The 2016-2017 theater season offers productions that have a little something for everyone.
Oh, and “Hamilton.” We are all waiting for “Hamilton.”
But besides that Broadway musical phenomenon, this season promises a wealth of both musicals, such as “Hairspray” and “Into the Woods,” and dramas, such as “A View From The Bridge” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” for theatergoers to choose this season. So let’s look at the offerings around the Southland.
Inland Empire/Riverside
California Theatre of the Performing Arts: “South Pacific” Oct. 8, “Autumn Magic” Oct. 15, “Footloose” Oct. 21-23, “Home for the Holidays” Dec. 17, “Symphonic Surprise” Feb. 11, “Hairspray” Feb. 18, “The Secret Garden” March 3-5, “Evita” April 7-9, “Oliver” April 29, “Cinderella” May 19-21, “The Wizard of Oz” June 10. 562 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino, 909-386-7361, www.californiatheatre.net.
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theater: “La Cage aux Folles” through Oct. 8, “Sister Act” Oct. 14-Nov. 19, “A Time for Christmas” Nov. 26-Dec. 24, “A Big Band New Year” Dec. 31, “Beauty & the Beast” Jan. 13-Feb. 5. 455 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, 909-626-1254, www.candlelightpavilion.com.
Center Stage Theater: “The Addams Family” Oct. 21-Nov. 13, “Holiday Follies” 2016 Dec. 2-Jan. 1, “The Return of the King: The Michael Jackson Experience” Jan. 22-21, “Ragtime” Feb. 3-26, “Hairspray” March 17-April 9. 8463 Sierra Ave., Fontana, 909-424-7469, www.centerstagefontana.com.
Fox Performing Arts Center: “Unelectable You” Nov. 5, “Lennon” Nov. 19, “The Illusionists” Jan 26-27, “Saloon” Feb. 18, “Disenchanted” March 25, “Pippin” June 3-4. 3801 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, 951-779-9800, www.riversidelive.com.
Performance Riverside: “Beauty & The Beast” Oct. 21-30, “Hairspray” Feb. 10-19, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” March 31-April 9. Landis Performing Arts Center at Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, 951-222-8100, www.performanceriverside.org.
Victoria Gardens Cultural Center: “Stuart Little” Oct. 1-16, “What to Expect When You’re Electing” Oct. 21, “Pride & Prejudice” Nov. 5-13, Dec. 3-4, “The Secret Garden” Jan. 28-Feb. 12, “Into the Woods” March 10-19. Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, 909-477-2752, www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.
Long Beach/South Bay
3-D Theatricals: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Sept. 30-Oct. 9 Redondo and Oct. 14-23 Cerritos, “Once on This Island” Feb. 10-19 Redondo and Feb. 24-March 5 Cerritos, “Oklahoma!” June 16-25 Redondo and June 30-July 9 Cerritos, “Monty Python’s Spamalot” Aug. 4-13 Redondo and Aug. 18-27 Cerritos, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, and Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, 714-589-2770, www.3dtshows.com.
California Repertory Company: “A View From The Bridge” through Oct. 8, “Mad Gravity” April 14-23, “Good Boys and True” April 28-May 13. Theatre Arts Building at California State University, Long Beach, 1250 N. Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, 562-985-5526, www.calrep.org.
The Garage Theatre in Collision with Alive Theatre: “Evil Dead” through Oct. 15, “Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales” Dec. 2-17. 251 E. Seventh St., Long Beach, 562-433-8337, www.thegaragetheatre.org.
International City Theatre: “Shipwrecked” Oct. 14-Nov. 6, “Forever Plaid” Feb. 17-March 5, “Uncanny Valley” April 21-May 7, “Crimes of the Heart” June 9-June 25, “Silent Sky” Aug. 25-Sept. 10, “Home” Nov. 5. 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, 562-436-4610, www.ictlongbeach.org.
