This vintage entertainment palace is the headquarters of Broadway/LA, which specializes in big-budget musicals. When the Pantages is occupied by a long-running show such as Wicked, Broadway/LA's shorter runs are booked into other spaces, such as the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
Raise a glass: The touring production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s immeasurably popular musical is back. Awesome. Wow.
Sixteen is not sweet for the heroine of the bruisingly joyful (and five-star) musical Kimberly Akimbo. Adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own 2001 play, with music by Jeanine Tesori, the show has a central conceit that verges on magical realism: Kimberly Levaco suffers from an unnamed, “incredibly rare” genetic disorder that makes her age at a superfast rate.
Broadway travels back in time to the 1950s, by way of the 1980s, in a noisy musical adaptation of the hit 1985 movie.
Forget Dorothy and her ruby slippers—head to Oz for the story of Elphaba and Glinda. Follow the Wicked cast down a different yellow brick road for a beautiful tale of friendship, love and courage. The ever “Popular” show returns to the Pantages to expose the back story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. You don’t even have to paint your skin green, just belt out “Defying Gravity” and “Something Bad” to fit in here. Wicked and its “Wonderful” set will inevitably win over your heart, and change your perspective on Emerald City “For Good.”
The Boy Who Lived lives on in a wizardly spectacle. As though it had cast a Shrinking Charm on itself, the formerly two-part epic is now a single show, albeit a long one—and one that our New York critic awarded five stars.
This musical, which we awarded three stars during its New York run, charts gruff singer-songwriter Neil Diamond’s rise to stardom.
The classic film returns as a Broadway musical, and it’s cooking with gas. Check out our four-star review of its New York run.
A deliciously corny new show? We’re all ears. Broadway’s hilarious “farm to fable” musical looks at a rural enclave that seeks help from a city slicker. You can read more about its New York run in our four-star review.
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