California Arts

It's not surprising that California's largest cities also offer the richest opportunities for enjoying the arts, but you'll find a few real gems off the beaten path, too including the house where Eugene O'Neill wrote his most famous plays.

Since the Tony Award for Regional Theatre Award was first given out in 1976, eight California companies have won. Find out which ones they are.

Los Angeles

If you love film, the theater and art museums, you can't go wrong in Los Angeles, home to more museums than any other American city, where there are plenty of actors, both famous and excellent-but-undiscovered.

• Los Angeles Art Museums
• Los Angeles Theater
• Pageant of the Masters, Newport Beach one of our favorites

San Francisco

If you're a fan of Rodin sculpture, the San Francisco area is the place to be, with extensive Rodin collections at the Palace of the Legion of Honor and at the Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Center for the Arts in Palo Alto.

• Berkeley Rep(Tony Award-Winner for Regional Theatre, 1997) one of our favorites
• San Francisco Art Museums
• San Francisco Performing Arts
• Tix Discount Ticket Booth

San Diego

• La Jolla Playhouse(Tony Award-Winner for Regional Theatre, 1993)

Other Locations

• Eugene O'Neill's Tao House, Danville one of our favorites
• Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Center for the Arts, Palo Alto

Rest of the West

• Dale Chihulyin Tacoma, Washington
• Glass Museum, Tacoma
• Heard Museum, Phoenix
• Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon
• Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico
• Sundance Festival, Utah

Return to the California for Culture Lovers Index to find more artistic and cultural places to go on your California vacation.