Mainstage Theatre

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater May 17 - June 14, 2025 By Robert Harling Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin See the beloved play the popular … Continue reading STEEL MAGNOLIAS →

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater June 28 - Aug. 3, 2025 Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick … Continue reading FIDDLER ON THE ROOF →

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Sept. 20 - Oct. 18, 2025 Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Directed by David Scaglione See this chilling new play version of the classic story of duality, desire, and depravity taken from one of the most … Continue reading DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE →

Neil Simon’s PLAZA SUITE Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Nov. 1 - Nov. 29, 2025 By Neil Simon Directed by James Rice Hilarity abounds in Neil Simon’s portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at The Plaza Hotel. The first tale is of a marriage in tatters, as the room a … Continue reading Neil Simon’s PLAZA SUITE →

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Dec. 6 - Dec. 21, 2025 Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens Directed by Carole Louise Nicholson Holiday favorite, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, returns for its annual incarnation in this quick-paced, highly theatrical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. The ghosts of Christmases Past, … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) →

Agatha Christie’s GO BACK FOR MURDER Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Jan. 10 - Feb. 7, 2026 By Agatha Christie Directed by Floyd Harden The Queen of Mystery does it again in this ingenious detective story about a devastating event in a family’s past. Carla Crale believes her mother was wrongly convicted … Continue reading Agatha Christie’s GO BACK FOR MURDER →

August Wilson’s GEM OF THE OCEAN Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Feb. 21 - Mar. 21, 2026 By August Wilson Directed by Rovin Jay Master playwright, August Wilson, blends naturalism, mysticism, and magical realism to explore the experience of a Black community at the turn of the 20th century. It’s 1904, and … Continue reading August Wilson’s GEM OF THE OCEAN →

HARVEY Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater April 4 - May 2, 2026 By Mary Chase In this popular comedy from the golden age of Broadway, the kindly Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary, six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. … Continue reading HARVEY →

THE LION IN WINTER Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater May 16 - June 13, 2026 By James Goldman Directed by James Rice This medieval drama is a modern day classic that tells the story of the Plantagenet royal family, locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom. The Queen, … Continue reading THE LION IN WINTER →

GODSPELL Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater June 27 - Aug. 2, 2026 Book by John Michael Tebelak, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Directed and Choreographed by Sonya Randall Musical Direction by Stephen Olear From famed Wicked! composer and lyricist, Stephen Schwartz, comes his first major musical offering, GODSPELL. Taking the world … Continue reading GODSPELL →