Pasadena Playhouse 2026/27 Season to Feature REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES and THE VISIT

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Productions in the 2026/27 season will also include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Passing Strange.

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The Mainstage offerings for the 2026/2027 Season of Pasadena Playhouse has been revealed! The Mainstage Season kicks off with an all-new Pasadena Playhouse production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s chilling classic The Visit adapted by Maurice Valency , directed by Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak , starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays , and featuring some of the creative team behind this season’s production of Amadeus; the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award-winning rock musical Passing Strange, directed by Tony Award-nominee Zhailon Levingston ; the first post-Broadway production of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical; and a new production of the Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Jessica Kubzansky and starring three-time Tony Award-nominee Alfred Molina . The season will also feature one more Mainstage production, as well as Youth and Family Programming to be announced at a later date. MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS:

by FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT adapted by Maurice Valency directed by Darko Tresnjak starring Jefferson Mays When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it from ruin… on one condition. In this haunting, twisted, and truly grotesque comedy, an entire community is forced to confront an unthinkable question: how far are you willing to go for a billion dollars? Following the triumphant run of Amadeus, Tony Award-winners Jefferson Mays and Darko Tresnjak return to the Playhouse for another gripping and truly unmissable theatrical event.

book and lyrics by STEW music by STEW and Heidi Rodewald created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen directed by Zhailon Levingston Stew is searching for the real but he can’t seem to find it at home in South Central LA. He sets out on a cross-continential journey of self-discovery full of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in search of a life that’s bigger, louder, and entirely his own. Celebrating 20 years since its world premiere, Passing Strange – the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation based on the life of singer-songwriter STEW – finally makes its long-awaited LA premiere. Directed by Tony Award-nominee Zhailon Levingston (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), this electrifying journey pulses with raw emotion, humor, and a revelatory score. It’s a full volume coming-of-age story you won’t want to turn down.

music & lyrics by Joy Huerta & Benjamin Velez book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin based on the play by JOSEFINA LÓPEZ and HBO’s Real Women Have Curves screenplay by JOSEFINA LÓPEZ & George LaVoo In 1987 Boyle Heights, Ana Garcia is torn between her own ambitions, her family’s expectations, and the vibrant community of women whose love has shaped her. Full of heart, humor, and irresistible music, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is a joyful celebration of life's unexpected curves and the resilient corazon of Latina women. Based on the play by LA playwright JOSEFINA LÓPEZ – staged at Pasadena Playhouse in 2015 – this unforgettable musical features a Tony-nominated score by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Joy Huerta (Jesse & Joy) and Benjamin Velez (Kiss My Aztec), and a book by Lisa Loomer (Girl, Interrupted) with Nell Benjamin (Mean Girls).

by Tennessee Williams directed by Jessica Kubzansky starring Alfred Molina Join the Pollitts on the eve of Big Daddy’s birthday, on a sweltering night at their southern estate, as they come together to fall apart. In Tennessee Williams ’S Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, greed, morality, and true desires erupt as the truth fractures everything and consumes everyone. Returning to the Playhouse after showtopping performances in The Father and Inherit the Wind, Alfred Molina stars as Big Daddy under the direction of Jessica Kubzansky in an American Classic at its most explosive. +1 MORE SHOW TO BE ANNOUNCED

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/REAL-WOMEN-HAVE-CURVES-THE-VISIT-and-More-Set-for-Pasadena-Playhouse-202627-Season-20260507)._