COSTA MESA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 72

There aren't many things that signal the beginning of the holiday season quite like watching It's a Wonderful Life.

The Laguna Playhouse is thrilled to present film great Leslie Caron (An American In Paris, Gigi, Fanny) in a comic and heartfelt valentine to the human condition, SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS, written by Richard Alfieri and directed by Michael Arabian (Waiting for Godot).

Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY will return to the West Coast for two nights, tonight and Saturday, November 22 and 23, 2013 at 7:30pm.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts announces new dates for its world premiere dance event featuring superstar dance duo Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in the 2013 - 2014 International Dance Season.

Segerstrom Center's Off Center Festival returns for its third consecutive year January 23 - February 2.

Segerstrom Center's Family Series continues with the West Coast premiere of Still Awake Still!, the surreal show that is part-concert, part-theater and full fun.

Move over Grinch; Santa Claus is coming to town and taking up residence at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura! Rubicon's November/ December HOLIDAY CENTRAL calendar offers a sparkling array of more than 35 shows and events for all ages.

In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim - and they all deal with the same classic melodrama plot - 'I can't pay the rent!' George

Cirque du Soleil's trademark blue-and-yellow big top is now up at the Orange County Great Park Festival Site in Irvine, second Greater Los Angeles Area tour stop of the all-new awe-inspiring production TOTEM.

The multi-award-winning NoHo Arts Center Ensemble (NoHo ACE), Independent Shakespeare Co.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts presents the third show in its 2013-14 Programs for Young Audiences series, The Gizmo Guys.

Thirty-four years and going strong: South Coast Repertory's traditional holiday production of A Christmas Carol, complete with ghosts, vibrant costumes, dancing, endearing characters and a cast that includes 16 local school children and Hal Landon Jr.

David Trainer directs the Los Angeles Premiere of David Greig's celebrated new version of August Strindberg's psychological thriller CREDITORS, a co-production between two of the city's most respected theaters, the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and The New American Theatre.

Irvine Barclay Theatre previously announced an engagement of Potted Potter, the unauthorized Harry Experience, a parody by Dan and Jeff, for four performances only, tonight, November 14-Saturday, November 16, 2013.

Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre company, is pleased to announce the return of the holiday classic, LAST CHRISTMAS I GAVE YOU MY HEART BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY YOU SAID YOU WERE GAY by Darcy Hogan.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa announces that the first North American tour of the new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ will play February 11 - 23 in Segerstrom Hall.

Segerstrom Center's Family Series presents the Orange County premiere of The Intergalactic Nemesis - Book Two: Robot Planet Rising today, November 8 - 10 in Samueli Theater.

The critically-acclaimed ALLIANCE REPERTORY COMPANY is returning in conjunction with Witzel View Entertainment with its first production in over 3 years and the first show of their 2013-2014 season, with Tony Award-winning actress Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden) featured in THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOL

The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors, Karen Wood and Ann E.

The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors, Karen Wood and Ann E.

The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors, Karen Wood and Ann E.

The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors Karen Wood and Ann E.

California State University, Fullerton's Department of Theatre and Dance delivers holiday fun with the cheery A Christmas Carolsatire, Inspecting Carol, by Daniel Sullivan in the Young Theatre of the Clayes Performing Arts Center from November 22-December 15, 2013.

CHICAGO, which opened to rave reviews on November 14, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest running American musical in Broadway history and shows no sign of slowing down.

Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre company, who brought you the hit production of [TITLE OF SHOW] earlier this year, is pleased to present the return of musical cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW beginning October 31, 2013.