 | Main Series 1: Hidden in Plain Sight - Pasadena
Presented by Salastina — Pasadena
Sunday, 9/20/2026 Before Tchaikovsky became the voice of sweeping ballets and symphonies, and before Bartók transformed folk music into a modern language, both composers explored paths less traveled. |
 | Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
Presented by The Lamplighters Community Theatre — La Mesa
8/28/2026 - 9/20/2026 Next performance: Saturday, 9/5/2026 Based on true events, a story of love, laughter, loss, honesty and friendship. Set in a Yorkshire branch of the "WI" (Women's Institute) bravery abounds to support a friend. |
 | Los Angeles Ballet at the Bowl
Presented by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association — Los Angeles
Tuesday, 9/8/2026 Los Angeles Ballet makes its Hollywood Bowl debut, teaming up with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time ever, in a program of orchestral and dance delights. LAB’s Artistic Director Melissa Barak choreographs a new ballet set to Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari—a spiritual and celebratory piece about music’s power to heal, transform, and expose the intangible. |
 | Texas Sodomy – The Incredible True Story of Lawrence v. Texas
Presented by Skora Productions — Sherman Oaks
9/10/2026 - 10/24/2026 Next performance: Thursday, 9/10/2026 A world premiere play written and directed by Howard Skora. |
| | The Bed Trick
Presented by Chance Theater — Anaheim
9/11/2026 - 10/4/2026 Next performance: Friday, 9/11/2026 On the Cripe Stage…
Shakespeare’s infamous “bed trick” from All’s Well That Ends Well gets a bold and frisky remix in this comic college romp. When deception and desire collide, three friends are forced to navigate the messy, hilarious, and sometimes shocking consequences of choices, crushes, and consent. |
 | Cinderella
Presented by Santa Monica Playhouse — Santa Monica
9/12/2026 - 9/13/2026 Next performance: Saturday, 9/12/2026 2 added shows only! CINDERELLA – an “Enchanting” Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical Comedy for kids 2 to 102
"An Enchanting Cinderella!...highlighted by fast pacing, fancy costuming and a lovely, unweepy Cinderella…particularly within the context of Rudie and DeCarlo's trademark Gilbert & Sullivan comic lyrics." LA Times |
 | The Casebook of C. Auguste Dupin
Presented by Theatre 40 — Beverly Hills
9/17/2026 - 10/18/2026 Next performance: Thursday, 9/17/2026 Three tales of Edgar Allan Poe's master detective.
With Edgar Allan Poe’s creation of the character of C. Auguste Dupin, the master of the macabre forever changed crime fiction. Dupin was the first modern detective. He was the archetype for literary sleuths Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, solving seemingly unsolvable crimes with logic and astonishing deductions. |
 | MENDELSSOHN & RAVEL string quartets - YORBA LINDA
Presented by UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL — Yorba Linda
Friday, 9/18/2026 UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL chamber music series present a concert of string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847) and Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) . Free admission, donations appreciated. |
 | Little Shop Of Horrors
Presented by LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT — La Mirada
9/18/2026 - 10/11/2026 Next performance: Friday, 9/18/2026 A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. |
 | The Peterson Show
Presented by Echo Theater Company — Los Angeles
9/18/2026 - 10/26/2026 Next performance: Friday, 9/18/2026 Kelly McCreary (Grey’s Anatomy), Tamberla Perry (Brilliant Minds) and John Clarence Stewart (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Brilliant Minds, P-Valley) are part of the ensemble cast in this hilarious, heartbreaking new play by Emmy-nominated Janine Nabers. |
 | Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: The Vertical Hour
Presented by San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre — San Luis Obispo
9/18/2026 - 9/19/2026 Next performance: Friday, 9/18/2026 A weekend in the English countryside turns combative as an American professor and a British doctor clash over idealism, pragmatism, and the Iraq War. |
 | Shells
Presented by Rogue Artists Ensemble and Greenway Arts Alliance — Los Angeles
9/19/2026 - 10/11/2026 Next performance: Saturday, 9/19/2026 In the aftermath of an unexpected encounter with a violent neighbor, Evvy is just trying to get back to work. But now she has a wound, and the world around her may never be normal again…or maybe it never was. |
 | The Temptations and The Four Tops
Presented by Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts — Cerritos
Saturday, 9/19/2026 Get ready for a night of Motown royalty and endless grooves with The Temptations and The Four Tops! Known for timeless classics like My Girl, I Can’t Help Myself, and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, these legends have earned multiple Grammy Awards and cemented their place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Two powerhouse groups, one epic night of Motown magic! |
 | MENDELSSOHN & RAVEL string quartets - SAN PEDRO
Presented by UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL — SAN PEDRO
Saturday, 9/19/2026 UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL chamber music series present a concert of string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847) and Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) . Free admission, donations appreciated. |
 | Broadway Star Sutton Foster Joins Pacific Jazz Orchestra at The Soraya
Presented by Pacific Jazz Orchestra — Northridge
Saturday, 9/19/2026 The Soraya Presents Sutton Foster with Pacific Jazz Orchestra |
 | Sutton Foster and Pacific Jazz Orchestra
Presented by The Soraya — Northridge
Saturday, 9/19/2026 Sutton Foster makes her Soraya debut with Pacific Jazz Orchestra, led by conductor Chris Walden. |
 | Musco Center's 10th Anniversary Jubilee
Presented by Musco Center for the Arts — Orange
Saturday, 9/19/2026 Join us for a one-night celebration created especially to mark Musco Center’s tenth year. |
 | MENDELSSOHN & RAVEL string quartets - LONG BEACH
Presented by UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL — LONG BEACH
Sunday, 9/20/2026 UP CLOSE AND CLASSICAL chamber music series present a concert of string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847) and Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) . Free admission, donations appreciated. |
| | Reneé Fleming with Béla Fleck: The Fiddle and the Drum
Presented by LA Philharmonic — Los Angeles
Tuesday, 9/22/2026 Two prolific Grammy winners mine American musical heritage.
Prolific Grammy winners Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck join forces in this celebration of Appalachian folk music, featuring a program inspired by the 250th anniversary of the United States. |
 | Everybody
Presented by Pepperdine University — Malibu
9/22/2026 - 9/26/2026 Next performance: Tuesday, 9/22/2026 Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
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