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The Wiz
The Wiz
6/6 - 6/22/2025


Book by William F. Brown Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls From the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum   A ...

These Shining Lives
6/13 - 6/22/2025


These Shining Lives tells the powerful true story of the Radium Girls, highlighting the courage and resilience of women whose lives were undervalued in the ...

 Fresh Faces 2025 Exhibition at foaSouth


“Fresh Faces 2025” Offers Sneak Peek of Artwork from First-Time Festival of Arts Exhibitors, April 7 - June 23, 2025   Art lovers are invited ...

Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
9/26 - 6/26/2025


“Genuine goosebumps! Stage, Screen & Everything In Between is hit after hit, from Sondheim to Simple Minds and back again.” – BroadwayWorld

Something Rotten! – Gala Performance at the Rose Center Theater


Experience a night of laughter, music, and local talent at the Rose Center Theater’s Gala Performance of Something Rotten! on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at ...

Peril In The Alps
Peril In The Alps
6/11 - 6/29/2025


The thrilling follow-up to Murder on the Links makes its anticipated debut! This new Hercule Poirot story leads the famed Belgian detective on a thrilling ...

Comedy Oakland at Seawolf Pub Thu Jul 3 8pm


Comedy Oakland is 2016-2023 winner of "Best Comedy Night"! Featuring best comedians from Bay Area and beyond. No drink minimums. Free street parking.

The (Not So) Late Show at Seawolf Pub Sat Jul 5 8:45pm


Comedy Oakland, 2016-2023 winner of "Best Comedy Night" in East Bay Express Reader's Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have ...

Marinelli Bros Circus - A New Experience!


Prepare to be captivated, entertained, and amazed at Marinelli Bros. Circus — A New Experience!

Grease!
Grease!
6/12 - 7/20/2025


Get ready for one of America’s favorite movie musicals live on stage at The GEM Theatre— Grease! This electrifying production brings the fun, the flair, ...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
6/27 - 7/20/2025


The Rose Center Theater is proud to present the hit Broadway musical Something Rotten! running June 27 through July 20, 2025, in Westminster, California. Set ...

Concerts on the Green at Festival of Arts


Select Saturdays at 1pm Sit back, relax, and enjoy the sounds of award-winning musicians as they perform live as part of the Festival of Arts ...

Tribute Saturdays at Festival of Arts


The Festival of Arts’ brings to the stage some of Southern California’s most well-known tribute bands. Talented performers pay homage to music legends as they ...

Soulful Sundays at Festival of Arts


Soulful Sundays, a music series dedicated to rich melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and the power of emotion through song. From bluesy ballads to gospel grooves, each ...

Teen and Adult Art Classes at Festival of Arts


Fridays – Sundays at 3pm July 5 – August 24, 2025   Let your creativity run wild this summer in Laguna Beach! Discover your inner artist ...

Southern Nights: Country & Blues Music Series at Festival of Arts


Fridays at 5:30pm Get ready for warm summer nights filled with the sounds of country and blues! Featuring talented musicians and a relaxed summer setting, ...

Dancing Queens
Dancing Queens
9/11 - 9/13/2025


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Dancing Queens!

Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp
Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp
10/16 - 10/18/2025


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp!

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
10/7 - 10/19/2025


"Some Like It Hot sizzles! This is a glorious, toe-tapping, razzle-dazzling embrace of everything you love about musical theater.” –Deadline

Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
10/28 - 11/2/2025


“The jukebox musical to end all jukebox musicals - it’s hard to imagine how it can be topped.” -Time Out New York

Shucked
Shucked
11/11 - 11/23/2025


“The surprise delight of the season” -Variety “More hilarious than any show since The Book of Mormon.” -New York Stage Review

Tony Yazbeck
Tony Yazbeck
12/11 - 12/13/2025


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Tony Yazbeck!

Stella Cole
Stella Cole
1/15 - 1/17/2026


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Stella Cole!

The Wiz
The Wiz
1/13 - 1/25/2026


“The Wiz is cause for celebration!” -Chicago Tribune


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Latest Costa Mesa Reviews


Review: Hugh Jackman Headlines Hollywood Bowl's 2025 Season Opener


by Michael Quintos - June 18, 2025

To kick off the official start of its 2025 season, one of the world's most iconic venues, the Hollywood Bowl, welcomed more than 10,000 guests on the evening of June 7, 2025 for its opening night concert 'An Evening With Hugh Jackman,' featuring the celebrated Australian-born stage-and-screen star p...

Review: New Regional Production of Disney's FROZEN Debuts at La Mirada


by Michael Quintos - June 13, 2025

Touted as the first 'non-replica' regional production of this Disney stage musical mounted in Southern California, La Mirada Theatre's fresh iteration of FROZEN - THE MUSICAL still has plenty of Disney-esque magic to offer young and old audience members alike seeking to revisit the land of Arendelle...

Review: LIFE OF PI Comes to Vibrant Life at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - June 06, 2025

There is definitely an easy-to-surmise draw behind the now-touring version of the Tony Award-winning play LIFE OF PI, now currently enchanting audiences at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 15, 2025. Filled with innovative visual trickery and remarkable, human-powered pu...

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere Play THE STAIRCASE


by Michael Quintos - May 09, 2025

Set in the part of the 'real' Hawaii that tourists are unlikely to ever see, THE STAIRCASE—the World Premiere play from Noa Gardner directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch—is an admirable new play that features a superb acting ensemble, relatable themes, beautifully authentic cultural representation, and a...

Review: Omigod! LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL Is a Winner at La Mirada


by Michael Quintos - April 29, 2025

Filled with catchy, pop-infused songs, engaging characters, vibrant choreography, and a not-so-subtle message of female empowerment and self-confidence, LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL is back in SoCal in a brand new, awesomely-entertaining, Broadway-caliber regional production at the La Mirada Theatre...

Review: Tony Award-Winning Musical HAMILTON Returns to OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - April 28, 2025

Now ten years old, HAMILTON—which was birthed during a more welcoming time when such a creative, innovative endeavor felt like a step in necessary progress—still lives up to its initial hype, but also now feels more groundbreaking and particularly poignant than ever before....

Review: A FABULOUS 50TH Celebrates CHICAGO and A CHORUS LINE Golden Anniversary


by Michael Quintos - April 23, 2025

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of two groundbreaking, iconic musicals CHICAGO and A CHORUS LINE, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in association with Spot-On Entertainment presented a one-nigh-only star-studded concert featuring the music of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Marvin Hamlisch. The line...

Review: Cheyenne Jackson Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - April 21, 2025

With a notable career that spans stage and screen, musically-gifted actor Cheyenne Jackson delivered a wonderfully charming, wickedly hilarious OC solo debut set during his three-night run at Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Samueli Theatre from April 10-12, 2025. Backed by the superbly talented Will...

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD!


by Michael Quintos - April 17, 2025

Poignant, hopeful, sardonic, jubilant, and hilariously wicked, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD! is a brilliant new World Premiere play that revels in its eccentricity yet, thankfully, doesn't quite shield you from genuine, gut-wrenching emotions that tug at your heart strings. Buoy...

Review: Musical Theatre West Ventures Back INTO THE WOODS in Long Beach


by Michael Quintos - April 03, 2025

For Musical Theatre West's new, winning large-scale production—now on stage at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach through April 13, 2025—director Kari Hayter and a company of terrific performers have revived the musical in an expected, true-to-the-classic staging, bursting with the c...



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