RECENT ALIEN ABDUCTIONS
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
A pivotal episode in the sci-fi series The X-Files that may or may not have actually aired in the mid-1990s becomes a metaphor for childhood trauma in Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas’s Recent Alien Abductions, a West Coast Premiere that sets a high bar for Sacred Fools Theatre’s 30th season.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Sunday, November 1st, 2026
The multiple Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen gets its Southern California Regional Premiere at the La Mirada Theatre a whopping ten years after its Broadway debut in a production that reaffirms its status as one of the most powerful and emotionally compelling musicals of this or any century.
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at the very bottom of a body of water
Saturday, October 31st, 2026
The quiet magic realism that has made playwriting stars of Sarah Ruhl and Julia Cho has found a fresh new voice in Benjamin Benne, whose World Premiere drama at the very bottom of a body of water has arrived at Boston Court to captivate and move audiences in equal measure.
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THE WHO’S TOMMY
Friday, October 30th, 2026
Not everything works to perfection in the National Tour of the 2024 Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy, but a spectacular production design, mesmerizing choreography, and soaring vocals add up to a thrilling theatrical extravaganza at the Hollywood Pantages.
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THE MUSIC MAN
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
Few Golden Age musicals stand the test of time the way Meredith Willson’s 1957 classic The Music Man has for the past 69 years, and if you don’t believe me check out the fabulously entertaining National Tour now paying a visit to the Ahmanson Theater.
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RORSCHACH
Monday, October 26th, 2026
Four contemporary Angelinos find their lives intertwined with that of pioneering Swiss psychiatrist-psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach more than a century after his death in Kelly Younger’s Rorschach, a spectacular World Premiere season opener for a Skylight Theatre Company rejuvenated under Cameron Watson’s artistic directorship.
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AS YOU LIKE IT
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
Sparking performances and inventive direction make a 427-year-old play come vibrantly alive for modern audiences in The Porters Of Hellsgate’s inspired take on one of William Shakespeare’s most frequently staged comedies, the provocatively gender-bending As You Like It.
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre has a big-stage, big-talent hit on their hands with Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, a tuneful, double entendre-packed, laugh-filled treat for Brooks fans and classic horror buffs alike.
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