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Costa Mesa Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Costa Mesa.
BWW Reviews: An Enjoyable, Albeit Flawed ELF: THE MUSICAL Plays Two Performances in Riverside
The 2014 Western tour of ELF: THE MUSICAL stopped for two performances at Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center before leaving Southern California.
BWW Reviews: OSF's Breathlessly Enchanting INTO THE WOODS at The Wallis
Prepare to be thoroughly enchanted by Oregon Shakespeare Festival's transfer of INTO THE WOODS newly arrived at the Wallis Center in Beverly Hills.
BWW Reviews: Delightful, Delicious and De-Lovely! A First Class ANYTHING GOES Docks at The McCallum Theatre
If you've been secretly praying for a good old fashioned love story wrapped up in a delicious Cole Porter score, dazzling costumes, highly polished performances and slick, high-energy production numbers then the current national touring production of ANYTHING GOES, which is docked at The McCallum Th
BWW Reviews: 4 GIRLS 4! McKechnie, McArdle, McGovern And Graff Kick Off The Annenberg's Starry Cabaret Season!
The Annenberg Theatre kicked off its' starry 2014-2015 Cabaret Season with four of Broadway's most celebrated leading ladies - Donna McKechnie, Andrea McArdle, Maureen McGovern and Randy Graff - in an unforgettable evening of song and story to a "standing room only" crowd dotted with several other B
BWW Reviews: SCROOGE IN ROUGE Generates Lots of Laughs at Rancho Mirage's Desert Rose Playhouse
The Desert Rose Playhouse, in Rancho Mirage California, is presenting a hilariously funny sendup of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SCROOGE IN ROUGE.
BWW Reviews: MTW Stages Colorful West Coast Premiere of BIG FISH, Ends 11/16
Broadway's loss is definitely Long Beach's gain now that the big, bright, and buoyant new musical BIG FISH is making a splash as the season opener for Musical Theatre West's 62nd season.
BWW Reviews: Historic INTO THE WOODS Reunion featuring Sondheim, Lapine and Original B'way Cast Wows Fans
The historic reunion---formatted as part talk-show, part concert---featured not only its creators Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine waxing nostalgic about the making of this beloved show, but also had several members of the Original Broadway cast including Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zie
BWW Reviews: Cheyenne Jackson Was Vocal Perfection At The McCallum Theatre
You'll get no argument from me: Cheyenne Jackson is a powerhouse vocalist and his charismatic quotient is off the charts.
BWW Reviews: South Coast Rep Presents World Premiere of ZEALOT
In the world premiere production of playwright (and creator of NBC's Smash) Theresa Rebeck's ZEALOT---now performing at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through November 16---Mecca, Saudi Arabia serves as the setting for a volatile tug-of-war that erupts at the start of the 'Hajj,' the holy city'
BWW Reviews: Extraordinary Tony-Winning Revival of PIPPIN Somersaults into SoCal
Arguably, director Diane Paulus' greatest triumph to date is the spectacular new production of PIPPIN, the 2013 Tony-winning revival of Stephen Schwartz's trippy but winsome musical about the angst-riddled but hyper-aspirational young son of King Charlemagne, and his erratic, sometimes frustrating j
BWW Reviews: OC's 3-D Theatricals Presents Epic Production of RAGTIME
Admirably directed by 3-D Theatricals co-founder and resident artistic director TJ Dawson, this ambitiously impressive regional revival of RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL, continues through October 26 at its home-base at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton before moving north for its set of performances at the
BWW Reviews: Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Enchants with SIMPLY BROADWAY Concert
For 90 solid minutes, Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Brian Stokes Mitchell---under the guise of a showtunes-centric cabaret concert themed around his most recent studio album Simply Broadway---provided his enthralled Costa Mesa audience a virtual master class in musical theater performance.
BWW Reviews: OC's Chance Theater Escapes to the 50's in MAPLE & VINE
The appeal of trading in the hustle and bustle of a 21st Century lifestyle for a 1955 throwback downgrade is the focus of Jordan Harrison's wonderfully intriguing play MAPLE & VINE, now having its Los Angeles/Orange County premiere production at the Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills through October 19
BWW Reviews: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have a Luminous BRIGHT STAR on the Horizon
What I found so utterly engaging about the world premiere of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's new musical BRIGHT STAR is its complete unpretentiousness.
BWW Reviews: Top-Notch Performances Elevate Brilliant GOOD PEOPLE in La Mirada
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's thoughtful, riveting character study GOOD PEOPLE continues at the La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts through October 12.
BWW Reviews: Vox Lumiere's Exciting PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is Mind-Blowing Entertainment
Most of the time, when you go to the theater, you pretty much know what to expect.
BWW Reviews: Deaf West and Michael Arden Discover a New SPRING AWAKENING
Director Michael Arden gives the word discovery new meaning in a spectacular production of Steven Sater (book & lyrics) and Duncan Sheik's (music) Spring Awakening based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 expressionist play.
BWW Reviews: South Coast Rep Triumphs with Enchanting New Vision of Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST
Something completely enchanting is happening right now on a stage in Costa Mesa.
BWW Previews: Globe on Screen's TWELFTH NIGHT Opens in Los Angeles Cinemas, 9/22
Lovers of Shakespeare are in for a real treat when Shakespeare's Globe Theatre brings its all-male Original Practices production of Twelfth Night to local cinemas beginning September 22.
BWW Reviews: Independent Film BILLY SHAKESPEARE Highlights the Writer's Dilemma
BILLY SHAKESPEARE is a spicy little independent film by Deborah Voorhees that imagines what might happen if William Shakespeare tried to make it as a writer in today's Hollywood rather than Elizabethan England.
BWW Reviews: WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Roars Through So. Cal Arenas
Going above-and-beyond your typical museum diorama or theme park animatronic showcase, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a dino-lover's dream: a wondrous feat of technology, theatrical magic, and imagination---bringing to (virtual) life those figures that continue to scare/fascinate
BWW Reviews: PSYCHE A Modern Rock Opera, Art Brought to Life
The world premiere of PSYCHE: A Modern Rock Opera is undeniably impressive, especially when you consider the scope of the author's vision and the level of detail that has gone into its execution.
BWW Reviews: Tony-Winning ONCE Makes Stirring OC Debut
Subtle and, at times, molasses-slow in execution---yet ultimately powerful in impact---ONCE is a beautifully-staged, soul-searing musical that interchanges romantic entanglement for creative fulfillment---and how the line that separates these emotions are often blurred.
BWW Reviews: Tony Winner Jennifer Holliday Leads Dazzling BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS Concert
When you've been given the privilege to watch and, of course, listen to legendary Tony winner Jennifer Holliday sing live---in that signature inimitable style---it's practically akin to a religious experience.
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Elton Dom: The Young Elton Experience Rose Center Theater (10/16-10/18) |
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Rent Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot (11/06-11/22) |
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UB40 Fred Kavli Theatre (10/25-10/25) |
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Chicago: The Musical — in Concert Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (6/04-6/05) |
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The Music of Bond, James Bond Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/16-4/17) |
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Malini Awasthi Soka Performing Arts Center (10/25-10/25) |
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RENT The Laguna Playhouse (4/07-5/02) |
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A Musical To Be Announced The Curtis Theatre (2/12-2/28) |
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The 39 Steps The Laguna Playhouse (10/27-11/22) |
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Cody Fry Christmas Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (12/18-12/19) |