Kentwood Players: “Wait Until Dark” through Oct. 15, “The Imaginary Invalid” Jan. 13-Feb. 18, “Big Fish” March 17-April 22, “Good People” May 12-June 17, “The Gingerbread Lady” July 14-Aug. 19, “Farragut North” Sept. 8-Oct. 14. Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Los Angeles, 310-645-5156, www.kentwoodplayers.org.
Little Fish Theatre: “The Ithaca Ladies Read Medea” through Oct. 22, “What the Night Is For” Sept. 29-Oct. 20, “A Very Special Holiday Special” Nov. 11-Dec. 17. 777 S. Centre St., San Pedro, 310-512-6030, www.littlefishtheatre.org.
Long Beach Playhouse: “The Hounds of the Baskervilles” through Oct. 22, “Don’t Dress for Dinner” Nov. 5-Dec. 3, “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 10-18, “A Murder Is Announced” Jan. 14-Feb. 11, “Rumors” Feb. 25-March 25, “Treasure Island” April 8-May 6, “Fences” May 20-June 17, “Guys and Dolls” July 1-Aug. 5. 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, 562-494-1014, www.lbplayhouse.org.
Musical Theatre West: “Memphis” Oct. 21-Nov. 6, “Evita” Feb. 10-26, “Carousel” March 24-April 9, “Mary Poppins” July 8-24. Carpenter Center, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach, 562-856-1999, Ext. 4, www.musical.org.
Palos Verdes Performing Arts — Norris Theatre: “Young Frankenstein” through Oct. 9, “Nunsense” Jan. 20-29, “The Music Man” April 21-May 7. 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-544-0403, www.norriscenter.com.
Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center: “N*gger Wetb*ck Ch*nk” Sept. 29, “Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny” Nov. 13, “Patti LuPone’s Don’t Monkey with Broadway” April 22. 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach, 562-985-7000, www.carpenterarts.org.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” Oct. 4-16, “24th Street Theatre’s Walking the Tightrope” Oct. 15-16, “Mermaid Theatre’s Goodnight Moon” Oct. 30-Nov. 5, “Mamma Mia!” Nov. 22-27, “Elf The Musical” Dec. 20-Jan. 1, “Rent” Jan. 6-8, “Matilda the Musical” Jan. 17-29, “Swazzle’s The Little Prince” Feb. 18-19, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” Feb. 28-March 5, Dallas Children’s Theater’s Mufaro’s “Beautiful Daughters” March 4-5, Charles Busch’s “The Lady at the Mic” March 9-11, “Finding Neverland” March 21-April 2, “Doktor Kaboom – Live Wire” April 1-2, “Taj Express” April 21-22, “Presentation House Theatre’s Where the Wild Things Are” April 22-23, “An American in Paris” April 25-May 7, Compagnia TPO’s “The Painted Garden” May 20-21, “The Bodyguard” May 30-June 11, “Fun Home” Aug. 1-6, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Sept. 12-17. 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714-556-2787, www.scfta.org.
Surf City Theatre: “The Christmas Spirit” Nov. 19-Dec. 11, “Over The River & Through The Woods” March 18-April 2, “The Odd Couple” June 17-July 2, “A Few Good Men” Sept. 16-Oct. 1, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play” Nov. 18-Dec. 3. Hermosa Beach Playhouse – 2nd Story Theater, 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, 424-241-8040, www.surfcitytheatre.com.
Torrance Theatre Company: “Lost in Yonkers” through Oct. 16, “Peter and the Starcatcher” Nov. 12-Dec. 18, “The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis Mccauley Fishing Derby” Jan. 21-Feb. 19, “The Cripple of Inishmaan” March 18-April 23, “The Last Five Years” May 13-June 18. 1316 Cabrillo Ave., Torrance. 424-243-6882, www.torrancetheatrecompany.com.
Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley
24th Street Theatre: “Hansel & Gretel Bluegrass” Oct. 29-Dec. 11. 1117 W. 24th St., Los Angeles, 213-745-6516, www.24thstreet.org.
Ahmanson Theatre: Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” Dec. 4-Jan. 15, “Amelie A New Musical” Dec. 4-Jan. 15, “Fun Home” Feb. 21-April 1, “Into the Woods” April 4-May 14, “Jersey Boys” May 16-June 24, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Aug. 2-Sept. 10. 601 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, 213-628-2772, www.centertheatregroup.org.
Broad Stage: “Impro Theatre’s 1966 Holiday Variety Extravaganza” Dec. 15-17, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, 310-434-3200, www.thebroadstage.com.
Casa 0101: “Teatro Moz” through Oct. 16, “Mariela in the Desert” Nov. 4-Dec. 11, “Disney’s Aladdin” Jan. 13-Feb. 19, “Chicanas, Cholas y Chisme” March 17-April 16, “Simply Maria” May 5-TBD. 2102 E. First St., Los Angeles, 323-263-7684, www.casa0101.org.
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA: Forced Entertainment’s “Complete Works — Table Top Shakespeare” Dec. 6-11, Silencio Blanco’s “Chiflon, el Silencio del Carbon” March 3-4, “The Moth Mainstage” March 21, Penny Arcade’s “Longing Lasts Longer,” April 8-9. Royce Hall, UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, and Freud Playhouse, UCLA 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, 310-825-2101, www.cap.ucla.edu.
The Garage Company: “Blood” Oct. 14-Dec. 18. The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 323-960-7745, www.plays411.com.
Geffen Playhouse: “Barbecue” through Oct. 16, “The Model Apartment” Oct. 11-Nov. 20, “Icebergs” Nov. 8-Dec. 18, “The Lion” Jan. 4-Feb. 19, “The Legend of Georgia McBride” April 4-May 14, “Constellations” June 6-July 16. 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, 310-208-5454, www.geffenplayhouse.com.
Fountain Theatre: “Bakersfield Mist” Nov. 19-Dec. 18. 5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, 323-663-1525, www.fountaintheatre.com.
Hollywood Pantages Theatre: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Nov. 1-27, “The King and I” Dec. 13-Jan. 21, “Finding Neverland” Feb. 21-March 12, “American in Paris” March 22-April 9, “The Bodyguard” May 2-21, “The Book of Mormon” May 30-July 9, “Hamilton” Aug. 11-Sept. 10. 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 323-468-1770, www.hollywoodpantages.com.
Mark Taper Forum: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” through Oct. 16, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” Nov. 9-Dec. 18, “Zoot Suit” Jan. 31-March 12. 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, 213-628-2772, www.centertheatregroup.org.
Hudson Theatres: “Going, Going… Gone!” Oct. 1-Nov. 6. 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 323-960-5521, www.plays411.com/Gone.
Latino Theater Company: “A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story” through Oct. 9, “Juarez: A Documentary Mythology” Oct. 27-Nov. 13, “The Latina Christmas Special” Nov. 19-Dec. 18, “La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin” Dec. 1-2. Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, 866-811-4111, www.thelatc.org.
LA Opera: “Macbeth” through Oct. 16, “Akhnaten” Nov. 5-27, “The Abduction from the Seraglio” Jan. 28-Feb. 19, “Salome” Feb. 18-March 19, “The Tales of Hoffman” March 25-April 15, “Tosca” April 22-May 13, “Wonderful Town” Dec. 2-4, Off Grand (offsite series): “The Source” Oct. 19-23, “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” Oct. 29-31, “Noah’s Flood” May 6, “Thumbprint” June 15-18. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, 213-972-8001, www.laopera.org.
Odyssey Theatre: “A Taste of Honey” through Nov. 27, “Underneath” Oct. 14-30, “Waiting for Grace” Nov. 12-Dec. 18, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, 310-477-2055, Ext. 2, www.odysseytheatre.com.
