
4250 1/2 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90807
Much Ado About Nothing
September 11 - October 24, 2009
The War of the Worlds
(Radio Play)
October 30-31, 2009
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
December 5-20, 2009
L.A. CITY COLLEGE THEATRE ACADEMY
Caminito Theatre, 855 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Raps
by Robert Christopher Romanus
October 7-10, 2009
The Unseen Hand
by Sam Shepard
October 28-31, 2009
Pride and Prejudice
by Helen Jerome
Dramatized from Jane Austen's novel
November 13 - December 5, 2009
L.A. THEATRE WORKS
Performed live and recorded for later radio broadcast
The Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
Once in a Lifetime
by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Directed by Christopher Hart
Starring Edward Asner and Jonathan Silverman
October 21-25, 2009
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Moisés Kaufman
Starring Simon Templeman
November 18-22, 2009
Crumbs From the Table of Joy
by Lynn Nottage
Starring Deidrie Henry, Russell Hornsby, Charlayne Woodard
December 9-13, 2009
THE MARK TAPER FORUM
135 North Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parade
Book by Alfred Uhry
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed and Choreographed by Rob Ashford
September 24 - November 15, 2009
Palestine, New Mexico
by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash
Directed by Lisa Peterson
December 3, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Speed-the-Plow
by David Mamet
Directed by Neil Pepe
February 10 - March 21, 2010
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Moisés Kaufman
April 14 - May 30, 2010
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Wilson Milam
June 30 - August 8, 2010
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
Featuring Judith Ivey
September 1 - October 17, 2010
An Epic American Musical Adventure
TBA
MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD
Alex Theatre
216 N. Brand Blvd
Glendale, CA 91203
and
Scherr Forum
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Book, Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
September 14, 2009 (Alex)
September 20, 2009 (Scherr)
Fade Out/Fade In
Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Jule Styne
November 9, 2009 (Alex)
November 15, 2009 (Scherr)
High Spirits
Book, Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray
Based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
February 22, 2010 (Alex)
Irma La Douce
Music by Marguerite Monnot
Lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort
English lyrics and book by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman
April 19, 2010 (Alex) April 25, 2010 (Scherr)
Das Barbecü
Music and Lyrics by Jim Luigs
Music by Scott Warrender
June 14, 2010 (Alex)
MUSICAL THEATRE WEST
Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach, CA 90815
Meet Me in St. Louis
October 30 - November 15, 2009
Rent
December 11-20, 2009
Sweeney Todd
January 29 - February 14, 2010
The Marvelous Wonderettes
April 16 - May 2, 2010
1776
July 9-25, 2010
NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY
Wells Fargo Theater, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tombs of the Vanishing Indian
by Marie Clements
(Staged Reading -- part of the First Look Series)
September 2, 2009
Carbon Black
by Terry Gomez
November 4-22, 2009
THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Monty Python's Spamalot
October 6-18, 2009
Spring Awakening
November 17-29, 2009
Xanadu
December 15-27, 2009
Dreamgirls
April 20 - May 2, 2010
In the Heights
August 3-15, 2010
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
September 7-19, 2010
THE PANTAGES THEATRE
6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Legally Blonde
Through September 6, 2009
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
November 10, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Riverdance
January 12-24, 2010
Stomp
January 26 - February 7, 2010
The Color Purple
Starring Fantasia Barrino
February 10-28, 2010
Cats
March 9-21, 2010
Chicago
April 20 - May 2, 2010
The 101 Dalmatians Musical
June 8-20, 2010
In the Heights
June 22 - July 11, 2010
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
July 27 - August 22, 2010
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
39 S. El Molina Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
The Night is a Child
by Charles Randolph-Wright
Directed by Sheldon Epps
Starring JoBeth Williams
August 28 - October 4, 2009
Camelot
Music by Frederic Loewe
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Directed by David Lee
January 2010
Fallen Angels
by Noel Coward
February 2010
Sight Unseen
by Donald Margulies
Directed by Dámaso Rodriguez
April 2010
Havana
Book by Nilo Cruz
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics by Jack Murphy
Directed by Sergio Trujillo
June 2010
Pastoral
by Frank Tangredi
September 2010
TBA
A New Family Musical
October 2010
REDCAT
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, In Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA
AH!
