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In this seldom seen and intricately crafted mystery, Agatha Christie weaves scientific discoveries, international espionage, and unimaginable murder together to give the audience a night of unraveling the knots of danger and suspense. Christie’s master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, teams up with Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp to solve the murder of accomplished physicist Sir Claud … Continue reading BLACK COFFEE
The Jacksons are a nice middle aged English couple. Their best friends are their Canadian neighbors, the Krogers. All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet espionage ring operating in the area. The Jacksons become more … Continue reading PACK OF LIES
In this highly imaginative and theatrical origin story, we discover how a mysterious trunk filled with a mysterious substance known as starstuff is about to shape the destinies of all who encounter it. As the orphan boy Peter encounters Molly the Starcatcher-in-Training, they must thwart the fearsome pirate, Black Stache, irrevocably changing their futures forever. … Continue reading PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
In 1858, on a plantation in Georgia, a young mother is suddenly sold, leaving behind her husband and their five-year-old son. Through a magical evening of storytelling, music and dance, their community shares the rich history that makes them so much more than slaves. Sharing this rich oral tradition not only comforts the father and … Continue reading FLIGHT
Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady is that rare musical by which all others are measured. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells the tale of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady by a professor of linguistics who molds her and falls in love with his creation. Featuring one … Continue reading MY FAIR LADY
What if Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective found himself in a plot inspired by Robert Louis Stephenson? Enter The Suicide Club and find out. In the heart of London, there stands a windowless house where Europe's most powerful men gather to play a murderous game. On this particular night, the club welcomes a new member, … Continue reading SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB
All of the wit and romance of Jane Austen's classic novel come to life in this fast-paced, humorous, and engaging new adaptation. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's most urgent priority. But with an overzealous match-making mother it's difficult to escape the subject. When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, … Continue reading PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
The perennial favorite returns for its seventh incarnation at the Long Beach Playhouse. In this quick-paced, highly theatrical re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future show Ebenezer Scrooge the poverty of his material wealth and the blessings that come with generosity. Can they convince him to change before … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2018)
Come be part of the joke as the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie, pokes fun at the genre that made her famous. Mixing equal parts of tension and laughter, enjoy as Clarissa, diplomatic spouse, finds her normally entertaining and unflappable self smack dab in the middle of a drawing room murder. Desperate to dispose of … Continue reading Agatha Christie’s SPIDER’S WEB
In one of the best modern American farces to hit the stage, a madcap mix of mistaken identity, drugged-enduced confusion, lustful shenanigans, and operatic impersonation will leave audiences gasping for their next breath! In 1934 Ohio, the world famous tenor known as Il Stupendo, has fallen to a double dose of tranquilizers. The fate of … Continue reading Ken Ludwig’s LEND ME A TENOR
In this true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an early 20th century astronomer hampered in her passions because she was born into an age where women didn’t pursue such things brings, her struggle for equality is brought to vivid life. Much like the women of Hidden Figures a few generations later, Leavitt is able to overcome … Continue reading SILENT SKY
From the master playwright of Fences, August Wilson, comes this story in his decade-by-decade exploration of the black experience in America. In a Pittsburgh tenement in 1948, friends gather to mourn the sudden death of a blues guitarist who has died on the verge of his musical success. Flashing back to the busy week preceding … Continue reading August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS
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