The latest news on live theater in Costa Mesa from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
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As Segerstrom Center for the Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary season, the Center has revealed its 2026–2027 Broadway season.
Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack
Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has announced the winners of the 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, which include San Francisco Opera's The Monkey King and Frankenstein at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
BroadwayWorld chats with Connecticut native Amanda Robles, who plays The Lady of the Lake in the North American Tour of Spamalot.
South Coast Repertory's Theatre for Young Audiences and Families will present CINDERELLA: A SALSA FAIRY TALE, a bilingual and hip-hop infused adaptation of the classic story, from February 20 to March 8.
They say that falling in love is wonderful.
Candace Bushnell, famed 'Sex in the City' creator, will perform her one-woman show at South Coast Repertory on May 30 and 31.
Swap glass slippers for basketball high-tops and join South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Suzanne Appel) for Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale.
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning Scottish comedian, Daniel Sloss, has announced North American theater tour dates for his brand-new show, Daniel Sloss: BITTER.
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Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi
Laguna Art Museum has announced the return of its signature fundraising event, the 44th Annual California Cool Art Auction, a vibrant celebration of California art, creativity and community.
Watch clips from Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at South Coast Repertory.
South Coast Repertory is now presenting Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Directed by Lisa Rothe In association with University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School for the Arts Department of Drama, the production runs through March 21, 2026.
In what is clearly proving to be the must-see stage production of the new year so far here in Southern California, McCoy Rigby Entertainment's stunning new production of the 1979 Tony Award-winning classic SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET—now playing a limited engagement at the La Mi
Watch video clips from South Coast Repertory's Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' The cast features Gabriel Gaston, Kim Martin-Cotten, Elysia Roorbach and Brian Vaughn.
Vanguard University Theatre Department will present THESE SHINING LIVES by Melanie Marnich this spring at the Lyceum Theater in Costa Mesa.
The Vanguard University Theatre Department will present the beloved Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, running from February 19 through March 8 at the Lyceum Theater in Costa Mesa.
Adapted from Nicholas Sparks' ubiquitous 1996 novel (and its popular 2004 film iteration featuring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling), THE NOTEBOOK - THE MUSICAL re-stages a generational love story into a quietly sweeping, memory-fractured stage romance that subtly promotes emotional accumulation over
God of Carnage is now playing at South Coast Repertory Theatre, in rep with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Theatrical Event runs Jan.
Pacific Symphony Pops will present a concert devoted to the film music of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton.
Pacific Symphony will welcome back Carl St.
Pacific Symphony will present a special concert featuring the iconic scores of Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, including music from Beetlejuice and Batman, at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
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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) |
