| Broadway Superstar Sutton Foster Joins Musical Forces with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra and Conductor Chris Walden to Open The Soraya’s 2026-27 Season
Since winning her first Tony Award for the title role in Broadway’s Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002, Sutton Foster has become one of the industry’s most celebrated performers. For one night only, Foster makes her Soraya debut with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, a 40-piece big band and string orchestra led by seven-time GRAMMY®-nominated conductor Chris Walden, in an evening of Broadway favorites and beyond. The concert will feature new arrangements created by Walden specifically for this performance.
| Single Tickets Now Available for The Soraya’s 2026–27 Season
Single tickets for The Soraya’s 2026-27 Season are now available to the public. The 44-performance lineup features what the Los Angeles Times calls “eight noteworthy debuts,” — Sutton Foster and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra led by conductor Chris Walden; Snarky Puppy; Majo Aguilar con Mariachi y Banda; Dance Theatre of Harlem; the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; the LA Phil; Audra McDonald; and the National Symphony Orchestra.
| THE SORAYA ANNOUNCES ITS FULL 2026-27 SEASON
Eight prominent debuts will be among the 45 performances to be featured in The Soraya’s 2026-27 Season, highlighting the performing arts center’s ongoing commitment to the breadth and excellence of its programs. Additionally, The Soraya’s Great Hall will welcome world-class symphony orchestras as well as jazz greats, offerings that have defined the venue since it opened 15 years ago.
| Four Passionate Voices— Ofelia Medina, Eugenia León, Ely Guerra, and La Marisoul Join Forces to Honor Legendary Mexican Ranchera Singer Chavela Vargas With the U.S Debut of CHAVELA Y SUS MUJERES Featuring Los Macorinos and Mariachi Gama 1000
Four passionate and powerful Latina vocalists — Ely Guerra, Eugenia León, Ofelia Medina and La Marisoul—join forces with Los Macorinos and Mariachi Gama 1000 for the U.S. debut of Chavela y Sus Mujeres, a one-of-a-kind musical tribute to the late Chavela Vargas, the celebrated social and musical rebel, and passionate interpreter of rancheras, boleros, and corridos.
| CSUN Announces Chad Hilligus as The Soraya’s New Executive and Artistic Director
California State University, Northridge has appointed Chad Hilligus as the new executive and artistic director of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, known as The Soraya, a nationally recognized performing arts venue.
| Jeremy Jordan Two-Time Tony-Nominated star Of The Great Gatsby, Floyd Collins, Little Shop of Horrors, and Newsies, Makes his Debut at The Soraya
Just weeks after concluding his Tony Award-nominated performance in The Great Gatsby, Broadway musical star Jeremy Jordan will make his debut at The Soraya on Saturday, April 11 at 8 p.m. before returning to New York where he will step into the role of Bobby Darin in the Broadway hit, Just in Time on April 21.
| The Soraya’s 2026-27 Season Includes Major Debuts, New Works, and the Return of the Jazz at Naz festival
Six prominent debuts will be among the 40-plus performances to be featured in the The Soraya’s 2026-27 Season, highlighting the performing arts center’s ongoing commitment to the breadth and excellence of its programs. Additionally, The Soraya’s Great Hall will welcome world-class symphony orchestras as well as jazz greats, offerings that have defined the venue since it opened 15 years ago. The full season schedule of performances will be announced on May 7, 2026.
| Classical Music Continues at The Soraya with the return of Joshua Bell and the debuts of the New York Philharmonic String Quartet and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Yuja Wang
The Soraya’s 2025-26 Season of classical music continues this month with the welcome return of Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performing works by Bhrams, Schumann and Ives. This concert will mark Bell’s 10th appearance at The Soraya, the most by any artist in its 15-year history.
| The Soraya Presents Alonzo King LINES Ballet Ode to Alice Coltrane Noted Choreographer Honors the Legacy of Legendary American Jazz Artist, Spiritual Leader, Composer, Pianist, and Harpist
Alonzo King is one of America’s most decorated choreographers, and his San Francisco-based company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, has stood at the forefront of bold work both on the West Coast and in their global touring for more than four decades. King has been captivated by jazz legend Alice Coltrane for much of his life, and Ode to Alice Coltrane, his 2024 creation to her music.