A lavish new touring production proves that after 25 years, this enchanted musical still has plenty of theatrical tricks up its sleeve. SEPTEMBER 20—COSTA MESA, CA Forget the streaming service. Forget the remote. And for heaven's sake, forget dinner plans. There is a Beast in town, and he has brought along a talking candlestick, a tap-dancing teapot, an egomaniacal muscleman and enough theatrical magic to make even the most jaded theatergoer believe in fairy tales again. Disney's BEAUTY AND...

A Killer Cast, a Killer Score and One Very Demanding Diva of a Plant Make this Musical a Blooming Good Time! SEP 18-OCT 11— LA MIRADA, CA There are two things you should never underestimate in the theatre: the power of a great musical and the appetite of a man-eating plant. La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment has now given us both. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the wonderfully warped musical that has been making audiences laugh, cringe and cheer for more than four decades, has sunk its...

Unplugging the American Adolescent: The Friction of Connection in Laguna Playhouse’s World Premiere of WILD CHILD LAGUNA BEACH—SEPTEMBER 12 The American theater has long wrestled with how to accurately depict the digital age without falling into trite caricature or tech-phobic moralizing. In launching their 2026–2027 season, the Laguna Playhouse tackles this exact modern dilemma head-on with the world premiere of WILD CHILD. Directed by John Simpkins (NYC: “The Jonathan Larsen Project;”...