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6539 Santa Monica Blvd., (Box Office on Hudson),  Hollywood, CA 90038

Hudson Backstage Theatre

Address:
6539 Santa Monica Blvd., (Box Office on Hudson), Hollywood, CA 90038
Website:
http://www.hudsontheatre.com
Phone:
323-856-4249*
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Rating:
3.4 stars Events at this venue were rated 3.4 by 1141 members who went.

Upcoming Events

The following events are available through Goldstar. For a complete list of events available at this venue, please visit their website.

Ragtime - The Tony Award-Winning Musical - From Musical Theatre of L.A.

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Sep. 12 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Sep. 13 @ 8:00pm
and 14 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99   Our Price: $17.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Ragtime paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.  Learn More

Past Events

The Last Five Years: A Musical Love Story, Frontwards and Backwards

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 1 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Aug. 2 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99   Our Price: $17.50*
This contemporary song-cycle musical chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to breakup....or from breakup to meeting, depending on how you look at it. Written by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Songs for a New World), the show is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress, told from both points of view.  Learn More

Dog Sees God, A Hit Comedy Featuring Desperate Housewives' Andrea Bowen

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 2:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, May. 31 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
and 27 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00   Our Price: FREE - $15.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Remember that cute little gang of comic strip kids who waited around every year for the Great Pumpkin? Well, they're all older now and in high school. "CB" has had a tough year. His famous dog has just died, his baby sister has gone Goth, and his best friend (now minus the blanket) smokes pot all day. Will "CB" be a "good man" after all?  Learn More

Musical Theatre of Los Angeles: Musical Revue with Songs From

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99   Our Price: FREE - $17.50*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Musical Theatre of Los Angeles, whose recent production of Chicago was a hit on Goldstar, presents their annual musical revue. The revue, a benefit for the company, features tunes from West Side Story, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, and other Broadway classics.  Learn More

Great Expectations: A New Musical Based on Dickens' Classic Novel

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Apr. 11 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 6 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
The Hudson Theatre hosts the premiere of a new musical version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The rich score brings to life the story of young Pip and his journey of obsession, disillusionment, and redemption. The show was a Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice" and a LA Weekly "Theatre Pick of the Week".  Learn More

Chilling New Musical Drama Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jan. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Saturday, Jan. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 30 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $38.00   Our Price: FREE - $19.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Relationships can be murder. This new musical tells the chilling tale of the original "thrill killers," Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who murdered a young boy in 1924 in order to commit "the perfect crime." Thrill Me is a spellbinding musical cat-and-mouse game between two young men addicted to getting exactly what they want from each other, no matter the consequences.  Learn More

Hit Musical Chicago from Musical Theatre of Los Angeles

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Nov. 30 2007 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 1 2007 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $34.99   Our Price: $17.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
It's won six Tony Awards and a Best Picture Oscar — now Chicago, Kander and Ebb's stylish musical about murder and celebrity, comes to L.A. with this production from Musical Theatre of Los Angeles. The production will be a fusion of the original Broadway production, the revivals and the film.  Learn More

L.A. Premiere of City Kid: The Musical - Exhilarating Music and Dance

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $28.00 - $34.00   Our Price: $14.00 - $17.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
City Kid: The Musical is a right of passage musical about today's youth. Jimmy, the new kid, is anxious to be accepted by the crowd. He is drawn to and befriends Anna, making an enemy of Slick, the charismatic leader of the City Kids. As the conflict with Slick escalates, Jimmy finds himself trapped in a dangerous world, forced to make choices where the consequences are deadly.  Learn More

Invasion! The Musical: "South Park" Meets "Little Shop of Horrors"!

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 17 2007 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 18 2007 @ 8:00pm
and 16 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: 2.6 stars
Hilarious and satirical, this clever musical is reminiscent of "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Rocky Horror Show," with a dash of "South Park" and Mel Brooks. On a hot summer night in 1952, the residents of Tucker County are at a moral crossroads. Suddenly, aliens attack! Faced with impending doom, the townsfolk seize the opportunity to do and say everything they've bottled up inside—and all hell breaks loose. Discrimination, social immorality and political hypocrisy are skewered mercilessly.  Learn More

Mommy! Mommy! The Musical! Musical! - The New Musical about Motherhood

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Feb. 17 2007 @ 8:00pm (Preview)
Sunday, Feb. 18 2007 @ 3:00pm (Preview)
and 35 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $50.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $25.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
In Mommy! Mommy! The Musical! Musical!, four formerly capable women, who have absolutely nothing in common, meet in parenting class and bond over the common denominator of motherhood. As their friendships develop, the mothers concurrently ride the eighteen-year emotional roller coaster of child-raising. Funny, poignant, edgy and full of universal truths about the oldest profession, this is the show for every mother and anyone who's ever had one.  Learn More

Boobytrap: "The Very Breast Show in Town," A Collection of Monologues and Songs

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Oct. 20 2006 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct. 22 2006 @ 3:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: $15.00*
Rated: 3.9 stars
Smashbox Cosmetics presents Boobytrap, a collection of personal monologues and songs about the relationships women have with their breasts. The montage of eleven different stories includes a young girl's first bra, a teenager's bra stuffing escapade, the nursing breast and the cancer-fighting breast. All proceeds from the show will be donated to WeSpark Cancer Support Center.  Learn More

