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The Fab Four - 55th Anniversary of Sgt. PepperJoin Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute for an unforgettable night of classic Beatles music! You'll enjoy note-perfect renditions of |
8/13
| Pacific Amphitheatre – OC Fair 100 Fair Drive Costa Mesa |
Pacific Chorale’s Choral FestivalFeaturing:Robert Istad, conductorPacific Chorale's Festival ChoruswithJung-A Lee, organDavid Clemensen, pianoRebecca Hasquet, sopranoJared Daniel Jones, baritonePacific Chorales Choral Festival returns to the Concert Hall after a |
8/14
| Reneé and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa |
TAKE3With a flair for the wild and unexpected, the genre-defying trio, TAKE3, brings the refinement of a rigorous classical music background and infuses it with |
8/18
| Muckenthaler Cultural Center 1201 W Malvern Ave Fullerton |
Hadestown |
8/9
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8/21/2022
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Dr. Costa Mesa |
Million Dollar QuartetVisual content only |
8/3
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8/21/2022
| South Coast Repertory Costa Mesa |
Million Dollar QuartetThis is our annual Outside SCR production at Mission San Juan Capistrano, where you can enjoy world-class theatre under the stars. All shows begin at |
7/30
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8/21/2022
| South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa |
Pageant of the Masters “Wonderful World”The Pageant of the Masters is arguably one of the most unique productions in the entire world. Each evening during the summer season, classic and |
7/7
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9/2/2022
| Festival of Arts 650 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
Kim's ConvenienceAuthor Ins Choi writes from personal experience about intergenerational clashes in a Korean-Canadian family, giving this award-winning play a feeling of integrity and authenticity. A |
9/21
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10/9/2022
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
Love Among The Ruins |
10/26
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11/13/2022
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
StagedSTAGED-- Tells the story of a struggling out of work writer and an equally fed up out of work actress who decide that they will |
1/25
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2/12/2023
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
AppropriateBranden Jacobs-Jenkins |
1/28
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2/26/2023
| South Coast Repertory Costa Mesa |
Mean GirlsFeaturing a book by Tina Fey, MEAN GIRLS tells the story of a naïve newbie who falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies. Entertainment |
3/7
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3/19/2023
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Dr. Costa Mesa |
Once |
3/8
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3/26/2023
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
The Realistic Joneses |
4/26
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5/14/2023
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
Murder on the LinksThe Murder on the Links by Arthur Gramm Available on Video and on our Podcast https://www.facebook.com/QuarantinePlayershttps://anchor.fm/qplayersAdapted by Arthur Gramm from the novel by the same |
5/31
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6/18/2023
| The Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach |
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Latest Costa Mesa Reviews
Review: Wayne Brady Leads Spectacular KINKY BOOTS at the Hollywood Bowl
by Michael Quintos - July 09, 2022
Featuring a superb performance from Emmy-winning improv king Wayne Brady as Lola, this new Hollywood Bowl production of KINKY BOOTS---which continues with two more performances July 9-10---marks the triumphant return of the annual summer musical to the world famous venue, armed with a very timely pr...
Review: Stage Musical Adaptation of PRETTY WOMAN Struts Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - July 08, 2022
Fresh from its three-week stop at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, the first national tour of PRETTY WOMAN - THE MUSICAL---based on that hit 1990 movie about a Hollywood hooker who finds true love---has made the short drive to OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a two-week engagemen...
Review: Uplifting COME FROM AWAY Tour Makes Return Trip to OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - June 23, 2022
Endearingly inspirational and beautifully performed, COME FROM AWAY---as experienced in this relaunched post-lockdown tour now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 26, 2022---certainly proves itself worthy of repeat visits. At its core, the show is a hopeful, positive...
BWW Review: A Joyous, Must-See Production of IN THE HEIGHTS Thrills in La Mirada
by Michael Quintos - June 10, 2022
Exuding pure joy, blissful camaraderie, and high-energy theatrics, this exuberantly performed new SoCal production of IN THE HEIGHTS—continuing through June 26, 2022 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—feels like such an emotionally amped-up, escapist antidote to the divided times we c...
BWW Review: Funny But Flawed TOOTSIE Musical Adaptation Sashays Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - June 08, 2022
What did our critic think of Tootsie in Costa Mesa? Despite a still problematic central premise, the non-equity national tour of the stage adaptation of TOOTSIE---now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 12, 2022---is, for the most part, a funny but flawed musical spr...
BWW Review: Satirical Play TIGER STYLE! Mocks Stereotypes at South Coast Repertory
by Michael Quintos - June 01, 2022
Funny, outrageous, and surprisingly thought-provoking beneath all its biting sarcasm, Mike Lew's reverberating satire TIGER STYLE!---now on stage at OC's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through June 5, 2022---shines a light on the merits of a controversial parenting style and whether it results ...
BWW Review: South Coast Repertory Revisits Classic Play OUR TOWN
by Michael Quintos - May 25, 2022
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 three-act play OUR TOWN has a superb new iteration now performing at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA through June 4, 2022. Directed by Beth Lopes, the show employs a wonderfully diverse cast, as it re-stages its seemingly ordinary but ultimately ...
BWW Review: 3-D Theatricals Returns with Disney's Triumphant, High-Energy Musical NEWSIES
by Michael Quintos - May 18, 2022
After a two-year delay due to COVID, this long-awaited So. Cal. production of NEWSIES---currently on stage at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts through May 29, 2022---marks the much-anticipated live and in-person return of 3-D Theatricals. The wait, as the saying goes, was worth it....
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by Michael Quintos - April 27, 2022
THE SOUND OF MUSIC's built-in charm and charisma is indeed very much present in McCoy Rigby Entertainment's latest stage iteration of this classic stage production, now playing at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 15, 2022. Filled with visually-captivating production values, ...
BWW Review: Poignant Play CRY IT OUT Spotlights Modern Motherhood at OC's Chance Theater
by Michael Quintos - April 15, 2022
Now having its Orange County premiere performances at Chance Theater in Anaheim through May 1, 2022, CRY IT OUT is a poignant slice-of-life that takes an eavesdropper's look at the hopes, fears, and lessons that come with new motherhood in our current times, and just how different each new mother ch...
