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No other film saga is as inspiring and treasured by multiple generations as Rocky which, 40 years later, remains the indisputable champ in the hearts of millions.

Wayne Abravanel will bring is acclaimed one-man cabaret concert, "My Life On Broadway" to the Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Desert on Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 2 PM.

Paula Abdul attended a performance of Disney's Newsies at The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Saturday, May 28.

BYE BYE BIRDIE, opens on June 16 at Garden Grove's historic GEM THEATRE presented by the award-winning One More Productions - one of Southern California's leading musical theater companies.

A tribute to Judy Garland will be performed in a cabaret concert on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 2 PM in the Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Desert.

The Godfather Live in concert brings Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece film to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on October 1, 2016 with two performances at 1 p.

American Coast Theater Company, the resident professional theater of Vanguard University, will perform its 2016 Summer Series, beginning June 3.

On the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's Death, American Coast Theater is proud to commemorate the great bard by presenting two unique plays in repertory that explore life and death, fate versus choice, decision and indecision, art versus reality.

Pat Whiteman will bring her acclaimed show "A Whiteman Sampler" to Palm Desert's Arthur Newman Theatre on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 2 PM.

Lauded as one of the leading acrobatic companies in the world, the award-winning Shanghai Acrobats of the People's Republic of China has been entertaining generations of audiences for five decades, both at home and abroad.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT invite you to journey "Under The Sea" as it presents the fifth and final show of its 2015-2016 season, THE LITTLE MERMAID, music by Alan Menkcn, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright, musical direction

The Costa Mesa Playhouse closes its 51st season with the campy spoof "The Great American Trailer Park Musical," playing June 4 through July 3.

Los Angeles singer and actress, Amy Brothman, will appear Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 2 PM at the Arthur Newman Theater in her hit show "Jewish Women Doing Jewish Men" for the Sundays In Summer Cabaret Series.

Pacific Chorale will be closing its season on June 12 with a bang - featuring an evening full of music to fit all tastes.

UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents the Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Rice Tony-winning musical Evita, their second offering in the Irvine Barclay Theatre this season.

The nationally acclaimed Spring Dance Theatre, coordinated by CSUF Dance Professor Gladys Kares, begins tonight, May 5, and continues through May 15, 2016 in the Little Theatre on Cal State Fullerton's campus.

Recent desert transplant, Sharon Sills, has already taken the valley by storm at various venues throughout the valley.

The Board of Directors of Pacific Chorale, the resident choir of Segerstrom Center for the Arts, has announced its 2016-2017 season, the final season for its long-serving Artistic Director, John Alexander.

With a celebrated career that spans three decades, has produced 26 albums and sold more than 13 million copies, multi-platinum singer, songwriter and producer Pepe Aguilar performs his unique brand of Mexican music at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in two concerts taking place in Segerstrom Hall on

Laguna Playhouse Board of Directors announced today that, later this month, Ellen Richard will be joining Laguna Playhouse as its Interim Executive Director.

Ever since this musical opened on April 7, the show has received rave reviews, the phones have been ringing off the hook, and they have been playing to packed houses.

What starts out as a simple toothache evolves into a dizzying chain of events as a group of disparate people, played by a cast of five who assume many roles indiscriminate of age, gender, and race, struggle to make connections in an increasingly isolated world.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents the fourth production in its innovative and award-winning ONSTAGE Series with the Tony award-winning rock musical, AMERICAN IDIOT, music by Green Day, lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, musical direction

Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E.

Once upon a time there were four brothers who lived in a box, together with their best friend Big Drum.