Thursday, January 31, 2019 | 6:57 am
The Pasadena Playhouse is about to debut what is arguably the most ambitious show in its storied 101-year history. Ragtime runs from February 5th to March 3rd at the Playhouse, and tickets are on sale now. The musical is set in early 20th century New York and ... More »
Thursday, June 7, 2018 | 6:20 pm
Poised at the theater’s 100th year “pivot point,” Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman talks about the Pasadena Playhouse’s past, present and future as he readies for this Saturday’s centennial birthday party. When the Pasadena Playhouse assembled its f... More »
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 | 3:32 pm
Sierra Madre Playhouse is scheduling four free public events in connection with its Los Angeles premiere production of the play Nothing Is the Same. The play, written by Y York and directed by Tim Dang, concerns the lives of four Hawaiian youths following the ... More »
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | 7:00 pm
Led by co-producing artistic directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, A Noise Within (ANW) is excited to announce its 2017-2018 season, themed “Entertaining Courage.” The season opens with a U.S. premiere: Tony-nominated Mike Poulton’... More »
Thursday, April 6, 2017 | 11:58 am
After months of planning and rehearsing, The Shakespeare Club of Pasadena presented their 70th annual benefit production to provide scholarships to PUSD students on March 24, 25, and 26 at the Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center in Monrovia. The club was f... More »
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 4:57 am
Local artists and community leaders gathered Friday at the Pasadena Playhouse to commemorate the Playhouse’s 80th anniversary and to celebrate their designation as the State Theater of California. Assemblymember Chris Holden, Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek and Br... More »
Sunday, January 22, 2017 | 11:59 pm
For the twelfth entry in its Off the Page series of staged readings, Sierra Madre Playhouse will present A Lesson From Aloes. From Tony Award –winning playwright Athol Fugard comes this story, set in 1963 during South Africa’s apartheid, which looks at the con... More »
Sunday, January 22, 2017 | 11:40 pm
The Sierra Madre Playhouse received two Ovation Awards from the Los Angeles Stage Alliance earlier this week. The prestigious awards are among the most significant recognitions bestowed on Los Angeles-area theatre. Sierra Madre Playhouse’s winners include Stan... More »
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 | 1:23 pm
Who says you have to be confined to a seat to watch a play? The out-of-the-box creative minds from Unbound Productions are reinventing the theater experience at the Pasadena Museum of History through an evening of plays that brings the audience out of their se... More »
Thursday, June 16, 2016 | 1:14 pm
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California announced Thursday that Danny Feldman will be the theatre’s new Executive/Artistic Director, following the planned retirement of longtime Artistic Director Sheldon Epps. Feldman will work closely with Epps dur... More »
Monday, June 6, 2016 | 12:47 pm
While “keeping hydrated” Sandra Tsing Loh, Caroline Aaron and Shannon Holt take a romp through Loh’s year of living menopausally in Madwoman in the Volvo now playing through June 26, at the Pasadena Playhouse. Beginning with a quote from Dante and ending with ... More »
Monday, May 16, 2016 | 1:56 pm
When Tira Palmquist wrote her play “Two Degrees,” focusing on a female climatologist dealing with personal grief and professional strain, she knew she had to get the science—and the scientist protagonist—just right. Fortunately, the Orange County playwright di... More »