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This review was published in the Long Beach Watchdog on May 13, 2024. In this pivotal election year, it may be especially important to...

This review was published in the Long Beach Watchdog on April 22, 2024. On a cold Dec. 4, 1956, four now legendary musicians happened to...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on March 10, 2024. You may recall snippets of Williams Wyler’s...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on Feb. 25, 2024. Luke Yankee’s autobiographical drama...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on Feb. 18, 2024. If you are a fan of Broadway musicals, look...

From left to right: Julia Eichten and Ariadne Greif in Long Beach Opera's "Isola" (Photo by J.J. Geiger for Long Beach Opera) Though it...

If you’re searching for something civilized to get you into the Halloween spirit, look no further than International City Theatre’s...

Music takes center stage in Musical Theatre West’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” continuing through Nov....

How fortunate are LA audiences that International City Theatre (ICT) in Long Beach is staging the world premiere of award-winning...

You don’t have to go “Over the Rainbow” to experience Musical Theatre West’s (MTW) enchanting production of “The Wizard of Oz.” The...

It’s 1942 Long Beach. While most of the men are in Europe fighting in World War II, the women are holding down the home front while...

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is a musical first produced on Broadway in 2005 with a Tony Award-winning book by Rachel...

Michael Hollinger’s play “Under the Skin”—having its West Coast premiere at International City Theatre (ICT) through May 14—takes a deep...

If you are on the fence about seeing “tick, tick… BOOM!” at International City Theatre (ICT), go now! The talent in this show—three...

Agatha Christie’s 1944 murder mystery “Towards Zero,” adapted for the stage by Gerald Verner in 1956, begins with an offstage tennis...

As 2023 begins, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC)—housed in the Helen Borgers Theatre in Bixby Knolls—is poised to “Shake” things...

Continuing through Dec. 23 at the Long Beach Terrace Theater—with its fountain plaza lit up in a winter wonderland—Long Beach Ballet’s...

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