Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Nice Neighborhood Theater. I’ve seen «Sweeney Todd”& «The Foreigner».
Friendly staff! Small Theater with good seating! Only Minus, antiquated bathrooms! Metered parking on the street or in the Clinic lot next door.
Grab a good meal across the street at Gilbert’s Mexican restaurant!

I had forgotten how good this place was. Small, yes. Glamorous, no. Forget the snacks and drinks. You’re going there to have a good time, right? Then go. You won’t be disappointed.

No bad seat in the house. I’ve seen one play there, and three concerts.

Saw Legally Blonde the Musical, cute and funny. As for the theater, Nicole little venue despite the looks from the outside. There are only 8 – 10 rows of seats, so every seat is a good one. They are organized when picking up tickets at will call. Nice friendly staff as well.

Incredible theatre, helpful staff and easy parking at the Venice Family Clinic. Great shows for children and adults alike!

My favorite theater in Los Angeles. They put on wonderful productions. Nice professional actors. Interesting plays. I can’t say enough about how everyone should frequent their shows.

This is a review for «Gods or Carnage» at the Morgan-​Wixson theater. Excellent play with a very witty script. The cast was wonderful especially Annalisa Erickson as Veronica. These actors got some chops, they will draw you into the story and hold you there for 80 minutes of fast paced engrossing dialog. Well worth the price of a ticket. Good restaurants nearby, why not make a night of it and go see gods of carnage? Recommend…

Saw «Gods of Carnage» here and loved it. It was my first time at this theater. The quality of the performance was excellent. It was fun to see this small community playhouse.
Note: I couldn’t find any street paring so I asked the staff and they said that it is fine to park at the Health Center parking lot after-​hours. The Health Center is just a few doors down to the West of the theater.

Nice little theater located off of Pico Blvd. It’s kind of small so it’s easy to drive by and miss it. There’s no private lot so you’re stuck with street parking, luckily the meters expire at 6pm so there’s no charge.
I was here to see a showing of «Gods of Carnage» through a Goldstar deal. The play itself was ok, great job by the actors all around for what they had to work with.
The theater itself was nice and homey. The acoustics and lighting went off fairly well. The only negative was the snack bar didn’t serve any alcohol :-(

I loved «The Producers’» last night at the Morgan-​Wixson. Lead actor «Max» was fabulous and the entire play, and writing, was hilarious. I went in skeptical and came out a believer. I am still howling about the play a day later. I may go in again before it closes soon.

Mel Brooks’ The Producers 7÷11÷14
I must admit my expectations were not high for this «local theater» production of Mel Brooks’ fabulous work.
What a wonderful surprise to find a fully realized production with outstanding performances as well precise thoroughly professional choreography rivaling that of the original Broadway and Pantages productions.
Max, Leo and Ula are presented by highly talented, professional actors who do not miss a beat.
Go! You will have a wonderful evening for a modest cost and be totally entertained in a very friendly venue with a very talented cast.

We saw the Producers by getting a great deal on Goldstar and our seats were on the 2^nd row, which was great! This is a small local theater but had comfortable seating as well as great views of the stage. The production company and the actors did a fantastic job, we enjoyed the show immensely.
We’ll be back to watch more shows here!
Parking is free at the clinic.

The Theater: Small local theater, every seat in the theater is great. Box office is inside the theater. Small waiting area with chairs. They do sell drinks and snacks.
The Show: Bought the tickets from Goldstar, less than $ 10 per ticket! «Underpants» is a comedy play. There are a few lines that are quite funny. For less than $ 10, it is a not so bad entertainment.
The Parking: Street metered parking and the parking lot at the community clinic close by.

This is a small theatre house, and I really enjoyed watching Avenue Q here. I thought the production design and the actors were great. I had seen it in NY, and thought this production was just as great. I saw Spring Awakening just last night, and thought it was a good musical, but lackluster with some of the casting. Kaitlyn Fajilan’s scene was a hit, and so was Corey Affron and Frankie Rodriguez’s. With both of these scenes, it is worth watching. Kaitlyn’s singing was beautiful and powerful.
I would definitely come back to see a play/​musical back at this theatre house. Great nearby restaurants too. And the staff was friendly.

