Palm Springs Theatre Newsroom

Tickets are now available for Desert Ensemble Theatre’s (DET)  production of Tru by Jay Presson Allen. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Palm Canyon Theatre is headed back to Winters, Texas – this time for A Very Sordid Wedding. Del Shores wrote the sequel, originally as a movie, to his highly successful Sordid Lives.

Theatre 29 will hold auditions for their Spring show, 'A Streetcar Named Desire', on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 6:00pm. Learn more about how to audition for the production here!

A very eclectic weekend of fun and creative energy and original music is in store at Theatre 29 when Kurt Schauppner and his friends take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 and 2:30p.m. Sunday, January 12.

Revolution Stage Company is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING, running from January 15 to January 30, 2025. With its raw emotion, stunning music, and profound message, SPRING AWAKENING is a theatrical experience which redefines what musical theatre can be.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It’s all in good (and a little naughty) fun at Skippy and Bitsy’s All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza on “live television”. This is a tv special you might have run across while surfing cable access tv, or in an SNL Christmas skit from the 1980s where it’s live and it’s a trainwreck, and there ain’t nothing you can do about the disaster happening around you except punt and hope for the best.

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Theatre 29?

What did our critic think of THE 39 STEPS at CVRep?

What do you call a nun who can sing? A sister act!  And what do you call four nuns and a monk who sing and dance during Christmas? “Nuncrackers!” now playing weekends at Desert Theatreworks through December 29.

It’s all a big conundrum, isn’t it? Life in general, of course, but specifically, the idea as to whether or not someone will be happier single, or married. And in the musical COMPANY, Bobby’s friends, who are all married to each other, have decided that at the age of 35, Bobby’s getting a bit too long in the tooth to not have a wife. 

In 2015, Vanity Fair published an article about the first super agent in Hollywood, Sue Mengers. Mengers career started where all women agents started in 1961, as a secretary. It was the same year she met the not-yet legendary Barbra Streisand, “before she lost the ‘a’,” quips Cathy Moriarty as Mengers in The Bents staging of John Logan’s play, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A Chat With Sue Mengers, which premiered on Friday, December 6. 

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

What did our critic think of NOBODY DOES IT BETTER at Palm Springs Cultural Center?

Described as Hitchcock meets Monty Python, The 39 Steps Runs 12-10 thru 22 at CVRep Theatre in Cathedral City, CA.

What holiday season can be claimed as complete without a Disney musical, right?  While one can tick that box with the opening of “Moana 2” at the local movie house, there is nothing like a live performance to energize those merry-making juices.  Palm Canyon Theatre provides that much needed “spoon full of sugar” into their magically musical punch bowl of fun, “Mary Poppins”.

Desert Theatricals is auditioning for Hairspray AND Oliver for their 2025 Season of Broadway Musicals. Learn more about the productions and see how to audition.

Dezart Performs (dezartperforms.org) presents FAT HAM Jan 17 - 26, 2025 directed by Michael Shaw.Critically-acclaimed playwright James Ijamesreinvents Shakespeares' Hamlet with this new drama. Performances are at The Pearl McManus Theater at the historic Palm Springs Woman’s Club, 314 S. Cahuilla Road, Downtown Palm Springs. FAT HAM runs 90 minutes without intermission.

Palm Springs’ THE BENT presents Academy Award® nominee Cathy Moriarty as the ruthless Hollywood powerhouse talent agent Sue Mengers in John Logan’s one-woman, one-act play, “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers,” directed by Steve Rosenbaum.

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Revolution Stage Company is thrilled to present Stephen Sondheim’s iconic musical, Company, running December 6–22, 2024. A landmark in musical theatre, Company redefined Broadway storytelling when it premiered in 1970, offering a witty, honest, and deeply human exploration of love, relationships, and self-discovery.

Get ready to soar into the enchanting world of Mary Poppins, as Palm Canyon Theatre presents Disney’s classic musical from November 29 through December 22, 2024. This family-friendly production brings the beloved story of the world’s most famous nanny to life with captivating performances, stunning visuals, and timeless songs, perfect for celebrating the holiday season together.

It’s time to get all glammed up and enjoy a gala holiday celebration to celebrate the opening of the classic Broadway musical, “The Sound of Music” at Theatre 29!