1 Civic Center Circle
Brea, CA 92821
714-990-7722
Curtis Theatre is a theatre in Brea, CA.
Long before Elvira, TV’s first horror host, Vampira, titillated and terrified 1950s America. Award-winning actor/writer Ingrid Garner (Eleanor’s Story) resurrects the legendary behind Hollywood’s most fascinating forgotten icon, and unearths the mercurial life of her creator...
Join us as Orchestra Collective of Orange County presents a concert that reveals the heart of its composers, featuring works shaped by the moments, memories, and emotions that mattered most to them. Music by George Butterworth, Vivian Fine, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner, and...
Christmas with The Alley Cats is a beloved, long-standing tradition at the Curtis Theatre! Celebrated for their appearances on PBS specials and international tours, this award-winning doo-wop group brings their signature blend of smooth harmonies and hilarious holiday cheer. Get...
Step back in time with It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, a nostalgic journey into the heart of Bedford Falls. Experience the magic of a 1940s radio broadcast, complete with live sound effects and a talented ensemble portraying dozens of iconic characters. This...
For their spring concert, OCofOC explores European composers' perspectives on "America," from an English view of the orange groves of Florida to an Italian imagining of the Wild Wild West. Music by Frederick Delius, Antonín Dvořák, Giacomo Puccini, and more. OCofOC is a...
The Alley Cats are turning 40, and you’re invited to the party! Since their first professional show right here at the Curtis Theatre, The Alley Cats have travelled the world performing their signature blend of doo wop vocals and side-splitting comedy. Join Cats from across the...
Hilarious and poignant, this staged reading of A Lesson In Swimming takes you inside three-time stroke survivor Michael Shutt’s brain as it “breaks” and invites you to experience how deep the cracks really go. After being left partially blind, partially paralyzed, and partial to...
Do you believe in love at first sleight? Lexi is a bright-eyed and ambitious magician's assistant who sees the makings of a star in Ethan, a talented – but aimless – cruise ship singer. Convinced he could be the next superstar of magic, she begins to teach him the craft in the...
Summer Serenade returns to the Curtis Theatre season, reimagined! Join the Orchestra Collective of Orange County for a chamber music concert in an intimate living room setting. Renowned musicians deliver a captivating performance of beloved classics and new discoveries, creating...
Agnes and her teenage daughter, Penny, run a quiet bed and breakfast on Whidbey Island. It’s 1972, before Roe v. Wade and the Violence Against Women Act, and this B&B is secretly an underground shelter for women seeking to escape domestic violence. This deeply moving and...
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Jagged Little Pill takes on a Herculean challenge: create a good original story out of a set of existing songs connected only by artist. Diablo Cody, the librettist for this Alanis Morissette musical, accomplishes this feat.…
HEARTBREAK HOUSE marks the start of Antaeus Theatre Company’s thirty-fifth anniversary season, and it bodes well for what they have in store.…
Let’s face the music: William Finn’s Falsettos, written during the Reagan administration’s brutal fumbling of the AIDS epidemic and polarizing of the LGBTQ+ community, remains strikingly relevant to today.…
Clearly there were a lot worse places to be on that infamous day than small provincial Gander. In Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s spirited and heart-warming production...A Noise Within let’s us savor that unique visit.…
Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. …
BroadwayWorld reviews THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND, an unconventional concert experience that's as much about the mood as the music, playing through October 25 in Downtown LA's Arts District…
Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a vivacious and colorful show making the most of its 1960s setting to dazzle us with period fashions and backdrops.…
CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…
Consistently over-the-top with plenty of laughs and some technical dash for which the Road has long been known, Sawyer’s production shoots out a volley of satirical darts, few of which land with much impact.…
A true theatrical tour-de-force, Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins combines his signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it. Shown through the lives...
Aurora, Remedios, and Eugenia are three of the most sought-after professional funeral criers in Brea who welcome Aurora's teenage daughter Ligaya from the Philippines into their world to teach her their trade. They soon realize that Gaya makes people laugh instead of cry. The...
"...discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history." - Arthur Miller
The Book of Will invites you to discover the captivating, true story of how Shakespeare's enduring legacy was saved. Follow the courageous journey of The Bard's closest friends as they embark on a daring mission to preserve his extraordinary works, facing incredible odds to...
Based on the true story behind William Shakespeare’s first folio, “The Book of Will” follows the Bard’s closest friends and their realization after his death that his works could be lost forever. Charged with the impossible task of compiling Shakespeare’s original works into a...
Based on the true story of the Radium Girls in the 1920s, “These Shining Lives” highlights the courage and tenacity of women who were considered expendable in their time. This meaningful story illuminates the lives, loves, and friendships of the women who refused to allow the...
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