This review is from the point of view of a producer who had a show at this place. The owner of this place is a guy named BILL who is a neurotic person and does ridiculous things and has no understanding of common business practices. I met with him for a show I was going to do there and agreed to his ridiculous price for one night. We agreed on the date and he «penciled» in my name and number. I spent hard cash advertising the event and a few weeks before the show, I tried to contact him to make the payment. He had sold that date to someone else without telling me and would not return my calls. I naively called a over and over and left more messages but he would not respond. I thought he was sick or had died.
One person at the place felt sorry for me and gave me his home number. I called him at his home once and he finally spoke to me. He said I had called him a million times and had not let him be. I did not know he was intentionally ignoring me and if he had just returned my call I would have understood what was going on.
He told me he had sold that date… what else can I say? I told him I had never meant to do him any harm and just wanted to pay for the event. I asked him to forgive me for whatever he thought I had done and that I needed his place for that date since I had spent a few thousand dollars advertising the event. He did not have that date and in fact had no weekends for a few months! and I had to book two Thursdays instead. The guy is a f… idiot and sadly a redneck. Had I been white, I would have never been treated this way.
People on the west side of Los Angeles at this point in time, that is the year 2014, dislike, dislike and dislike Mexicans, Armenians and Persians. If you happen to be one of those races, you’re out of luck! Racism is well, alive and still kicking hard in Los Angeles!!! When black people in the 80’s would accuse whites and others of racism, I was young and would say «Come on?» I know better now. The police force in LA is the worst, except they highly protect the Latin population.

I just saw Spamelot here and it was one of the best musical theater productions I have ever seen! Great set pieces, great costumes, great actors. This is a small theater, so even though I was in the second to last row it was still a great seat.
The venue is a little old, some of the technology as well as the seating could do with some updating, but who cares when the shows are good?

I came here for the last performance of Avenue Q. I have seen a handful of musicals, most were in much larger theaters and much larger productions. But I was thoroughly impressed with the quality of the actors In this theatre group. I paid $ 25 for the ticket. Although the Morgan-​Wixson is no Palladium, I would gladly come back for another production.
The theater venue itself is pretty old. The seating and viewing angles are not affected much by distance to the stage. Seats are old but serviceable and the building/​walls are made of stodgy old wood designs. But it doesn’t really detract from the part that matters, the performance!
The audience was an interesting mix. Definitely dominated by retirees, but there were a handful of young people on dates or in groups to enjoy a night of community culture :)
During intermission they offer free tea and coffee!

four stars for this unique independent theatre. no bad seats. .. only bad shows…
i am a regular here. .. the price is right ;)

Came to see Sweeney Todd and enjoyed the establishment and play. Nice staff and a cool quick snack bar.
Theater is well kept, older of course, but that is what gives it the charm and authenticity of sitting and enjoying a great play.

Who said theater is dead? Well… maybe it’s dying but thanks to local theaters like Morgan-​Wixson and others like it, the art thankfully continues to thrive!
I bought tickets to see Peter Schaffer’s Equus from Goldstar for half off which was great. But since I’d never been to this theater or seen a live performance of the play I read over a decade ago, I didn’t really know what to expect!
I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the caliber of talent at Morgan-​Wixson. The play was directed by Madeline Dahm, a distinguished dance artist who trained under Martha Graham and at Old Vic Theater in England. The cast was phenomenal, particularly the actor who played Alan, Andrew Villareal, whose raw talent was palpable and bone chilling.
Great little gem I’m Santa Monica!
BTW, every time I think of the name Martha Graham I always think of that «Birdcage» scene with Robin WIlliams singing «You do Martha Graham, Martha Graham, Martha Graham! Or Twyla, Twyla, Twyla! Or Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd! Or Madonna, Madonna, Madonna… but you keep it all inside.»