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Free-spirited Rachel finally trades her independence for a long-term marriage. At last, she's found a connection worthy of commitment with conviction! That is, until the universe decides to test her. In this laugh-out-loud open-hearted solo show, Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) dives headfirst into the whiplash experience of what it is to live, love, and lament. Written by candid playwright and best-selling author Robin Gerber, this surprising exploration of love, purpose, and meaning is more than a romantic comedy, it's an unexpected revelation.

Candlelight Concerts in LA turn an ordinary night out into something warm and memorable, pairing live music with the soft glow of hundreds of candles for an atmosphere that feels both upscale and totally unpretentious. Produced by Fever, these shows typically feature talented local musicians—often a string ensemble—bringing everything from classical favorites to pop hits and themed tributes to life in an intimate setting.

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. This play brings together Poe’s three spellbinding Dupin Mysteries: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter for an engrossing evening of murder, mayhem and meerschaum pipes.

Based on the hit DreamWorks motion picture and the incredible true story that inspired it, Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying, splashy Broadway musical that tells the story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer – living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. But when Frank’s lies catch the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, Carl chases Frank to the end … and finds something he never expected.

Hit musical Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 airline passengers stranded in a small Newfoundland town on 9/11. As fear and uncertainty give way to compassion and connection, a community opens its doors to the world. With a soaring score and deeply human storytelling, this production reflects A Noise Within's distinctive approach to musicals and offers a rare opportunity to experience it in an intimate setting. Come From Away is a moving and uplifting celebration of kindness, resilience, and the power of coming together in extraordinary times.

Crone Creed* is a mythic drama spanning centuries, written by John Epstein, Casey Morgan, and T. Theresa Scarano; and directed by Marc Morgenstern. The story follows Vita, a young woman whose life is shattered by religious upheaval and betrayal in medieval Europe, who is reborn in the late 1800s American frontier as part of an ancient lineage of mystical women known as the Crones. She discovers her brother has also returned through time as part of a corrupting force known as the Fallen, and as their conflict unfolds across eras, Vita must confront questions of power, loyalty, and resistance in a struggle where belief itself shapes reality.

Asian American theater collective Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company reunite for their fourth collaboration in four years with a rare revival of The Dance and the Railroad, a haunting and deeply moving early work by David Henry Hwang. Set during the Chinese Railroad Workers' Strike of 1867, two immigrant laborers form an unexpected bond through their shared love of Chinese opera. Together, they practice the ancient art form atop a mountain in the Sierra Nevada, finding connection and a sense of possibility even as their fellow workers below confront brutal labor conditions, isolation and cultural displacement.

Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch Petey, the world's most evil cat, who has cloned himself to exact revenge on the doggy do-gooder? And will George and Harold finish their show before lunchtime ?? Find out in this epic musical adventure featuring the hilarity and heart of beloved characters from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club.

Fifteen years after Nora Helmer famously walked out on her husband and children at the conclusion of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, she returns with an urgent request. Her unexpected arrival forces Nora and the family she left behind to confront old wounds, conflicting memories, and profoundly different ideas about love, marriage, duty, and personal freedom. Boldly contemporary while honoring its theatrical roots, Hnath's acclaimed, Tony Award-nominated play examines the consequences of Nora's departure and the unfinished business she left behind. As long-held beliefs are challenged, each character must reconsider the roles society assigns-and the price of refusing to play them.

It’s a year after six brave Americans escaped the Hand of God, the most notorious group of terrorists on the planet. The heroes have gathered for a reunion on a 60 Minutes–type news magazine. We’ll come to find out that not all was as it seemed during their captivity. In addition, the hostages are making demands that could scuttle the broadcast. Will they get to tell their harrowing story to America or not?

When the Baker and his wife venture into the forest to break a witch's curse, they encounter Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack (of beanstalk fame)-and familiar tales take on clever new lives. But be careful what you wish for, because "happily ever after" is never the whole story. With a Tony Award-winning book and score, this poignant musical comedy masterpiece celebrates its 40th anniversary with a fabulous new SCR production.

Into the Woods is a musical that intertwines the plots of several classic fairy tales, exploring what happens after "happily ever after." The story follows characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, a Baker and his Wife as they venture into the woods to fulfill their deepest wishes. As their stories overlap, the consequences of their actions begin to unravel their happy endings. The musical cleverly blends humor, heartache, and moral complexity, challenging the simplicity of traditional fairy tales. Stephen Sondheim's intricate music and lyrics bring depth to each character's journey. The first act delivers familiar stories with a twist, while the second act reveals the darker costs of pursuing one's desires. Responsibility, community, and the loss of innocence emerge powerfully throughout the woods. Into the Woods is both a whimsical adventure and a profound reflection on the choices we make.

Funny, unsettling, and audacious, KAIJU uses the spectacle of gigantic mythic monsters to examine power, destruction, artistic responsibility, and the fragile rituals of contemporary culture. Chaos becomes pageantry and pageantry becomes debate in a theatrical event that forces both artist and audience to confront the power-and futility-of making art.

