Enjoy a gift certificate for two tickets to any one of Muscial Theatre West's 2009-2010 Season Productions in Long Beach, California.  See Sweney todd, The Marvelous Wonderettes or 1776.

Beginning as the Whittier Civic Light Opera in 1952, Musical Theatre West has grown into one of Southern California's most respected regional musical theatre companies. During the past 49 years, we've presented not only established and well known musicals, but a World Premiere (Hurry! Hurry! Hollywood! written by Star Search winner Sam Harris), a Los Angeles/Orange County premiere (a new version of Phantom by Kopit and Yeston), and the West Coast premieres of Cole Porter's The New Yorkers; Eleanor: An American Love Story and a new version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Many of the performers who received their training with us have gone on to professional careers on Broadway (such as Susan Egan, the star of Beauty and the Beast). Giving these young people the chance to work with professional directors, alongside seasoned performers, is an important aspect of what Musical Theatre West is all about.

For the first 25 years of its existence Musical Theatre West performed at various venues in the Whittier area. Beginning in 1977 the company performed at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Since 1997 Musical Theatre West has also been performing in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Beginning with the 1999-2000 Season, Musical Theatre West has made Long Beach its exclusive home, helping to fill the void when the Long Beach Civic Light Opera ceased its operations and activities. Ê

Introducing the audiences of tomorrow to live theatre through our Youth Cultural Enrichment Program is another major contribution we are able to make to the cultural enrichment of the Southern California arts scene.

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