What To Do in Town 
Week of

October 1-7, 2026

 

Hollywood is all inclusive but this week we welcome THE OUTSIDERS to the Hollywood Pantages.

 

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Nyla Arslanian, Editor

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THE OUTSIDERS REVIEW

 

OPEN FIST at 
Atwater Village Theatre

MARISOL

REVIEW

A dreamlike blend of magical realism, this darkly funny, apocalyptic fable is about survival, faith and hope. After her guardian angel abandons her to join a celestial battle, Bronx resident Marisol Pérez navigates an unraveling world on her own.

Runs through October 24

ROGUE MACHINE 
 at The Matrix

REVIEW

LA debut of NY Drama Critics Circle’s Best Play. Playwright Sam Hunter explores the unique isolation of two people carrying a weight of loneliness and financial insecurity. With wit and, compassion, this story touches humanity hidden within ordinary lives.

Runs through October 11

ECHO THEATRE COMPANY at 
Atwater Village Theatre

THE PETERSON SHOW

REVIEW

World premiere. Five former child stars reunite as the legacy of their beloved television father collapses into scandal. With cameras swarming outside and decades of unresolved history inside, they confront the complicated bonds forged while growing up on America's favorite sitcom.

Runs through October 26

MADNANI THEATRE

A NUMBER

REVIEW

First produced in 2002, this play is one of the earliest dramatic examinations of the possibilities and physical and moral consequences of human cloning, redefining what it means to be human and part of a family. Playwright Caryl Churchill shows us the world that’s coming.

Runs through October 11

McCADDEN PLACE THEATRE

VERILY 80'S 
ROMEO & JULIET

Last chance to see this innovative Shakespeare's classic that explores contemporary themes of power, legacy and search for human connection

Runs through October 4

MARILYN MONROE THEATRE

MELT

Hockey. Theatre. Love. Without labels. Eli and Ryan fall for each other while rehearsing their professor’s play—a script secretly based on his own unfinished love story.

Runs through October 4

HOBGOBLIN PLAYHOUSE

IMAGO

An uncompromising painter is pulled back to her dying mother, her exhausting sister, and her too-successful ex — just as her boldest new work threatens to break her open.

Runs through October 10

THE BROADWATER

A hilariously gruesome new musical about two brothers and a mountain.

Fri/Sat/Sun October 3-5 at 7PM

GREENWAY COURT THEATRE

SHELLS

World premiere of an absurdist dark comedy utilizing puppetry and physical humor about coping with the farce and devastation of gun violence in an increasingly chaotic reality. Co-production with Rogue Artists Ensemble.

Runs Runs through October 11

 

OUT OF AREA PRODUCTIONS 
FALL INTO OZ
at A Secret Rose Garden REVIEW

WINTER'S BENCH at 24th Street Theatre REVIEW
EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR
at RD Studio in NoHo REVIEW
PEOPLE OF POMPEII
at Topanga’s Theatricum Botanicum REVIEW

 
 

CATALINA JAZZ CLUB

ARTUR ZAKIYAN 
Armenias Piano Virtuoso and Composer

Fri/Sat, October 2 & 3 at 8:30PM

FONDA THEATRE

FATHER JOHN MISTY 
With Omar Velasco

Tuesday, October 6 
Doors at 7PM

BLUE NOTE

ANEESA STRINGS

Tuesday, October 6 
at 7PM & 9:30PM

HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

SOCIAL DISTORTION

Thur/Fri, October 1 & 2 at 8PM

GREEK THEATRE

THE GROWLERS 

Saturday, October 3 at 8PM

FORD AMPHITHEATRE

PUNCH BROTHERS

Thursday, October 8 at 8PM

 
 

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 
Part 1

Opening Friday, 
October 2 at 7-11PM 
Ends November 1

KP PROJECTS GALLERY

JON CHING 
Paths of Least Resistance

Opening Saturday, 
October 3 at 6-9PM 
Ends November 7

MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY

CHARLES ARNOLDI

Opening Saturday, 
October 3 at 6-8PM 
Ends December 12

 
 
 

CHEVALIER’S BOOK SHOP

The journalist author and Marc Weingarten discuss how In Los Angeles, the Virgin has migrated from the churches to the streets. Immigrant entrepreneurs commission murals of the Virgin as a form of security they can actually afford turning walls into urban sanctuaries. Seventeen years of photographs--a potent symbol of the city’s unique cultural heritage.

Wednesday, October 7 at 7PM

SKYLIGHT BOOKS

Edan Lepucki and author discuss the darkly funny novel about a daughter discovering her mother’s secret past. Told with humor and emotional precision, the novel is a celebration of lineage, inheritance, and the boundlessness of women over time and space.

Tuesday, October 6 at 7PM

BOOK SOUP

The author discusses his wilder-than-fiction true story behind the sensational bank heist immortalized in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon which only told part of the story.

Monday, October 5 at 7PM

 

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