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In Orange County, several local theaters big and small are presenting a plethora of yuletide-themed shows designed to put you in an even more festive mood-certainly a welcome break from all the parties and all that shopping you'll surely be busy with, of course.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/19 for Costa Mesa

It was just about one year ago when cabaret producer Les Michaels introduced Janene Lovullo at Billy Reed's in Palm Springs to a SRO crowd.

Last season's biggest Off-Broadway hit, Circle Mirror Transformation, will have its West Coast premiere on SCR's Julianne Argyros Stage Jan.

La Jolla Playhouse is currently accepting applications for its 2011/12 Resident Theatre Program.

In Orange County, several local theaters big and small are presenting a plethora of yuletide-themed shows designed to put you in an even more festive mood-certainly a welcome break from all the parties and all that shopping you'll surely be busy with, of course.

Despite being a lesser-known composer to the average joe than, say, Bacharach or Mancini, Cy Coleman irrefutably built a solid, prolific career in popular music, which later led to an even more successful string of hits on the Broadway stage.

It was just about one year ago when cabaret producer Les Michaels introduced Janene Lovullo at Billy Reed's in Palm Springs to a SRO crowd.

In Orange County, several local theaters big and small are presenting a plethora of yuletide-themed shows designed to put you in an even more festive mood-certainly a welcome break from all the parties and all that shopping you'll surely be busy with, of course.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Riverside for 5 performances on January 28, 2011 - January 30, 2011 at The Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside.

Trumpet sensation Chris Botti, known for effortlessly crossing boundaries between pop and classical, jazz and rock, will bring his chart-topping talents to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a special one-night-only concert Sunday, January 8, 2011 in Segerstrom Hall.

Experience the joy and magic of a traditional Viennese style New Year when SALUTE TO VIENNA returns to the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1 at 8 p.

In Orange County, several local theaters big and small are presenting a plethora of yuletide-themed shows designed to put you in an even more festive mood-certainly a welcome break from all the parties and all that shopping you'll surely be busy with, of course.

From Tony Award-Winning playwright John Caird (Nicholas Nickleby, Les Miserables) and Tony nominated composer Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre) comes the World Premiere of the romantic musical Daddy Long Legs, running November 30 - December 26 at The Laguna Playhouse.

The 2009 Tony® Award-winning Best Musical Revival HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, will play the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement beginning January 25, 2011.

South Coast Repertory and Hal Landon, Jr.

Teachers cast spells, cows wander the halls and pigtails speak in the deliriously funny opener of SCR's Theatre for Young Audiences season: Sideways Stories from Wayside School, which runs Nov.

A newly married couple finds their own relationship on the rocks after they set up their friends on a date from hell in Gina Gionfriddo's wicked comedy Becky Shaw, a West Coast premiere that will run Oct.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center November 16 - 21.

The South Coast Repertory Theater has announced its upcoming schedule for August through November, 2010.

Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre, presents the Southern California Premiere of the new musical BOYS WILL BE BOYS from Oct.

Based on the 1991 hit movie musical masterpiece--the first animated feature film to ever score a Best Picture Oscar® nomination--Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST went on to become a hit stage musical as well, ushering a new, successful theatrical arm for the studio.

Sutton Foster, one of Broadway's most loved and talented leading ladies, will make her Orange County Performing Arts Center debut January 6 - 9 in the star-studded Cabaret Series.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center November 16 - 21.

JC Lee's Pookie Goes Grenading will have a staged reading Nov.