Jake David Smith and Senzel Ahmady Will Lead North American Tour of THE GREAT GATSBY
The North American Tour of THE GREAT GATSBY will star stage veterans Jake David Smith as Jay Gatsby and Senzel Ahmady as Daisy Buchanan.
Costa Mesa Theater Newsroom
The latest news on live theater in Costa Mesa from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
How To Support Over 200 Non-Profit Theatres on Giving Tuesday
BroadwayWorld is sharing our Giving Tuesday Regional Theatre Database, a resource to connect theater lovers with nonprofit theaters nationwide, for the second year in a row.
Voting Open to Pick the Top 10 of Next On Stage: Season 6
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
Festival of Arts To Present LIGHT AND SHADOW: VALUE IN LAGUNA at Laguna Beach City Hall
The Festival of Arts has opened Light and Shadow: Value in Laguna, a new exhibition at Laguna Beach City Hall running November 14, 2025 through January 8, 2026.
ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups.
Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 15 Revealed
Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!
A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS Tickets On Sale Today
Tickets are on sale now for the starriest holiday show in Southern California as Broadway powerhouses Tony Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kevin Chamberlin, James Snyder and Rachel York join the talented perfomers of David Green's Musical Theatre University in a ninety-minute holiday celebratio
Pacific Symphony To Present TCHAIKOVSKY’S SWAN LAKE In December 4–6
Pacific Symphony will present “Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake” December 4–6 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall under the direction of guest conductor Tianyi Lu.
Pacific Symphony To Present SHELLEY CONDUCTS CARMEN AND DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ
Pacific Symphony will present “Shelley Conducts Carmen and Daphnis and Chloé” from November 20–22 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Voting Open to Pick the Top 15 of Next On Stage: Season 6
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere
Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned with its first live shows, revealing the Top 30 performers in both age groups.
Watch the Premiere of Next On Stage: Season 6
Who has made the Top 30 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? Tune in to the episode here to find out!
Review: Pun-tastic SHUCKED Harvests Laughs at Segerstrom Center
Filled with a seemingly non-stop parade of awww-shucks delivered puns—of both super naughty and super corny varieties—the show, for lack of a more eloquent description, is so frikkin silly and stupid in the best possible ways a comedy can get.
THE HOLIDAY GEM Set For 2025 Run At The Gem Theatre In Garden Grove
One More Productions will present The Holiday Gem this November and December at the GEM Theatre in Garden Grove.
American Coast Theater Company To Present Its 2025 Christmas Cabaret At Vanguard University
American Coast Theater Company (ACTC) will return to the Lyceum Theater this December with a brand-new 2025 Christmas Cabaret, featuring 30 songs spanning traditional carols, modern favorites, and original works.
Kernels of Wisdom: Quinn VanAntwerp on the Sweet, Silly Joy of SHUCKED
Longtime Broadway actor Quinn VanAntwerp talks to BroadwayWorld about what it’s like to play the comedic villain in the Tony Award-winning SHUCKED, playing at the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts in Costa Mesa through November 23.
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents THE HEART SELLERS
An intermission-less, two-character, conversational-centric play that focuses on a pair of women's specific immigrant experiences—marked with loneliness, hopes, fears, and puzzlements big and small—Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh's absorbing, touching, and occasionally (thankfully) very funny
Winokur, Chamberlin, Snyder And York Celebrate A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS In Palm Springs
Michael Orland and David Green's Musical Theatre University Team Up With PS Art Museum to bring A Very Broadway Christmas to Palm Springs in the Museum's beautiful Annenberg Theatre for two special nights in December -- December 16 and 17 at 7:00 pm.
Review: Laughs Fly High in PETER PAN GOES WRONG at La Mirada
Now presenting an even more over-the-top follow up compared to their first go-round in THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG staged here last February, the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment revisit the earnestly bumbling folks at the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Socie
BOOP! THE MUSICAL North American Tour Will Open in Rochester in Fall 2026
BOOP! The Musical will embark on a North American Tour, opening for its 50-week run in Rochester, NY at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre.
Just One Week Left to Vote for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage Season 6
Election Day may be over, but voting is still open for the first round of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage! Each week, contestants will be voted on by the general public and judged by an all-star panel of judges.
Celebrate 45 Years of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at South Coast Repertory
With special elements designed to enhance the theatergoing experience, South Coast Repertory celebrates 45 years of bringing Orange County the timeless tale of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Major Attaway and More Will Lead MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT North American Tour
Full casting has been announced for the North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT.
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Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Returns to OC’s Segerstrom Center
After making a splash when it first visited the OC back in 2022, MOULIN ROUGE! - THE MUSICAL—the dazzling, Tony Award-winning 2019 Broadway stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking 2001 movie musical—is back full throttle at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a limited wee
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) The Grove (10/18-10/18) |
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Tchaikovsky Spectacular: Concert of Hope Tchaikovsky Spectacular: Concert of Hope (9/05-9/05) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast Spooktacular Tour with Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, and Patricia Quinn Grove of Anahaim (10/10-10/10) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Segerstrom Center for the Arts (12/29-1/03) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Rose Center Theater (7/31-8/02) |
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Gorillaz Oakland Arena (10/28-10/28) |
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Pageant of the Masters “The Greatest of All Time” Festival of Arts (7/09-9/04) |
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Paper Wing Theatre (8/28-9/20) |
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Music of ABBA: ARRIVAL from Sweden Great Park Live (8/22-8/22) |
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Jagged Little Pill Paper Wing Theatre (7/17-8/09) |