Photos: City Cinemas
June 27, 2026
City Cinemas returned for the 2026 summer season on Friday with a free screening of the 2004 classic “Mean Girls” at Bridgeport Park. Local residents brought lawn chairs, blankets and
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Newhall Family Theatre plaque honors leaders behind restoration
June 9, 2026
The Newhall Family Theatre was originally built as an auditorium for Newhall Elementary School before being converted into a storage facility following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Over the years, a group of local
‘Driving Miss Daisy’ opens Saturday at CTG
May 29, 2026
News release Canyon Theatre Guild opens “Driving Miss Daisy,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, on Saturday. The opening performance will feature a free wine and champagne reception for ticket holders one hour before curtain. “Driving Miss Daisy” explores the unlikely friendship between a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of 72 (Daisy) and her African American chauffeur (Hoke) in
‘SpongeBob’ brings Bikini Bottom to CTG
May 29, 2026
News release Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the hit Broadway play, “The SpongeBob Musical” through June 27. “Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show,” said a news release from the CTG. “When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob
One night only: Leapfrog Improv at Canyon Theatre Guild
April 30, 2026
News release Improv is back at the Canyon Theatre Guild: Leapfrog Improv plays one night only on Friday at 8 p.m. Leapfrog Improv is an improvisational comedy group in which a troupe of talented improv comedians take suggestions from the audience and create comedy sketches and narratives right on the spot, said a news release from the nonprofit CTG.
‘This Is Our Youth’ coming to Olive Branch
April 30, 2026
News release In a first-time co-production, Dig Deep Theatre and Theatre Extempore are teaming up to bring Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan’s breakthrough coming-of-age dramedy “This Is Our Youth” to
West Ranch Theatre to present ‘Mean Girls’
April 30, 2026
News release West Ranch Theatre is scheduled May 7-9 to present “Mean Girls High School Edition,” the musical version of the hit 2004 movie that portrayed the wild and vicious nature of the suburban high
‘Magic Academy’ plays Friday at CTG
April 16, 2026
News release For one night only and for the first time ever, the doors to Magic Academy are opening to the public at the Canyon Theatre Guild. Guests are invited Friday to join “students” Kasmira and Viktor as they try their hand at tricks and tips learned at
Canyon Theatre Guild opens comedy, ‘Boeing Boeing’
March 26, 2026
News release Canyon Theatre Guild is performing the comedy, Marc Camoletti’s “Boeing Boeing,” weekends through April 26. This 1960s French farce debuted in London in 1962 and earned a Tony Award on Broadway for best revival in 2008. The adaptation for
Mission Opera to present Carlisle Floyd double bill
March 26, 2026
News release Mission Opera, a Santa Clarita-based professional opera company, is scheduled to present a double bill of one-act operas by Carlisle Floyd — “Slow Dusk” and “The Sojourner and “Mollie Sinclair” — on April 10, 11 and 12 at the Canyon High School
Castaic High School Theatre presenting ‘Grease: School Edition’
March 19, 2026
News release Get ready to celebrate those “Summer Nights” and remember “We Go Together” as Castaic High School Theatre presents “Grease: School Edition,” by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, the
Canyon Theatre Guild opens psychological thriller this weekend
March 19, 2026
News release Canyon Theatre Guild is scheduled this weekend to open “Wait Until Dark,” a psychological thriller written by Frederick Knott and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher. The opening performance will feature a free wine and champagne reception
Canyon High School drama to present ‘Sweeney Todd’
March 19, 2026
News release Canyon High School Drama invites the community to experience a bold and chilling production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” running March 26-28 at 7 p.m. in the Canyon High Performing
Olive Branch to present ‘We Will Rock You’
March 12, 2026
News release The smash-hit musical “We Will Rock You,” featuring the iconic music of Queen and book by Ben Elton, is coming to Santa Clarita, “promising a fun and campy, high-energy spectacle,” Olive
‘Frozen’ the musical is coming to Saugus High School
March 5, 2026
Saugus High School’s theater group is scheduled to perform its spring musical “Frozen” on March 26-28 and April 2-4. Doors open each night at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. at The Forum, on the Saugus High campus, 21900 Centurion Way. Gina
‘Disconnect’ playing this weekend in Newhall
February 26, 2026
News release “Disconnect,” a play written by the late local resident Lee Clarke and directed/produced by his son Eric Clarke, is being presented this weekend at The Main in Old
Eco-Film Festival set for March 7 at COC
February 25, 2026
News release The Eco-Film Festival returns to College at the Canyons from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7. This year’s free festival will offer seven different environmentally focused films. “You may be moved by the fires, floods and excess heat in
Historical Society to celebrate 50 years with comedy-centered gala
February 25, 2026
News release What do you do when you’ve been called the “Hysterical Society” for a half-century? You grab the ball and run with it: The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary
Photos: Lunar New Year celebration at Newhall Community Center
February 17, 2026
The Newhall Community Center welcomed families to the multipurpose room to witness a Chinese Lunar New Year performance and celebration featuring Santa Clarita Valley’s Chinese Dance on Friday. Performances ranged
Olive Branch premieres original production, ‘Rosalinda, CA’
February 12, 2026
News release Olive Branch Theatricals announces its upcoming original production, “Rosalinda, CA,” written by Carlos Adolfo Jr., opening Saturday and running through Feb. 22 at The Olive Branch performance space in the Valencia Town Center. Set in a fictional