Performed by A Counterpoint of Tolerance
September 16-18, 2009
Discover Love
Performed by Belarus Free Theatre
October 1-3, 2009
Elections and Erections
Written and Performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
October 9, 2009
Under Polaris
Performed by Cloud Eye Control
October 14-17, 2009
Ramayana
November 6-8, 2009
Arias With a Twist
Performed by Joey Arias and Basil Twist
November 18 - December 13, 2009
REPRISE! BROADWAY'S BEST
Freud Playhouse at UCLA
Soul of Rodgers
Directed by Billy Porter
A Co-Production with Ebony Repertory Theatre
Performed at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
October 2-3, 2009
Carousel
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Michael Michetti
January 26 - February 7, 2010
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by David Lee
March 16-28, 2010
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
May 11-23, 2010
ROAD THEATRE COMPANY
5108 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601
As White as O
by Stacy Sims
Directed by Sam Anderson
Opens October 9, 2009
Sidhe
by Ann Noble
Opens February 2010
Madagascar & White People
by J.T. Rogers
Directed by Brendan Fox
Opens May 2010
RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY
1006 East Main Street, Ventura
Trying
by Joanna McClelland Glass
TBA
Daddy Long Legs
Book by John Caird
Music and Lyrics by Paul Gordon
Based on the novel by Jean Webster
Directed by John Caird
October 17 - November 8, 2009
A Rubicon Family Christmas
Conceived and Directed by Brian McDonald
December 5-27, 2009
This Is How It Goes
by Neil LaBute
Directed by Jonathan Fox
January 30 - February 21, 2010
The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
Directed by Jenny Sullivan
March 13 - April 4, 2010
Address Unknown
Adapted by Moni Yakim And Boaz Yakin
Based on the short novel by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Directed by Moni Yakim
April 24 - May 16, 2010
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Directed by James O'Neil
September 4-26, 2010
SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE
87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Through September 26, 2009
The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
October 9 - November 14, 2009
A Christmas Holiday Festival
November 27 - December 23, 2009
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY
655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92628
Segerstrom Stage
Putting It Together
Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim
Devised by Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie
Directed by Nick DeGruccio
September 11 - October 11, 2009
Saturn Returns
by Noah Haidle
Directed by David Emmes
October 23 - November 22, 2009
Fences
by August Wilson
Directed by Seret Scott
January 22 - February 21, 2010
TBA
March 26 - April 25, 2010
Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henley
Directed by Warner Shook
May 7 - June 6, 2010
Julianne Argyros Stage
The Happy Ones
by Julie Marie Myatt
Directed by Martin Benson
September 27 - October 19, 2009
Ordinary Days
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Ethan McSweeny
January 3-24, 2010
In a Garden
by Howard Korder
March 7-28, 2010
Doctor Cerberus
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
April 11 - May 2, 2010
THEATER LEAGUE
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
300 E Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
Lord of the Dance
November 25, 2009
The Wedding Singer
December 1-6, 2009
Avenue Q
January 19-24, 2010
The Drowsy Chaperone
March 9-14, 2010
Hairspray
April 2-3, 2010
Rain
April 6-11, 2010
THEATRE WEST
3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood, CA 90068
Gaslight
August 28 - September 27, 2009
Sally Spectre The Musical
October 16 - November 29, 2009
The Price
February 12 - March 21, 2010
The Life and Times of A. Einstein
April 9 - May 16, 2010
(in repertory)
Acting: The First Six Lessons
April 9 - May 16, 2010
(in repertory)
The Socialization of Ruthie Shapiro
June 4 - July 11, 2010
THEATRICUM BOTANICUM
1419 N. Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Topanga, CA
(Shows perform in repertory through September 27, 2009)
Julius Caesar
Cymbeline
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Cherry Orchard
The Miser
WEST COAST ENSEMBLE
El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro, Hollywood, CA 90038
Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins
by Brian Christopher Williams
Opened August 21, 2009
Three Tall Women
by Edward Albee
Opens November 6, 2009
Also visit the Theatre League Alliance of Southern California for other listings.
