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Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony


Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony reimagines Dolly Parton’s most treasured works with cinematic sweep and personal depth. Her instantly recognizable voice is woven ...

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!


It's not easy being the Pigeon - you never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make ...

Shelley Conducts Carmen and Daphnis and Chloe


Experience a night of rhythmic passion and orchestral storytelling. Bizet’s Suite No. 1 from Carmen ignites with fiery Spanish melodies and drama. Montero’s Latin Concerto ...

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

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
12/4 - 12/6/2025


Dive into a night of elegance and emotion with Cassandra Miller’s serene Swim , Ravel’s jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G Major featuring Alexandra Dariescu—hailed as ...

The Nutcracker for Kids


Celebrate the holiday season with a beloved classic designed especially for young audiences! The Nutcracker for Kids is a narrated adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s timeless ballet, ...

Handel's Glorious Messiah


A timeless masterwork that transcends three centuries, Handel’s Messiah is an event of joy, reflection and renewal. Thrill to the blazing trumpets, thundering timpani, and ...

Holiday Organ Spectacular


Celebrate the season with the king of instruments! Enjoy a magnitude of musical splendors with world-class organist Todd Wilson and members of Pacific Symphony performing ...

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


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Tony Yazbeck!

A Rat Pack Christmas with Tony DeSare


Get transported to a mid-century holiday lounge where the martinis are chilled, the horns are smooth, and the Christmas cheer has style. Tony DeSare, with ...

Robin Hood & the White Arrow: the Holiday Feast of Stephen


Step into Sherwood Forest this holiday season with Robin Hood and the White Arrow: The Feast of Stephen , an original musical adventure at the ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
12/11 - 12/21/2025


Celebrating its 10th season at Segerstrom Center, SoCal’s favorite holiday tradition returns with American Ballet Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of  The Nutcracker .  Created by one ...

A Christmas Carol
11/29 - 12/28/2025


South Coast Repertory celebrates its 45th annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, returning to the Segerstrom Stage from November 29 to December 28. ...

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

The Great Race
The Great Race
1/31 - 2/1/2026


Join our characters, Po Po and Kung Kung, as they celebrate Chinese New Year by making dumplings and sharing the story of The Great Race ...

The Notebook
The Notebook
1/27 - 2/8/2026


“The Notebook is everything. Run, don’t walk!” — Hoda Kotb, Today “Romantic, life-affirming, and ingeniously adapted.” — USA Today

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

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


Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Norbert Leo Butz!

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

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 ...


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Latest Costa Mesa Reviews


Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Returns to OC’s Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - October 30, 2025

After making a splash when it first visited the OC back in 2022, MOULIN ROUGE! - THE MUSICAL—the dazzling, Tony Award-winning 2019 Broadway stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking 2001 movie musical—is back full throttle at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a limited week-lo...

Review: Musical Theatre West Welcomes Back HELLO, DOLLY!


by Michael Quintos - October 22, 2025

During the recent opening night performance of Musical Theatre West's vibrant new production of the 10-time Tony Award-winning 1964 musical HELLO, DOLLY!, the enthusiastically appreciative audience might as well have chanted 'Hello, Tami!' judging from the reactions during the show's finalé bows. Ma...

Review: Chance Theater Presents WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME


by Michael Quintos - October 17, 2025

The current fragile state of, arguably, one of our country's most important founding documents—and whether or not some of our current leaders are legally following it—seems to be top of mind these days, which bodes well for the timely arrival of Chance Theater's latest production, playwright Heidi S...

Review: Tony-Winning SOME LIKE IT HOT Musical Adaptation Amuses at Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - October 14, 2025

Nominated for 13 Tony Awards, the 2022 musical adaptation SOME LIKE IT HOT is a surprisingly delightful, hilariously fun, and gleefully silly musical comedy that also has an endearingly open-minded new twist that re-contextualizes the movie's main raison d'être into something more empowering and tho...

Review: Tony Award Winner Lea Salonga Makes Glorious Return to Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - October 07, 2025

Blessed with undeniable vocal talents and an endearingly charming persona, Tony and Olivier Award winner and Disney Legend Lea Salonga recently returned to Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts for the one-night-only Orange County stop of the North American leg of her brand-new, perfectly-cura...

Review: Vibrant New Production of COME FROM AWAY Debuts at La Mirada


by Michael Quintos - September 26, 2025

Still quite a rousing crowd-pleaser—offering empathy and kindness as its main endearing ingredient— La Mirada Theatre's brand new, 'non-replica' production of the Tony-winning musical COME FROM AWAY is a superb, rather enjoyable new Broadway-caliber production that is as every bit as appealing as th...

Review: & JULIET Is Revisionist, Gleeful Fun at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - September 15, 2025

Fresh off its sit-down engagement at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre, the new(-ish) 2022 Broadway jukebox musical & JULIET is finally making its long-awaited pit-stop an hour south of L.A. at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through September 21, 2025. Unabashedly gleeful and quite a ...

Review: Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert Lead Spectacular JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at the Hollywood Bowl


by Michael Quintos - August 03, 2025

When it comes to the Hollywood Bowl's Summer 2025 production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice classic rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR—which opened August 1 for three sold-out performances playing throughout the weekend—there are just not enough superlatives to bestow upon one of the most as...

Review: Neil Diamond Musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE Arrives at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - August 01, 2025

Overall, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE—now on stage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through August 10, 2025—comes off as guaranteed musical candy for Neil Diamond devotees, thanks to its current form as a polished, tidy, nostalgia-baiting jukebox musical loaded with familiar hits, sprinkles of s...

Review: Chance Theater Presents Intimate New Production of SPRING AWAKENING


by Michael Quintos - July 23, 2025

Bursting with powerful, beautifully-rendered musical performances and emotionally-stirring characterizations from a terrific ensemble cast, Chance Theater's incredible-sounding, fiercely-acted, deeply searing new production of SPRING AWAKENING is, according to this critic, one of the best, most sati...



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