World-Premiere Comedy The Ladies Quintet at Hudson Backstage Theatre

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 11 2006 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 12 2006 @ 3:00pm
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of Kathryn G. McCarty's The Ladies Quintet, featuring the Bay Area's First Ladies of the Theatre. These living portraits of women dealing with life in the 21st Century are filled with humor and pathos. The Ladies Quintet was originally performed last fall at the Dean Lescher Regional Center for the Arts as The Ladies Quartet, garnering three Shellie Award nominations.  Learn More

World's Longest Running Musical The Fantasticks at the Hudson Backstage Theatre

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jul. 7 2006 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jul. 8 2006 @ 8:00pm
and 18 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: FREE - $7.50*
Rated: 2.6 stars
After a 42-year run, this Broadway show closed in New York in 2002 with the distinction of being the world's longest continuously running musical, not to mention one of the most beloved. The Fantasticks is a story about young love, featuring the hit songs "Try To Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Tom Jones (Book and Lyrics) and Harvey Schmidt (Music) created The Fantasticks in the spirit of a whimsical Romeo and Juliet.  Learn More

The Break-Up Notebook - World Premiere Musical

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Dec. 2 2005 @ 8:00pm (Previews)
Saturday, Dec. 3 2005 @ 8:00pm (Previews)
and 39 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00 - $40.00   Our Price: FREE - $20.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Isn't it about time that the theatre world had its first gay female musical? The Break-Up Notebook arrives at the Hudson Backstage Theatre to fill that niche. Bring a date, bring a friend, bring a girlfriend or bring a boyfriend, because The Break-Up Notebook is a hilarious, touching and saucy musical comedy for anyone and everyone who has ever had a broken heart and lived to tell about it.  Learn More

World Premiere Comedy Shrinks

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, Oct. 9 2005 @ 7:00pm (Previews)
Friday, Oct. 14 2005 @ 8:00pm (Previews)
and 10 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 2.3 stars
Over-the-top dueling mother and son psychotherapists threaten the future of a young couple in this satirical comedy that includes a revolving stage (evoking a merry-go-round), a carnival barker and an exotic dancer.  Learn More

Hitchcock Spoof The Birds: A Tail of Ornithic Proportions from TheSpyAnts

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Sep. 9 2005 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 10 2005 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00 - $20.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $10.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Fresh off the critically acclaimed Hellcab, TheSpyAnts return with the West Coast Premiere of David Cerda's The Birds, a feminist and campy look into and behind the scenes of Hitchcock's classic.  Learn More

Debut dramady Psyche at Hudson Backstage Theatre

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 12 2005 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 13 2005 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Aug. 14 2005 @ 7:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Psyche is an intimately personal, comically honest journey of man whose dreams of becoming a pianist are threatened by the death of his mother, a car accident that leaves him in a coma for a year, and a daunting bout of depression.  Learn More

Sojourner Truth at the Hudson Backstage Theatre

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Sunday, Feb. 20 2005 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, Feb. 27 2005 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
This powerful and passionate play about one of America's earliest civil rights activists is a moving exploration of one woman's courage and thirst for freedom.  Learn More

Julia Sweeney Stars in Letting Go of God

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Nov. 5 2004 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Nov. 6 2004 @ 8:00pm
and 74 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00 - $25.00   Our Price: $10.00 - $12.50*
Rated: 3.6 stars
Acclaimed comic actress and monologist Julia Sweeney (SNL) returns to the stage with the third chapter in her extraordinary trilogy Letting Go of God; a comical and poignant story of a woman's struggle with faith in our modern, scientific era. An L.A. Times Critics' Choice!  Learn More

Julia Sweeney Stars in Letting Go of God

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Sep. 24 2004 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Sep. 25 2004 @ 8:00pm
and 13 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00   Our Price: FREE - $10.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Acclaimed comic actress and monologist Julia Sweeney (SNL) returns to the stage with the third chapter in her extraordinary trilogy Letting Go of God; a comical and poignant story of a woman's struggle with faith in our modern, scientific era.  Learn More

Losers in L.A., A Biting British Comedy

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Jan. 23 2004 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Jan. 24 2004 @ 8:00pm
and 7 more dates.
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
In the hilarious tradition of Absolutely Fabulous, Losers in L.A. features two wacky Brit socialites who host a popular, live entertainment news show.  Learn More

Wild, Witty and Irreverent Play Things, an L.A. Times "Critic's Choice"

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Saturday, Sep. 20 2003 @ 8:00 PM (with catered reception)
Sunday, Sep. 21 2003 @ 7:00pm
and 18 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $25.00   Our Price: FREE - $12.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Play Things is an extravagant evening of original comic vignettes shaken, stirred and blended together to create a unique, fluid stage experience as unpredictable as it is hilarious.  Learn More

Exposing Myself at the Hudson Backstage

Hudson Backstage Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Friday, Aug. 22 2003 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 2003 @ 8:00pm
and 4 more dates.
Full Price: $15.00 - $20.00   Our Price: $7.50 - $10.00*
Rated: 0.0 stars
See the return of Exposing Myself, a unique dramatic experience featuring stand-up comedy and musical theater.  Learn More

Venue Description

The Hudson Backstage is the largest stage of the Hudson Theatres. It has played host to a variety of productions, including Broadway-bound Reefer Madness (Best Production Award, LADCC), the multiple award-winning The Master and Margarita, and smash hits The Diva is Dismissed (5 major awards including NAACP) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, written by and starring Nia Vardalos.

Map/Directions

The Hudson Theatres are located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., five blocks east of Highland on the northeast corner of Hudson Avenue and Santa Monica Blvd.

Secured valet parking is available on Hudson Avenue.

Handicap Info

Handicap seating may be available.

Please contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements.