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Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Pericles click for more information »
Lost at sea, found by fate. When Prince Pericles uncovers a deadly royal secret, he flees for his life—only to be cast into a world of storms, shipwrecks, riddles, and loss. Told by people escaping a storm, this re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On trans...
Event Location: Boston Court Pasadena
Cost: $10.00 - $82.00
Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Little Shop of Horrors click for more information »
Come witness the soaring doo-wop caterwauls and the pulsating soulful croons pouring out of Skid Row and Mushnik’s Flower Shop in the darkly hilarious comedy super-hit, Little Shop of Horrors. Follow Seymour, a downtrodden and shy florist’s assistant whose life blossoms overnight—thanks to an ...
Event Location: Mountain View Mausoleum
Cost: $40.00 - $107.00
Friday, September 11, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Pericles click for more information »
Lost at sea, found by fate. When Prince Pericles uncovers a deadly royal secret, he flees for his life—only to be cast into a world of storms, shipwrecks, riddles, and loss. Told by people escaping a storm, this re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On trans...
Event Location: Boston Court Pasadena
Cost: $10.00 - $82.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
William Shakespeares As You Like It click for more information »
Don’t miss Shakespeare in the Garden! Bardfly Theatre Company returns to the LA Arboretum to perform William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, As You Like It. Their unique, immersive production will be performed under a sprawling tree canopy near the Arboretum’s Mediterranean Gardens. Come watch t...
Event Location: LA County Arboretum
Cost: $30.00 - $35.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m.
A Complete History of the American Musical in 90 Minutes or Less click for more information »
"Can we do it?" The whole history of the American musical theater in just 90 minutes? ... Who knows? Maybe… Maybe not! But who cares! You learn a little and enjoy a lot of the great music in a journey that starts 200 years ago and brings us all the way up to the present. You’ll hear Cohan, Be...
Event Location: Parson's Nose Theater
Cost: $10.00 - $30.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Pericles click for more information »
Lost at sea, found by fate. When Prince Pericles uncovers a deadly royal secret, he flees for his life—only to be cast into a world of storms, shipwrecks, riddles, and loss. Told by people escaping a storm, this re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On trans...
Event Location: Boston Court Pasadena
Cost: $10.00 - $82.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Little Shop of Horrors click for more information »
Come witness the soaring doo-wop caterwauls and the pulsating soulful croons pouring out of Skid Row and Mushnik’s Flower Shop in the darkly hilarious comedy super-hit, Little Shop of Horrors. Follow Seymour, a downtrodden and shy florist’s assistant whose life blossoms overnight—thanks to an ...
Event Location: Mountain View Mausoleum
Cost: $40.00 - $107.00
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Pericles click for more information »
Lost at sea, found by fate. When Prince Pericles uncovers a deadly royal secret, he flees for his life—only to be cast into a world of storms, shipwrecks, riddles, and loss. Told by people escaping a storm, this re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On trans...
Event Location: Boston Court Pasadena
Cost: $10.00 - $82.00
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 3:00 p.m.
A Complete History of the American Musical in 90 Minutes or Less click for more information »
"Can we do it?" The whole history of the American musical theater in just 90 minutes? ... Who knows? Maybe… Maybe not! But who cares! You learn a little and enjoy a lot of the great music in a journey that starts 200 years ago and brings us all the way up to the present. You’ll hear Cohan, Be...
Event Location: Parson's Nose Theater
Cost: $10.00 - $30.00
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m.
William Shakespeares As You Like It click for more information »
Don’t miss Shakespeare in the Garden! Bardfly Theatre Company returns to the LA Arboretum to perform William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, As You Like It. Their unique, immersive production will be performed under a sprawling tree canopy near the Arboretum’s Mediterranean Gardens. Come watch t...
Event Location: LA County Arboretum
Cost: $30.00 - $35.00
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Little Shop of Horrors click for more information »
Come witness the soaring doo-wop caterwauls and the pulsating soulful croons pouring out of Skid Row and Mushnik’s Flower Shop in the darkly hilarious comedy super-hit, Little Shop of Horrors. Follow Seymour, a downtrodden and shy florist’s assistant whose life blossoms overnight—thanks to an ...
Event Location: Mountain View Mausoleum
Cost: $40.00 - $107.00
Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 7:30
Pericles click for more information »
Lost at sea, found by fate. When Prince Pericles uncovers a deadly royal secret, he flees for his life—only to be cast into a world of storms, shipwrecks, riddles, and loss. Told by people escaping a storm, this re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On trans...
Event Location: Boston Court Pasadena
Cost: $10.00 - $82.00
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00
Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 8:00 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom click for more information »
As part of its commitment to presenting August Wilson’s work, A Noise Within presents its seventh production of his American Century Cycle, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the play unfolds with tension, music, and truth as legenda...
Event Location: A Noise Within
Cost: $41.75 - $96.75
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 2:00 p.m.
The Visit click for more information »
The Pasadena Playhouse presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency and directed by Darko Tresnjak. A Desperate Town. A Determined Woman. An Impossible Offer... When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it fr...
Event Location: The Pasadena Playhouse
Cost: $40.00 - $117.00