Events occuring on 2/5/2026

McCallum Theatre - Palm Desert - Presents:
McCallum Theatre 2025-2026 Season
9/10/2025 - 5/7/2026 (next performance: Tuesday, 2/10/2026)

McCallum Theatre 2025-2026 Season Get Ready For An Exciting New Season! Expanded Program – Over 20 Brand New Shows! 8 Broadway Shows – McCallum Audience Favorites – Classical – Dance – Comedy – Cabaret and much more!

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara - Presents:
The Shark Is Broken
2/4/2026 - 2/22/2026 (next performance: Tuesday, 2/10/2026)

It’s 1974. The set of Jaws. The mechanical shark is malfunctioning, the schedule is in shambles, and three actors - Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider - are stuck on a boat, battling egos, alcohol, and artistic frustration. A razor-sharp, behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the greatest films of all time.

South Coast Repertory - Costa Mesa - Presents:
God of Carnage
1/23/2026 - 3/21/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

Two Tony Award-winning plays performed in repertory, alternating nightly, with one set, overlapping casts and unlimited firepower!

San Luis Obispo RepertoryTheatre - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
Million Dollar Quartet
1/30/2026 - 3/8/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

This high-energy jukebox musical is a celebration of music history, packed with heart, humor, and pure rock ‘n’ roll magic.

Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA
2/4/2026 - 3/8/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

A darkly funny, gripping world premiere from rising playwright Beth Hyland, this tragicomic thriller explores creativity, obsession, and our ghosts that refuse to be ignored.

La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Juan Diego Flórez
2/5/2026 - 2/12/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

OperaWire says “Juan Diego Flórez is one of the greatest tenors in the world. Of that there can be no doubt.” The reigning “King of the High Cs” brings us a program filled with operatic gems including songs by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Gounod, and Puccini, showcasing why he’s one of the most in-demand tenors singing today.

Village Green Productions - Los Angeles - Presents:
Kid Gloves
1/15/2026 - 2/15/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

Dive into the candy-colored chaos of a reality-TV competition where children's entertainers compete for the chance to win their own show. Fast-paced, hilarious, and sneakily poignant, KID GLOVES skewers the utter depravity of reality TV and how it can corrupt even the most wholesome element of humanity.

Chance Theater - Anaheim - Presents:
Once
1/23/2026 - 3/1/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

On the Cripe Stage… Get ready to experience the heart and soul of Once! This intimate musical, based on the Academy Award-winning film, tells the story of a Dublin street musician and a Czech immigrant whose chance encounter sparks a week-long collaboration full of music, dreams, and unexpected connection.

La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment - La Mirada - Presents:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
1/30/2026 - 2/22/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

An unjustly exiled barber returns to London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs.Lovett, the resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop above which he opens a new barber practice.Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people lining up for more.

New Village Arts - Carlsbad - Presents:
The Apiary
1/23/2026 - 2/22/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

The San Diego premiere of an enthralling and funny new work by Kate Douglas, The Apiary is a funny and thrilling story set in a synthetic honeybee laboratory twenty years in the future. The Apiary follows four women tasked with keeping the last surviving colonies alive until a shocking discovery inside the hive turns their work, their loyalties, and their futures upside down.

Theatre 40 - Beverly Hills - Presents:
What Opa Did
1/15/2026 - 2/15/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

Confronting the ultimate evil, how far would you go to survive? What Opa Did follows Kate, a young New Yorker, as she confronts her Jewish grandparents’ past in Germany, where they were forced to hide with their baby during the war.

Whitefire Theatre - Sherman Oaks - Presents:
"Solofest 2026"
2/5/2026 - 3/14/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

A celebration of the solo journey now in its 15th year, SOLOFEST has been recognized as the largest solo festival on the West Coast. This year’s festival program offers premiere shows and audience favorites performed live on stage, with some shows available with a stream-on-demand option.

The Soraya - Northridge - Presents:
The Soraya's Fifth Annual Jazz at Naz Festival
1/31/2026 - 2/21/2026 (next performance: Saturday, 2/14/2026)

A jazz epicenter in L.A., Jazz at Naz has showcased major debuts for emerging artists and created a home for the world’s jazz legends such as John Pizzarelli, Branford Marsalis, Chucho Valdés, and more. It’s recognized as one of the best winter jazz festivals on the West Coast & The Soraya is recognized by DownBeat as one of the top jazz venues in the world and a “jazz destination."