Roy and Edna Disney/Cal Arts Theater (REDCAT): “The Source” Oct. 19-23, “Notes of a Native Song” Dec. 14-17, “The Town Hall Affair” March 22-April 2. 631 W. Second St., Los Angeles, 213-237-2800, www.redcat.org.
Theater League: “Broadway Christmas Wonderland” Dec. 1-4, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical” Dec. 21, “Fame” Jan. 5-8, “Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage” Feb. 2-5, “Jesus Christ Superstar” March 23-26. Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, 800-745-3000, www.theaterleague.com.
Valley Performing Arts Center: “Dear World” Sept. 30, “An Evening with Kelli O’Hara” Oct. 14, “Culture Clash’s Vote or Die Laughing: A Post-Modern Political Vaudeville” Nov. 1, “American Berserk: A Celebration of John Adams” Jan. 14, “Hansel and Gretel” Jan. 22, “West Side Story” March 10-12, “The Bollywood Musical Review” April 19, “Man of La Mancha” May 5-7. 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, 818-677-3000, www.valleyperformingartscenter.org.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: “Scorsese: American Crime Requiem” through Oct. 16, “The American Revolution” Sept. 30-Oct. 9, “Merrily We Roll Along” Nov. 22 -Dec. 18, “The Sorting Room” Dec. 3-Jan. 14, “Morgan’s Journey” Jan. 21-22, “An Evening with Stephen Schwartz: Music and Broadway Memories” Feb. 3, “946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips” Feb. 9-March 5, Edward Albee’s “At Home at the Zoo” March 7-26, “Twelfth Night” March 14-19, “The Encounter” April 6-16, “Elephant and Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play’ ” April 22-23, “Battlefield” May 24-28, “The Pride” June 6-30, Hershey Felder’s “Tchaikovsky: A Play with Music” July 19-Aug. 6. 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-246-3800, www.thewallis.org.
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum: “Tom” through Oct. 1, “Titus Andronicus” through Oct. 1, “Romeo and Juliet” through Oct. 2, “The Imaginary Invalid” through Oct. 2, “Johnny Got His Gun” Oct. 22. 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310-455-2322, www.theatricum.com.
Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley/Whittier
Antaeus Theatre Company: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” Jan. 26-March 12, “Native Son” April 27-June 11, “As You Like It” July 27-Sept. 10. 110 E. Broadway, Glendale, 818-506-5436, www.antaeus.org.
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” through Oct. 9, “Lend Me A Tenor” Oct. 21-Nov. 13, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” Nov. 17, “The Last Five Years” Jan. 20-Feb. 12, “The Giver” Feb. 16, “Junie B,’s Essential Survival Guide to School” April 9, “West Side Story” April 21-May 14, “#TheWall” May 18, “Man of La Mancha” June 2-June 25. “Vicki Lawrence and Mama” May 20. 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, 714-994-6310, www.lamiradatheatre.com.
A Noise Within: “Arcadia” through Nov. 20, “The Maids” through Nov. 12, “The Imaginary Invalid” Oct. 9-Nov. 19, “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 2-23, “King Lear” Feb. 12-May 6, “Ah, Wilderness” March 5-May 20, “Man of La Mancha” March 26-May 21. 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, 626-356-3100, www.anoisewithin.org.
California Institute of Technology: Ramo Auditorium: The Cashore Marionettes’ “Simple Gifts and Life in Motion” Oct. 15, “Final Student Performances” Dec. 2, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” Feb. 23-March 4, “Spring Mach 33 Readings: Vavilov’s Garden” April 22, “Somber Science” April 30, “Faustus Phd” May 5-7, “Final Student Storytelling Presentation” June 9, “Rathskellar Downstairs Athanaeum: A Wasted Evening of Lehrer Songs” Jan. 26, “Another Wasted Evening of Lehrer Songs” Jan. 27, “Yet Another Wasted Evening” Feb. 3, “One Final Never Going to Get Back This 90 Minutes of a Wasted Evening…” Feb. 3, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, 626-395-6811, www.events.caltech.edu.
