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The Musical Theatre Guild announces its 30th Anniversary Season
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 21, 2026) — The Musical Theatre Guild (MTG) proudly announces its 30th Anniversary Season, celebrating three decades of preserving and presenting rarely produced musical theatre works through its acclaimed concert-style productions. Since its founding in 1996, MTG has introduced Southern California audiences to more than 125…
MTG Receives The Joel Hirschhorn Award!
Musical Theatre Guild is honored to receive a Special Achievement Award, THE JOEL HIRSCCHORN AWARD, from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for outstanding achievement in musical theatre from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle!
Applause Expands Orchestra!
“Live theatre” becomes even more “Alive” with a live orchestra! Thanks to a generous grant from the David Lee Foundation, Musical Theatre Guild’s APPLAUSE will feature an expanded 17-piece orchestra, under the leadership of Musical Director Brad Ellis. “Charles Strouse brought a very progressive sound to Broadway, while maintaining a…
Musical Theatre Guild presents APPLAUSE, celebrating the life and career of composer Charles Strouse – with an expanded live orchestra!
Musical Theatre Guild’s 2025-2026 season – celebrating the musical contributions of theatre giants – concludes with Charles Strouse’s rarely-performed 1970 Tony® Award-winning musical, APPLAUSE. Strouse, who passed away in 2025, leaves an impressive legacy of musical theatre, spanning several decades, and APPLAUSE features a score by Strouse and frequent collaborator,…
Musical Theatre Guild celebrates Leonard Bernstein in Concert to support Youth Outreach Programs!
Carol Lawrence to attend and share memories of the Maestro!
Press Contact: Michael Van Duzer – press@musicaltheatreguild.com With AN EVENING WITH THE MAESTRO: MTG SINGS BERNSTEIN, Musical Theatre Guild launches a 2025-2026 season that salutes the musical contributions of theatre giants. Leonard Bernstein’s genius as a composer is the focus of a new concert, created specifically by and for Musical…
Drowsy Chaperone Photos
Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make our Drowsy Chaperone a smash! We’ve added some of our favorite photos to the show page. Check them out!
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Brings Hi-Jinx and Hilarity to Musical Theatre Guild’s 2024-2025 Season of Award-Winning Music!
A man in a chair appears on stage to share his favorite record album: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. The recording unaccountably comes to life, and the cast invades the stage as the Man in Chair watches, comments, and offers inside information about the…
Valentine’s Day Comes Early from Musical Theatre Guild with a Celebration of Love: “It’s Complicated…”
Fundraiser to support MTG’s Student Outreach Programs! Musical Theatre Guild gets an early start on Valentine’s Day with a brand-new concert fundraiser. IT’S COMPLICATED…AN EVENING OF SONGS ABOUT LOVE (the good, the bad and the messy) is a musical examination of love and connection. Joyful, passionate, comedic and sometimes awkward,…
Light in the Piazza Photos
See our favorite photos from our one-night-only staging of The Light in the Piazza.
Tony® Award-Winning Musical Scores Distinguish Musical Theatre Guild’s 2024-2025 Season
Musical Theatre Guild, a Southern California theatre institution for nearly thirty years, has earned its unique reputation by focusing their concert productions on the shows themselves – presenting the music and stories as simply as possible, performed by some of the finest musical theatre performers in the area. Appropriately, the…
Musical Theatre Guild Goes Back to When It All Began with Broadway Time Capsule: 1996!
Fundraiser to support MTG’s Student Outreach Programs! For the final fundraising event of the 2023-2024 season, Musical Theatre Guild looks back at 1996 – the year that the Guild staged its’ very first performances. While the fledgling company of performers presented a premiere concert, SAY IT WITH MUSIC, and A…
See The Wedding Singer Photo Album
Check out the totally tubular photos from The Wedding Singer!