COSTA MESA - PLAYS

by Stephen Mosher - December 08, 2025

It's 100 years since Sammy Davis Jr. was born - let the celebration commence!...

by Steve Murray - December 08, 2025

Over two hundred and fifty years after fighting the British for independence, we’re absolutely gaga over Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s delightful Christmas at Pemberley series and its spot on depictions of Regency England....

by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 08, 2025

Headmistress Merlina and best pal Gretel have tried everything but it looks like there’s mair chance of Hansel-No-Solo appearing in the Love Island Class of ’26 than passing those Nat 5’s. And just when the magic community thinks things can't get worse – shock horror – feral forest fooligan and pure...

by Herbert Paine - December 08, 2025

REYKJAVIK is less a play to be solved rather than a mood to be inhabited. That may frustrate some, but for others, it’s the kind of theater that embraces mystery, that resists tidy endings, that thrives in the uncanny spaces between genres....

by Alex Del Cueto - December 08, 2025

A campy, chaotic, and wildly funny holiday escape as Jinkx and DeLa turn Christmas into a twisted anthology full of big laughs, bigger heart, and pure drag joy....

by Konstantin Georgiou - December 08, 2025

Ein respektvoll weitergedachter Klassiker, mit Energie, Herz und einem Cast, der die Bühne wirklich belebt. Ein Stück, das auch ohne Filmnostalgie funktioniert – aber mit ihr umso mehr Spaß macht....

by Mark Carnochan - December 08, 2025

Sarah Alexandra Brown and Ross Jamieson steal the show in this imperfect, yet charming, retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale, with a Scottish panto twist!...

by Christiana Rose - December 08, 2025

Potted Panto returns to Wilton’s Music Hall for a triumphant third season and once again confirms why it remains a beloved fixture of the festive calendar. Presented by James Seabright in association with Wilton’s Music Hall, this Olivier Award nominated whirlwind offers seven pantomimes in a brisk ...

by Courtney Symes - December 08, 2025

Fans of the Scottish play will be excited to learn that there is a new adaptation at Big Idea Theatre this month. It’s reimagined in the Silicon Valley, with MacBeth as a scheming tech bro who will do anything to rise to the top. Kevin Adamski directs this ambitious take, proving that the Bard is re...

by Jared Fessler - December 08, 2025

'Dog Man: The Musical' at the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis is a delightful and uproarious experience that will have audiences of all ages laughing from start to finish. Based on Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man series, the show follows two imaginative fifth-graders, George and Harold, who decide to take thei...