American Canyon Opens Stage Comedy as Troubadour Named Music Landmark

Local stage comedy in Southern Napa County and two landmark live-entertainment milestones in Southern California anchored California's cultural calendar this week as American Canyon High School's theater department prepared to open You Can't Take It With You, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame dedicated West Hollywood's Troubadour as a historic music landmark, and Rooftop Cinema Club readied its newest open-air venue atop Madame Tussauds Hollywood.

In American Canyon, the Napa Valley Register reported that the American Canyon High School theater department at 3000 Newell Drive will open George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's madcap comedy You Can't Take It With You on Thursday, November 12 at 7 p.m. Centered on Grandpa Vanderhof and his unconventional family pursuing their hobbies inside a New York City brownstone, the production continues with evening performances on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14 at 7 p.m. and concludes with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, November 15. Tickets are priced at $8 for students and $12 for adults through achsdrama.org.

In West Hollywood, Hoodline reported that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, led by chairman John Sykes, is dedicating the Troubadour at 9081 N Santa Monica Blvd. as a music landmark on Wednesday at 3 p.m., hours before a sold-out tribute concert for inductee Gram Parsons featuring Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, the Black Crowes, Jesse Welles, Margo Price, and Grace Potter. Founded by Doug Weston in 1957, the Troubadour hosted Elton John's first U.S. show in 1970—introduced by Neil Diamond—and the 1970 meeting of Glenn Frey and Don Henley that launched the Eagles, joining landmark honorees such as the Ryman Auditorium, the Bottom Line, the Surf Ballroom, King Records, and Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studios (recognized in 2010). Having hosted two induction ceremonies before 2020 and three since (five in total, including 2025 at the Peacock Theater) on a three-year rotation with New York and Cleveland, Los Angeles will host Saturday's 2026 induction of Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Rick Rubin, Ed Sullivan, Jimmy Miller, and Wu-Tang Clan ahead of an December 8 ABC broadcast.

Just east in Hollywood, Hoodline reported that Rooftop Cinema Club, founded by Gerry Cottle after its 2015 Hollywood debut at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre, will open a year-round venue on November 18 atop the third-floor rooftop of Madame Tussauds Hollywood at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. next to the TCL Chinese Theatre and across from the Hollywood Roosevelt. Requiring no museum ticket, the rooftop welcomes guests 16 and older for evening screenings (with a craft bar for guests 21 and up), pairing wireless headphones with titles like La La Land, The Notebook, When Harry Met Sally, Home Alone, Love Actually, Elf, and It's a Wonderful Life, with single seats at $29 and heated Fireside Films pairs starting at $31.