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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is widely considered one of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular musicals. Since 1986, it has played to over 160 million people in 205 cities, 58 territories and 21 languages. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s romantic, haunting and soaring score includes “The...
Bright Blue Sky: the 9/11 Musical transports you to the 104th floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower on the morning of September 11, 2001. Witness the courage, vulnerability, and enduring power of the human spirit as they confront the unthinkable. This September, on the...
Attend the tale! Stephen Sondheim’s razor-sharp musical masterpiece is set to thrill Orange County audiences. Performances Run August 20 – September 27, 2026 Directed and Musically Directed by Damien Lorton, this production is set to enthrall audiences from August 20 to...
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...
Be Our Guest at Disney’s newly reimagined 30th Anniversary production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and love. This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular...
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...
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...
The critically acclaimed bestselling novel WATER FOR ELEPHANTS comes to vivid life on Broadway in a unique, spectacle-filled new musical. After losing what matters most, a young man jumps a moving train unsure of where the road will take him and finds a new home with the...
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.
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...
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...
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 …
First developed and workshopped at South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2025, celebrated new “it” playwright Talene Monahon’s freshly birthed play EAT ME is currently being presented at OC’s Tony Award-winning regional theater as a fully-formed World Premiere prod…
Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation o…
Bursting with contagious rhythm, irrepressible heart, and an abiding sense of community pride, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning 2008 original Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS remains one of the most vibrant and emotionally resonant contemporary musicals to emerge from the early 21st century. F…
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Haus of Mayhem: A Drag Tribute House of Blues: Anaheim (9/05-9/05) |
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UB40 Fred Kavli Theatre (10/25-10/25) |
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Pageant of the Masters “The Greatest of All Time” Festival of Arts (7/09-9/04) |
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Pokemon Night Out: Marshmello & Alison Wonderland Intuit Dome (10/24-10/24) |
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Ride the Cyclone The Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot (10/09-10/25) |
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Marco Antonio Solis Long Beach Amphitheater (10/04-10/04) |
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The 39 Steps The Laguna Playhouse (10/27-11/22) |
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Gorillaz Oakland Arena (10/28-10/28) |
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Bright Blue Sky: the 9/11 Musical Rose Center Theater (9/11-9/20) |
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Adventures of Tortoise & Hare The Laguna Playhouse (1/30-1/30) |
