Broadway Comes To Laguna Beach For Its 97th Season

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — The Laguna Playhouse has announced its 2017-2018 season of shows.

"We are incredibly excited about our 97th season. It is a huge season of musicals and plays, unlike anything we have been able to produce in years," Executive Director Ellen Richard said, " And there are several shows next year that people will find particularly timely. Pieces that look at diversity, justice and inclusion through the lens of brilliant writers. I know our audience will leave the theater having very interesting conversations."

This summer, Laguna Playhouse launches the season with an all-new production of "Hairspray."

Followed by:

• A Night With Janis Joplin"
• "The Graduate" Broadway version
• "I Am My Own Wife," a Pulitzer & Tony award-winning production
• "12 Angry Men"
• "Clybourne Park," Another Pulitzer Prize & Tony winner
• Finale, the third engagement from Lythgoe Family Panto with "Aladdin and Jasmine's Winter Wish"

"There is simply no better year to subscribe and become a member of our Playhouse family as we are about to turn 100 and have never looked better!" adds Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham.

Founded in 1920, the historic Laguna Playhouse is one of the oldest continuously-operating not-for-profit theatres on the West Coast and is proud to be an active participant in the celebrated Laguna Beach arts community.

According to Broadway World, the Laguna Playhouse serves over 80,000 patrons each season, Laguna Playhouse has been recognized in 2016 and 2015 as one of Orange County Register's "Best of OC" in the category of Live Theatre.

The Playhouse has featured many talented performers on stage, including Leslie Caron, Wendie Malick, Val Kilmer, Ed Asner, Loretta Swit, Dan Lauria, Hershey Felder, Rita Rudner, Harrison Ford, and Bette Davis.

For more information visit: www.LagunaPlayhouse.com