Open Fist Theatre Company presents a rare revival of Marisol, a darkly funny, apocalyptic fable about survival, faith and hope by Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera. As a cosmic civil war erupts between God and the angels, New York City descends into chaos. After her guardian angel abandons her to join the celestial battle against a senile God, Bronx resident Marisol Pérez must navigate a terrifying, unraveling world on her own while struggling to preserve her humanity.

In Victorian England, where women enjoy few legal rights, Kitty Warren has built an international business empire. When her daughter Vivie graduates from Cambridge, she presses her mother for answers as to their family background. The truth of how her mother survived poverty is difficult to hear; but it's not the whole story. Shaw's 1893 play takes a surprisingly modern view of the choices a woman must make, faced with little or no options before her, and the moral implications of economic survival.

My Lawyer is an Angel, a dramedy about ambulance chasers, those predators whose faces leer down at us from every billboard in town, and one fearless attorney who’s on a mission to chase them down.

Outside Mullingar is a lyrical, deeply human story— warm, wistful, and full of hope that love can bloom late in life. In the mist-shrouded farmlands of rural Ireland, Anthony and Rosemary live side by side, bound by family legacies, stubborn pride, and an unspoken longing that has lasted a lifetime. Anthony has spent his days quietly tending his father’s cattle farm, uncertain of his future and haunted by what might have been. Rosemary, his strong-willed neighbor, has waited years for him to see what’s been right in front of him all along.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of 'outsiders' battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. THE OUTSIDERS navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them. With a dynamic original score, THE OUTSIDERS is a story of friendship, family, belonging...and the realization that there is still "lots of good in the world."

The Peterson Show follows five former child stars who reunite as the legacy of their beloved television father collapses into scandal. With cameras swarming outside and decades of unresolved history inside, they confront old rivalries, buried secrets and the complicated bonds forged while growing up on America's favorite sitcom

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!

Commissioned by Latino Theater Company and developed in its Circle of Imaginistas playwriting group, the world premiere of Speaking in Tongues by Luis Alfaro continues the MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" recipient's funny, poignant exploration of life in the small, predominantly Mexican-American agricultural towns of California's San Joaquin Valley.

Clarissa, the charming wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live drama much harder to cope with. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband arrives with an important politician, she enlists the help of her guests. Hilarity ensues with the arrival of a wry detective. Christie delivers suspense and humor in equal parts with secret drawers, hidden doors, and invisible ink.

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!

What begins as a drunken arrest soon grows into a constitutional battle stretching from Houston to Washington, D.C. Texas Sodomy follows two ordinary working-class men and Lane Lewis (Matt McConkey)—a Houston activist and bartender who becomes their closest ally and protector—as they join an unlikely coalition of lawyers and activists in a pivotal chapter of the American civil rights movement.

True West by Sam Shepard is a darkly funny, volatile collision between two estranged brothers who couldn't seem more different-until they find themselves competing for the same dream. Set against the myth of the American West, the play spirals from sibling rivalry into a wild, unpredictable battle over identity, ambition, and who gets to define their own life. Raw, hilarious, and increasingly dangerous, True West is the kind of theatrical experience that will have you laughing one moment and holding your breath the next.

In Olivier-Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny’s world premiere, Winter’s Bench, an old woman believes they can. She has returned, after many years, to a dilapidated, abandoned park where all the trees are logged but one. It’s ancient. And she is certain it spoke to her once. The tree being the only witness left to her childhood, she has something urgent to ask it.

With a South Asian cast and direction by Hypokrit Live Arts NYC co-founder Arpita Mukherjee, this whirlwind comedy travels from 16th-century France to 1920s India and 1960s Idaho, turning the spotlight on the overlooked voices who shaped the world. WIVES lands at a pivotal cultural moment-just after the 2024 election that saw South Asian American women make history in both parties, and as Los Angeles's own Nithya Raman advances to the 2026 mayoral race. Instead of simply retelling the past, WIVES unravels it, reminding us that history is made by many, not just the few who make the headlines.

In WOOF, three outspoken dogs — a flamboyant show poodle, a pampered Yorkie, and a scrappy rescue — observe everything, offering hilarious commentary on their human owners, who are strangers whose lives unexpectedly intersect at a neighborhood dog park. While the humans struggle through personal crises, unlikely friendships, and the messy search for connection, the dogs have plenty to say to each other in this heartfelt comedy. Filled with laughter, warmth, and surprising emotional depth, WOOF reminds us that our greatest teachers – man's best friends - sometimes walk on four legs.

In this visually arresting production that blends sophisticated puppetry and original music with live actors, Yamel, a girl on the threshold of adulthood, is hunted by ICE and tormented by specters drawn from Mexican folklore and modern horror movies. As she crosses the shadowy frontier between life and death, Yamel must summon the courage and wisdom to confront both inherited fears and present-day violence. The bilingual production is performed in English and Spanish and features supertitles in both languages.