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Wild Child is a pop-driven musical adventure about connection, belonging, and the transformative power of the natural world. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of a wilderness therapy program in northern Utah, Wild Child tells the story of an unlikely friendship that develops...
Into the Woods opens South Coast Repertory's 2026-27 season, running as the latest installment in the theatre's American Icons series and marking the 40th anniversary of Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical. Directed by Peter Rothstein, the production...
Kali Mandir presents MALINI AWASTHI, a benefit concert for the expansion project. With captivating charm and a powerful stage presence, Malini Awasthi presents the richness of Indian folk music traditions. She is adept in various forms of Hindustani music such as vintage Dadra...
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other – the...
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of “outsiders” battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. This thrilling new Broadway musical navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want...
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop culture phenomenon. With songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences old and new. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme , Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the...
From the world of Alfred Hitchcock comes The 39 Steps , a fastpaced, wildly inventive comedythriller that turns classic suspense into nonstop theatrical fun. When an ordinary man is swept into an international spy plot, he must outrun danger, deception, and mistaken identity-all...
This magical panto from the Lythgoe Family brings the classic tale of Aladdin to life with a festive twist, featuring hit pop songs, laugh-out-loud comedy, and show-stopping dance numbers.
From the creators of South Park comes The Book of Mormon, the musical that lovingly breaks all of Broadway's rules. This story about a mismatched pair of Mormon missionaries took Broadway by storm in 2011. Book of Mormon is collaboration Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert...
Lightwire Theater brings the classic fable of the slow and steady Tortoise and the nimble but overconfident Hare to dazzling life. Creators Ian Carney and Corbin Popp build a magical world with electroluminescent wire and puppetry that all ages find fascinating to watch. With...
The show explores how four blue-collar guys — Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi — grew to become the singing sensation The Four Seasons.
The Curtis Theatre’s partnership with Southgate Productions continues with this Tony Award-winning musical. One of the most beloved Broadway shows of the last decade, the recently-released rights for this hit musical are so exclusive that we’ve been sworn to secrecy until...
An iconic musical of a generation, RENT is set in New York City’s East Village during the 1990s bohemian revolution. The story follows a group of young artists and friends struggling to survive, create, and love in the shadow of poverty, addiction, and the AIDS crisis. Laguna...
Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna must weigh her commitments against a rare shot at freedom and recognition. Her customers, co-workers, and the...
The party's roaring on Broadway! THE GREAT GATSBY is a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by...
The story begins with—what else—murder. Or at least the accusation of it. Chicago comes to the concert hall with the music that made it a Broadway legend, now re-imagined for full orchestra in a concert presentation of the show’s most essential songs. On-stage singers allow the...
Inside a one-room apartment in the heart of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a Helperbot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow...
The notorious lovers come to blazing life in Bonnie & Clyde , a thrilling musical about ambition, fame, and forbidden romance. Set during the Great Depression, this pulsepounding story follows two restless dreamers whose hunger for something more pulls them into legend-and...
The Story We Never Told – A New Drama Inspired by True Events The Story We Never Told is a powerful new dramatic stage production inspired by a true story of resilience, hope, and the unforgettable moments that shape human lives. Through an emotional and deeply personal journey...
Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask her) who lives in her shadow. They have always been the best of frenemies… until Madeline steals Helen’s fiancé away. As Helen...
The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…
To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rap…
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produc…
In the fantastical, visually-enchanting stage play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD—the theatrical continuation of J.K. Rowling's beloved magical saga—the idea of revisiting the past is embraced as its central theme, which in turn shifts the focus away from the mischievous school adventures tha…
Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purp…
I'll say this now: this Summer's most beguiling, most enchanting theatrical surprise is perhaps the brand new, gorgeously opulent regional production of ANASTASIA - THE MUSICAL, now on stage at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through June 20, 2026. A visual stunner punctuated by remark…
You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the s…
It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently whe…
Beautifully acted, engagingly riveting, and populated with impactful characters, Reggie D. White's thoughtfully sprawling and emotionally layered new play—directed by Lili-Anne Brown—delivers an ambitious, deeply affecting examination of generational legacy, Black identity, masculinity, and the …
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Symphony Spooktacular Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (10/24-10/24) |
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Wild Child The Laguna Playhouse (9/09-10/04) |
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Yang Plays Sibelius Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (3/18-3/20) |
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Pink Martini All-Stars Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (2/19-2/20) |
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Nobu Plays Rachmaninoff's Mighty Third Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (11/19-11/21) |
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Shelley Conducts John Williams and The Planets Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (5/20-5/23) |
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The Music of Bond, James Bond Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/16-4/17) |
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Marco Antonio Solis Long Beach Amphitheater (10/04-10/04) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Segerstrom Center for the Arts (12/29-1/03) |
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RENT The Laguna Playhouse (4/07-5/02) |
