Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic - Palm Desert - Presents:
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic
1/21/2026 - 3/31/2026 (next performance: Tuesday, 2/17/2026)

Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic is one of the world’s premiere concert presenters of classical music providing an annual series of internationally acclaimed symphony orchestra performances to the Coachella Valley. "Their 2026 Season looks to be another winner! - Performing Arts LIVE

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.

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.

Michael Dukakis - Hollywood - Presents:
Punish Me
1/28/2026 - 2/25/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

A psychological thriller by Michael Dukakis. Directed by Monique Sorgen. World premiere.

A Noise Within - Pasadena - Presents:
Richard III
2/8/2026 - 3/8/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

Richard manipulates, marries and murders a path to the top at A Noise Within in the original ‘Game of Thrones.’

Whitefire Theatre - Sherman Oaks - Presents:
Here Be Dragons
2/4/2026 - 3/11/2026 (next performance: Wednesday, 2/11/2026)

Jim Beaver plays a proponent of Intelligent Design in this drama that frames a debate between science and faith.

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.

Whitefire Solofest - Sherman Oaks - Presents:
Escape from Miami
Thursday, 2/12/2026

A former journalist and runway model recounts a darkly funny, true-life journey through Miami’s wild ’80s and ’90s, from a haunting true-crime discovery to dangerous encounters with cocaine cowboys, rock stars and killer con men. Escape from Miami is a raw, autobiographical solo show about survival, resilience, and transformation.

The Bent - Palm Springs - Presents:
In the Wake
2/12/2026 - 2/28/2026 (next performance: Thursday, 2/12/2026)

The Bent Theatre brings Lisa Kron’s (FUN HOME) In The Wake to the Coachella Valley beginning Thursday, February 12 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. Directed by Laura Stearns, this bold, emotionally resonant, and sharply funny play explores love, friendship, and family, and the collision between personal ideals and lived reality.

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
UCLA Abell Piano Master Series with Clara Yang
Thursday, 2/12/2026

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Clara Yang for the Winter installment of our 2025/26 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students.

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.

Open Fist Theatre Company - Los Angeles - Presents:
Brownstone
1/24/2026 - 2/28/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

Three poignant stories hopscotch through time in Catherine Butterfield’s ‘Brownstone.’ Open Fist Theatre Conpany presents the Los Angeles premiere.

Star Theatre Company - Oceanside - Presents:
"Moon Over Buffalo"
2/13/2026 - 2/22/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors.

Road Theatre Company - North Hollywood - Presents:
Lifeline
1/20/2026 - 3/1/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

In the aftermath of an unforeseen, life-changing event, Patti, a well-meaning mother, becomes a volunteer at a suicide hotline. Over the course of the intense and emotional training, through laughter and tears, a new understanding bridges the divide between people from very different perspectives and walks of life.

Company of Angels - Los Angeles - Presents:
Red Harlem
2/13/2026 - 3/15/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

Based on true events when the Communist Party in the Soviet Union courted African American actors during the Great Depression

Theatre West - Hollywood - Presents:
Incitation to the Dance
2/13/2026 - 3/15/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

A sexy, dark gay comedy that will make you laugh, blush, and maybe want to dance.

Community Actors Theatre - San Diego - Presents:
"The Main Line"
2/6/2026 - 3/1/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

A very moving Show, written and directed by Jennie Hamilton, Running February 6 - March 1, 2026 - “The Main Line” - Life story of the renowned, late Gospel Singer, Mahalia Jackson, To commemorate Black History. Fri/Sat at 7pm., Sun. at 3pm. $20.00 General. $17.00 for seniors, students, military & Groups of 10 or more attending the same performance.

Coronado Playhouse - Coronado - Presents:
Barefoot in the Park
2/6/2026 - 3/1/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

The laugh-out-loud ups and downs of love!

West Coast Jewish Theatre and City of Beverly Hills - Santa Monica - Presents:
Three Coconuts
2/1/2026 - 3/29/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

A woman looks for a new husband who will be a stepfather for her son. Enter the Three Coconuts. Ready for some laughs? It’s time to meet Three Coconuts.

Produced by Ryan J. Whitlock - Hollywood - Presents:
Sweet Air
1/23/2026 - 2/15/2026 (next performance: Friday, 2/13/2026)

Two lonelyhearts meet in a subway station on the night of February 14.