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Hare and Tortoise
Hare and Tortoise
2/21 - 2/22/2026


Meet two competing friends in this fantastic adaptation of Aesop’s classic fable. Hare is ready to race, but Tortoise has many things to do before ...

Monty Python's Spamalot
Monty Python's Spamalot
2/17 - 2/22/2026


“Pure Glee! Spamalot is deliriously funny!” -The Wall Street Journal “The funniest musical on Broadway!” -The Washington Post

Spamalot
2/17 - 2/22/2026


In 2005, Spamalot won the Tony Award for best musical comedy. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," this ...

The Shark is Broken
The Shark is Broken
2/4 - 2/22/2026


It’s 1974. The set of  Jaws . The mechanical shark is malfunctioning, the schedule is in shambles, and three actors—Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy ...

Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz
2/26 - 2/28/2026


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Norbert Leo Butz!

Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale


What happens to Cinderella at the ball…game? This classic fairy tale gets a modern makeover as a bouncy, bilingual musical. Sweet Cenicienta, a.k.a. Cinderella, speaks only ...


Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale brings a vibrant twist to the classic story, transforming it into a bilingual musical infused with salsa and hip-hop rhythms. ...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
2/20 - 3/8/2026


The Rose Center Theater presents Fiddler on the Roof , one of the most celebrated and enduring musicals in theater history. Performances run February 20 ...

Doodle POP
Doodle POP
3/14 - 3/15/2026


A mischievous duo starts to doodle... and ends up creating a whole imaginative world! They invite us along on their sea adventure with a tiny ...

SIX
SIX
3/10 - 3/15/2026


“The show rocks. Party along with this celebration of her-story times SIX!” -Chicago Tribune “Broadway's high-energy history remix reigns supreme!” -Entertainment Weekly

SIX (Boleyn Tour)
SIX (Boleyn Tour)
3/10 - 3/15/2026


Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, in SIX the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their ...

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


The New York Times described this American classic as “wry and electric!” In Edward Albee’s landmark drama, George and Martha invite a young couple to ...

God of Carnage
God of Carnage
1/23 - 3/21/2026


In gentrified Brooklyn, a playground fight between 11-year-old boys brings four parents together to resolve their sons’ conflict. At first, diplomacy rules. But as each ...

Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison
3/19 - 3/21/2026


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Matthew Morrison!


Edward Albee's classic drama invites audiences into the tumultuous world of George and Martha, a married couple who engage in a fierce psychological battle during ...


Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? brings Edward Albee's landmark drama to life, exploring the complexities of marriage through the evening of George and Martha, who ...

The Shark Is Broken
The Shark Is Broken
3/4 - 3/22/2026


The first summer blockbuster movie is being filmed - but no one working on the film would know it. Dive deep into the tumultuous, murky ...

Sylvia
Sylvia
4/9 - 4/12/2026


A mythical soap opera full of desire, deception and forbidden romance.   Sylvia  is a captivating ballet combining the elegance of classical ballet with elements ...

New Owner
New Owner
4/25 - 4/26/2026


A story of love, loss, and new beginnings. Bart is a boisterous puppy waiting to be chosen from the animal shelter. Mabel is a lonely ...

Eat Me
Eat Me
4/12 - 5/3/2026


Chris loves fine cuisine. He spends hours in a corner of the internet where like-minded foodies share their extraordinary culinary experiences. Stevie doesn’t eat fish ...

The Invisible Boy
The Invisible Boy
5/9 - 5/10/2026


Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party...until that is, ...

Riverdance 30–The New Generation


“The sort of spectacle and experience that comes along once in a lifetime.” – The Hollywood Reporter “The original ….the best.” – The Irish Times

Fremont Ave.
4/25 - 5/23/2026


Fremont Ave., a world premiere by Reggie D. White, will run from April 25 to May 23, 2026, at South Coast Repertory. The play explores ...

Fremont Ave.
Fremont Ave.
4/25 - 5/23/2026


In 1968, George buys a suburban Southern California home—a stop on his way to something bigger—and hires Audrey as a housekeeper. In 1991, Robert is ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
6/2 - 6/14/2026


“Splendid entertainment – you realize what masters Rodgers & Hammerstein were!” –The Wall Street Journal “An irresistible score that’s always in tune!” –Entertainment Weekly


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Latest Costa Mesa Reviews


Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE


by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026

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 civility...

Review: Will Swenson Leads New SoCal Revival of SWEENEY TODD at La Mirada Theatre


by Michael Quintos - February 05, 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 Mira...

Review: THE NOTEBOOK - THE MUSICAL Floats Into OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - January 29, 2026

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...

Review: New Revival of THE WIZ Lands at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - January 18, 2026

If the longevity of a Broadway classic is judged by its ability to reflect both its historical significance and its present existence in popular culture, this new revival of THE WIZ is somehow caught somewhere between reverence and reinvention....



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