The West Side branch of the Center Theatre Group offers the company's most adventurous fare, along with intermittent collaborations with some of LA's smaller troupes. The...

The 3,300-seat home of the Academy Awards is a slick building that's under-used for the other 11 months of the year. That'll change in 2010, when the theatre is due to start...

Located a few blocks from an enticing beach, the enterprising Laguna Playhouse produces many American or West Coast premieres in its appealing 420-seat theatre. Ireland's...

This city-owned, four-theatre complex is housed in a former bank close to Skid Row in Downtown, and can be one of the city's most exciting venues. The Latino Theater Company...

The Center Theatre Group programmes two of the halls that make up LA's primary cultural complex. At the north end, the Ahmanson Theatre presents pre- or post-Broadway fare,...

The productions turned out by this theatrical co-op, which frequently include lesser-known works from 20th-century European and American writers, often become critical...

This vintage entertainment palace is the headquarters of Broadway/LA, which specialises in big-budget musicals. When the Pantages is occupied by a long-running show such as...

Built in the '20s and revived in the '80s, this gracious 672-seat venue offers mostly new plays and musicals. Upstairs, in the smaller Carrie Hamilton Theatre, is the brash...

The most consistently impressive company in LA's north-western suburbs offers an interesting and unusual mix of productions, including plenty of new work. The company is behind...

One of America's outstanding resident theatre companies, the South Coast Repertory has long been acclaimed for its development of new work. However, it also stages glossy...