Haugh Performing Arts Center: Aquila Theatre’s Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Nile” Nov. 13, “Christmas Is…” Dec. 3-18, “Spring Awakening” March 4-5. Citrus Little Theatre: “Emerging American Voices” Oct. 15-16, “Play It Again, Sam” Nov. 4-13, “The Christmas Box” Dec. 3, “The Laramie Project” May 12-21. Citrus College, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, 626-963-9411, www.haughpac.com.
Keck Theatre: “Intimate Apparel” Nov. 3-6, “Crabb/Matthews Project From Stories to Stage” Nov. 17-20. Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, 323-259-2922, www.oxy.edu.
Mt. San Antonio College: Clarke Theater: “Anna in the Tropics” Oct. 21-23, “Inherit the Wind” April 21-23, Studio Theater: “When Pigs Fly: The 9th Annual Student Show” Dec. 8-11, “Almost, Maine” Feb. 14-16, “Top Girls” June 8-11. 1100 N. Grand Ave., Walnut, 909-274-7500, www.mtsac.edu.
The Pasadena Playhouse: “The Fantasticks” through Oct. 2, “Shout, Sister, Shout!” Jan. 31-Feb. 26, “Twelfth Night” March 28-April 23, TBA May 30- June 25, “Lythgoe Family Production’s Cinderella Christmas” Dec. 8-Jan. 8. 39 S. Molino Ave., Pasadena, 626-356-7529, www.pasadenaplayhouse.org.
Pacific Opera Project: “The Barber of Seville” Nov. 11-19. Ebell Club, 131 S. Ave. 57, Highland Park, 323-739-6122, www.pacificoperaproject.com.
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts: Bilingual Foundation of the Arts’ “El Hombre de La Mancha” Oct. 1, “The Good Person of Sichuan” Oct. 20-23, “Huis Clos” Oct. 28, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” Nov. 17-20, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play” Nov. 30, Wonderheads’ “Loon” Jan. 29, Spanish language production TBA Feb. 22, “Next to Normal” April 6-9. Whittier College, 13406 E. Philadelphia St., Whittier, 562-907-4200, www.shannoncenter.org.
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Oct. 15, “Alice in Wonderland” Nov. 13. 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, 626-308-2868, www.missionplayhouse.org.
San Gabriel Valley Repertory Theatre: “A Christmas Caper” Nov. 19, tent show, 211 N. Glendora Ave., Glendora, Dec. 2-11, Coco’s Oak Tree Room, 1150 W. Colorado Blvd., Arcadia and Dec. 16-18, Mari’s Kitchen, 1319 N. Grand Ave., Covina, www.sgvrt.com.
Sierra Madre Playhouse: “Bee-luther-hatchee” through Oct. 22, “A Little House Christmas” Nov. 18-Dec 23, “Tally’s Folly” Jan. 13-Feb. 18, “A Wrinkle in Time” March 10-April 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” May 12-June 17, TBA July 7-Aug. 26, “Suburban Showgirl” July 31 and Aug. 7, “Stage Reading Series: The Quality of Life” Oct. 3, “From the Mississippi Delta” Oct. 17, “The Immigrant” Nov. 28. 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, 626-355-4318, www.sierramadreplayhouse.org.
The Theatre @ Boston Court: “Bars and Measure” through Oct. 23. 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, 626-683-6883, www.bostoncourt.com.
Whittier Community Theatre: “The Dining Room” Nov. 4-19, “Steel Magnolias” Feb. 24-March 11, “A Flea in Her Ear” June 2-17. The Center Theatre, 7630 S. Washington Ave., Whittier, 562-696-0600, www.whittiercommunitytheatre.org.
— Michelle Mills
