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  • CTG Award $1 Million Grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 9, 2024)—Center Theatre Group, led by Artistic Director Snehal Desai and Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman, is pleased to announce a grant recently awarded to the organization by the S. Mark Taper Foundation, the Los Angeles-based foundation with a strong legacy of commitment to and support of local not-for-profit and arts organizations, including Center Theatre Group. 

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  • CTG Announces New Partnership with TodayTix

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 1, 2024) — Center Theatre Group has finalized a partnership agreement with TodayTix for its 2024/25 Season, making the digital ticketing platform the official ticketing partner of Center Theatre Group.

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  • Not A Moment, But A Movement 

    LOS ANGELES (May 20, 2024)—Center Theatre Group, in collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company, presents a second season of Not A Moment, But A Movement, an initiative created to amplify, center, and celebrate Black voices. 

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  • 2024 CTG Leadership Circle Cohort

    LOS ANGELES (May 2, 2024)—Center Theatre Group announces its 2024 CTG Leadership Circle Cohort, featuring five staff members to participate in this annual career development program. The latest cohort includes Caylyn Dabney (Production), Devany Star Harden (Marketing), Kerry Beth Larick (Finance), Katharine Means (Marketing), and Carene Rose Mekertichyan (Education & Community Partnerships). 

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  • Center Theatre Group Announces 2024/25 Season “One CTG. One LA.”

    LOS ANGELES (April 29, 2024) — Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Snehal Desai and Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman, along with Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, announce the first full slate of programming under Desai’s leadership, since joining the company in August, dubbed “One CTG. One LA.”—unifying programming at CTG’s three iconic spaces: the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in one comprehensive season. 

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Ahmanson Theatre

Once Upon A Mattress Cast Announced

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 25, 2024)—On the heels of its critically acclaimed return to Broadway, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS makes its West Coast premiere in a new adaptation by Emmy Award winner Amy Sherman-Palladino (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Gilmore Girls”), directed by Tony Award nominee and Drama League Award winner Lear deBessonet (Into The Woods) at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre December 10, 2024 to January 5, 2025. Tickets and information are available at CenterTheatreGroup.org.

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Sutton Foster in Once Upon a Mattress Announced

LOS ANGELES (May 17, 2024) — Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Snehal Desai and Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman, along with Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, announce Sutton Foster starring in “Once Upon a Mattress,” which will come to the Ahmanson Theatre direct from a just announced Broadway run in December. "Once Upon a Mattress” completes programming at the Ahmanson for the “One CTG. One LA.” 2024/25 Season; the first full slate of programming under Desai’s leadership since joining the company in August.

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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Announced

LOS ANGELES (April 8, 2024) — Center Theatre Group (CTG) is pleased to announce the North American premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring Bernadette Peters (Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun) and Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Here Lies Love), and directed by Sir Matthew Bourne (Swan Lake, My Fair Lady), playing at the Ahmanson Theatre from February 8—March 9, 2025. The production is the first to be announced from Center Theatre Group’s upcoming 2024/25 season. Additional season programming will be revealed in the coming weeks. 

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Mark Taper Forum

Green Day’s American Idiot Extended By Popular Demand

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 10, 2024)—Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre join together for the all-new production of global rock superstars Green Day’s legendary rock opera, American Idiot, directed by Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Snehal Desai. Following a celebratory Opening Night on October 9 and an incredible sales pace for the original engagement, the companies have announced a six-performance extension of the show, which has already become one of the Mark Taper Forum’s biggest hits in its history—establishing itself as the Taper’s third-highest grossing show of all-time, while also currently out-pacing any previous Taper production.

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Casting Announced for Green Day’s American Idiot

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 28, 2024)—Center Theatre Group is joining Deaf West Theatre to launch a new production of global rock superstars Green Day’s legendary rock opera, American Idiot, the Tony and Grammy Award winning musical. The show will run from October 2 to November 10, 2024, re-opening the Mark Taper Forum, as the first offering of Center Theatre Group’s One CTG. One LA. Season, which was previously announced by Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker. The press opening for American Idiot is Wednesday, October 9. With this production, CTG Artistic Director Snehal Desai will be making his CTG directorial debut. Jennifer Weber (Broadway: & Juliet, KPOP) is the choreographer; Colin Analco (Deaf West: Fidelio) is the ASL choreographer.

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