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SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
June 26 – Aug. 1, 2027
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Directed by Sean Gray

London will bleed in the infamous tale of revenge, and meat pies, SWEENEY TODD! In Sondheim’s dark masterpiece, an unjustly exiled barber returns seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His path crosses with Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop. Todd’s thirst for blood inspires Mrs. Lovett to introduce a secret ingredient to her wares, with the result of London lining up for her now delicious meat pies.  As the body count rises, this tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world.

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June 26, 2027 @ 8:00 pm – August 1, 2027 @ 2:00 pm

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GLORIOUS!

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GLORIOUS!: The True Story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the Worst Singer in the World
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
May 15 – June 12, 2027
By Peter Quilter
Directed by Gregory Cohen

A blissfully funny comedy set in the world of 1940s New York, GLORIOUS! tells the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an enthusiastic soprano whose pitch was far from perfect. Known as “the first lady of the sliding scale,” she warbled and screeched her way through a performance to an audience who fell down with laughter. Delusional and joyously happy, Miss Jenkins paid little attention to her critics, supported by a circle of devoted friends who were almost as eccentric as she was. But when the chance to play Carnegie Hall comes up, will it be the ultimate triumph, or proof that her vision of musical glory was only in her own mind?

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May 15, 2027 @ 8:00 pm – June 12, 2027 @ 8:00 pm

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THE CRUCIBLE

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THE CRUCIBLE
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
April 3 – May 1, 2027
By Arthur Miller
Directed by James Rice

In THE CRUCIBLE, Arthur Miller created one of the most acclaimed plays in the American theatrical canon. Set during the turmoil of the Salem witch trials, the story focuses on a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant woman who causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings her to court to admit the lie, but instead finds himself accused of witchcraft, along with a host of others, as fear and opportunism consume the town. Written during the height of the Communist “witch hunts,” this exciting drama about Puritan hysteria is a gripping and timely parable of our contemporary society.

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April 3, 2027 @ 8:00 pm – May 1, 2027 @ 8:00 pm

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TWO TRAINS RUNNING

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August Wilson’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
Feb. 20 – March 20, 2027
By August Wilson
Directed by Rovin Jay

It’s 1969, the peak of the Black Power movement, in August Wilson’s mature and intimate take on those turbulent times, TWO TRAINS RUNNING. Memphis Lee’s coffee shop lies in Pittsburgh’s Hill District and serves as a hangout for a host of regulars: Wolf, a numbers runner; Risa, a laconic waitress tired of unwanted attention; Sterling, just released for bank robbery; and Hambone, who can’t let go that he was cheated out of a ham.  When the city threatens to raze the restaurant in the name of “urban renewal,” can the lofty ideals of the sixties support the reality of Black hardship in a community on the brink of change?

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February 20, 2027 @ 8:00 pm – March 20, 2027 @ 8:00 pm

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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

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Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
Jan. 9 – Feb. 6, 2027
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Michael Hovance

Agatha Christie is the unrivaled Queen of Mystery in her masterpiece, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island where the only thing they have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate… for each has been marked for death. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, what do the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme about “Ten Little Soldier Boys” mean, and can someone prevent a bloodbath before each of the guests is brutally murdered? A perfect combination of thriller and detective story, you’ll find that you cannot escape from its harrowing conclusion.

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January 9, 2027 @ 8:00 pm – February 6, 2027 @ 8:00 pm

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2026)

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2026)
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
Dec. 5 – 20, 2026
Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens
Directed by Katherine White

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, Present, and Future show Ebenezer Scrooge the poverty of his miserly ways and the blessings that come with generosity. Can they convince him to change before it’s too late? Come spend time with the characters you’ve come to love – Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and of course the irascible miser himself.  This yearly tradition will be the Christmas ghost story needed to set you and your loved ones on the path to holiday cheer.

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December 5 @ 8:00 pm – December 20 @ 2:00 pm

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BLITHE SPIRIT

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BLITHE SPIRIT
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
Oct. 31 – Nov. 28, 2026
By Noël Coward
Directed by Lauren Velasco

From the effervescent mind of Noël Coward comes his engaging comedy of ghostly charms, BLITHE SPIRIT.  When a seance goes awry, the fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine finds himself quite literally haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira.  As she makes her displeasure about Charles’ current wife Ruth known, personalities clash, and the eccentric and flighty medium Madame Arcati is called back in to resolve this love triangle from beyond the grave.  A smash hit, this much-revived classic is a rip-roaring and scintillating comedy, swimming in the expertly crafted dialogue that only the wit of Noël Coward can produce.

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October 31 @ 8:00 pm – November 28 @ 8:00 pm

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater
Sept. 19 – Oct. 17, 2026
Adapted by John Faust based on the film by George A. Romero and John Russo
Directed by David Scaglione

The dead don’t stay dead in this horrifying stage adaptation of George A. Romero’s groundbreaking horror film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.  As sensationalized and conflicting reports from the media start being broadcast about an unknown threat, a group of conflicted strangers are trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse by a horde of marauding ghouls. Can this group of people thrown together by chance overcome their prejudice and suspicions to survive the night, or will the newly dead turn the living into the undead?  Stay tuned for a gruesome and blood chilling resolution!

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September 19 @ 8:00 pm – October 17 @ 8:00 pm

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