Theater & Dance

We love The Actors' Gang of Culver City, a troupe of performers dedicated to bringing high-quality theater to the community.

Culver City's Grace Players take the Grace Church stage beginning this Friday, May 8th with their musical production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Join Chuck on his quest to learn what it means to be a "good man" all while trying to gain the love of a certain "Little Red-Haired Girl." In the end it is Chuck who teaches his friends a little something about truly living.

Who doesn't love creepy puppets? Orange County Performing Arts Center is bringing Das Puppenspiel theater group to their Founders Hall stage this weekend, May 1st-May 3rd, with a special performance of "Beyond the Beanstalk". In it's 35h season, this troupe of puppeteers is nothing short of phenomenal. So beautiful, so realistic are their puppets that audience members are instantly mesmerized by the characters.

The Music Center's family series World City is back this Saturday with a special program showcasing artists from our friends to the north. Join in on the fun when folk music group Le Vent du Nord and French-Canadian circus performance troupe Circo Comedia hit the W.M. Keck Amphitheatre stage with the sounds and silliness of Quebec, Canada.

There's not much that matches the beauty of springtime at Descanso Gardens. The brilliant colors of new life blossoming all around you makes it hard to believe, when you visit the gardens, that you are minutes away from urban-life.

And this Saturday is no exception. Join the gardens this Saturday, April 4th, for their Power of Flowers spring festival.

The Music Center in Los Angeles has a pretty fabulous educational programs they offer to families throughout the year. One of the series they offer through this program is Pillow Theater.

The Torrance Cultural Arts Center is hosting a morning event this Saturday, February 21st for kids who are all about the E=MC2.

We are huge fans of the Geffen Playhouse's wonderful family programs. They bring quality events to the theater each month for families to enjoy.

Friendship has never been finer or funner than in the pages of a Frog and Toad book.

See just how big granny's teeth truly are. Come to the Santa Monica Public Library's Main Library this Saturday, January 31 at 2:00 pm and find out. Taking place in the MLK Jr. Auditorium families are invited to "Join the cast of the Guild Opera Company as they perform the opera “Little Red Riding Hood”." According to the theater troupe's site "This delightful music, set to the classic fairy tale, is a perfect vehicle to introduce children to the enchanting world of opera.