
Book by Larry Gelbart
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by David Zippel
Directed by Beth Terranova
Music Directed by Michelle Bruno
Performance Dates: March 5 - March 28, 2026
Run time: 2h 40m
(including a 15 minute intermission)
A smart and stylish film noir musical. In the late 1940s, Stine, a bookish writer of detective stories, struggles to adapt his crime novel into a workable screenplay. As Stine tries to maintain some integrity in the backstabbing world of Hollywood, his protagonist, a hardboiled private eye named Stone, fights for survival in a city full of criminals and opportunists. With wit, humor, and a fantastic Cy Coleman score, City of Angels captures the snappy dialogue of a Raymond Chandler novel and the glitzy showmanship of classic Hollywood; the result is a crowd-pleasing musical unlike any other.
Please Note: Contains stylized violence, sexual innuendo, infidelity, and period-specific sexism and racism. Contains strong language.
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