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Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026

Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West


by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026

Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...

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 civi...

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 Mi...

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....

Past Shows

Chance Cyber Chat - Rose
Chance Cyber Chat - Rose
Jun 25

Obviously, we have temporarily closed our doors for the sake of everyones health and well-being. So right now is the perfect chance to take a...

Chance Cyber Chat - Swear
Chance Cyber Chat - Swear
Jun 25

Obviously, we have temporarily closed our doors for the sake of everyones health and well-being. So right now is the perfect chance to take a...

The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life
Apr 30 – Jun 6, 2021

To kick off Season 23, the Chance presents the Orange County premiere of the Drama Desk Award-nominated musical that is a soaring tribute to the...

Chance Cyber Chat - On The Exhale
Chance Cyber Chat - On The Exhale
Apr 9

Starring Tony Award-nominee Marin Ireland, this chilling one-woman show was filmed live at Roundabout Theatre Companys Roundabout Underground black box. When a random act of...

Chance Cyber Chat - The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Chance Cyber Chat - The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Feb 26

Obviously, we have temporarily closed our doors for the sake of everyones health and well-being. So right now is the perfect chance to take a...

Live Stream OTR Reading of Colonialism is Terrible, But Pho is Delicious
Live Stream OTR Reading of "Colonialism is Terrible, But Pho is Delicious"
Feb 13

This new play will be presented as a one-time-only live stream reading. We are proud to offer this as part of our On The Radar...

Chance Cyber Chat - ANN
Chance Cyber Chat - ANN
Feb 12

Obviously, we have temporarily closed our doors for the sake of everyones health and well-being. So right now is the perfect chance to take a...

Broadway Chance Style
Broadway Chance Style
Nov 20

One night only, join the Chance Theater for Broadway Chance Style a 90 minute virtual event connecting you with five Broadway stars for LIVE performances!A...

Chance Cyber Chat: What the Constitution Means to Me
Chance Cyber Chat: What the Constitution Means to Me
Nov 13

See this boundary-breaking play that breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will affect the next generation of Americans and then join...

Chance Cyber Chat: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Chance Cyber Chat: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Oct 16

See Broadway icon Audra McDonald in her Tony Award-winning performance as Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" and then join Chance...

Chance Cyber Chat: Funny Girl
Chance Cyber Chat: Funny Girl
Oct 2

Watch the Olivier-nominated West End production of the classic musical , "Funny Girl", starring award-winning actress, Sheridan Smith and then join Chance Theater (virtually) for...

Chance Cyber Chat: Latin History for Morons
Chance Cyber Chat: Latin History for Morons
Sep 18

Join Chance Theater as we discuss Latin History for Morons and writer and star, John Leguizamo, who won a Special Tony Award for this hilarious...

Chance Cyber Chat: If I Forget
Chance Cyber Chat: If I Forget
Sep 4

Join Chance Theater for the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning play that weaves a powerful tale of a family and a culture at odds with itself..."If...

Chance Cyber Chat: Hamilton
Chance Cyber Chat: Hamilton
Aug 21

Join Chance Theater for the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning landmark musical about the founding of America...."Hamilton"!Watch the show (online) and join us (virtually) for...

Chance Cyber Chat: An American In Paris
Chance Cyber Chat: An American In Paris
Aug 7

Join us on Friday, August 7th for our next CHANCE CYBER CHAT. Price: Free. Location: Online. Our virtual theater trip keeps rolling along. To date,...

Chance Cyber Chat: Pass Over
Chance Cyber Chat: Pass Over
Jul 24

Join us on Friday, July 24th for our next CHANCE CYBER CHAT. Price: Free. Location: Online. Our virtual theater trip keeps rolling along. To date,...

Chance Cyber Chat: The Lion
Chance Cyber Chat: The Lion
Jul 10

Join us on Friday, July 10th for our next CHANCE CYBER CHAT. Price: Free. Location: Online. Our virtual theater trip keeps rolling along. To date,...

Chance Cyber Chat: Red
Chance Cyber Chat: Red
Jun 26

Join us on Friday, June 26th for our next CHANCE CYBER CHAT. Price: Free. Location: Online. Our virtual theater trip continues. So far, we've met...

Chance Cyber Chat: Billy Elliot: The Musical
Chance Cyber Chat: Billy Elliot: The Musical
Jun 12

Join us on Friday, June 12th for our next CHANCE CYBER CHAT. Price: Free. Location: Online. Our virtual theater trip keeps rolling along. To date,...

Anne of Green Gables
Nov 18 – Dec 27, 2011
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
Nov 29 – Dec 20, 2011

Scandal erupts at the North Pole when one of Santa’s eight tiny reindeer accuses him of sexual harassment. As the press descends, the other reindeer...

Up
Sep 23 – Oct 23, 2011

On the best day of his life, Walter Griffin built a flying machine that reached the clouds. Ever since, he's tried to recapture that moment...

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