Review: SWEENEY TODD at The Gem Theater
The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, CA, tackles one of Broadway’s darkest musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, armed with every color of light you can think of.…
Soka Performing Arts Center
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ovation Theatre
Amid the heat and haze of Bakersfield emerges a spine-shivering show of human connection, compassion, and camaraderie. One of the first community theatre productions of Come From Away brings out the best of humanity (and Bakersfield) on stage.…
Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Hudson Backstage Theatre
With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.…
Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Broadwater Black Box
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Old Globe Theatre - San Diego
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre
Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…
Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
Review: PUPPET UP! at the Richardo Montalbán Theatre
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Interview: COMEDY OF ERRORS Director, Composer and Actor at Independent Shakespeare Company
Here are my interviews with director Melissa Chalsma, composer David Melville, and actor Carene Rose Mekertichyan on COMEDY OF ERRORS presented by Independent Shakespeare Company outdoors in Griffith Park this summer.…
Review: Norm Foster's LAKEFRONT U.S. Premiere Engagement at Theatre 40
All in all, Lakefront offers a very enjoyable two-hour romantic journey guaranteed to keep you laughing and rooting for these lost and lonely souls looking for their soulmate.…
Past Shows
14 total · showing 1–10
Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart And Beethoven With Drew Petersen
Carl St.Clair, conductor Drew Petersen, piano Pacific Symphony , led by Music Director Carl St.Clair for the last 32 years, is currently in its 43rd season. The Symphony is the largest orchestra formed in the U.S. in the last 50 years and is recognized as an outstanding ensemble...
Amour Fatal: Carmen & La Traviata
Sparkling with beauty and drama, these two passionate operas will make your heart sing. Parnassus Society presents international stars in our midst, performing a selection of arias from both operas. This concert is sponsored by Dr. Ken & Sandy Tokita and the Parnassus Society.
Children's Concert: The Lucky Band
Garnering four Latin Grammy nominations, two wins, six Emmy nominations and one win for their work on the Emmy Award-winning PBS show Lishy Lou and Lucky Too - husband and wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis; The Lucky Band (formally known as Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam...
Jazz Legend Kenny Barron
“One of the top jazz pianists in the world.” - Los Angeles Times Honored by The National Endowment for the Arts as a 2010 Jazz Master, Kenny Barron has an unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms. The Los...
Great Pianists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Two-time Grammy-nominated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to Orange County. Widely regarded as “the most soulful of players” ( Gramophone ), Grammy-nominated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet possesses a depth and natural charisma that has made him one of today’s most sought-after...
Colburn Orchestra: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor & Yanfeng (Tony) Bai, Piano
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Yanfeng (Tony) Bai, Piano Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Emmy award-winning and Grammy-nominated conductor, is a master of color, drawing idiomatic interpretations from a diverse and wide range of repertoire in concerts across the globe. Now in its 19th...
Pianist Joyce Yang
Blessed with “poetic and sensitive pianism” ( The Washington Post ) and a “wondrous sense of color” ( San Francisco Classical Voice ), Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences with her virtuosity, lyricism, and interpretive sensitivity. PROGRAM: TCHAIKOVSKY...
Music, Movies, Mayhem & Miracles: The Recovered Life Of Paul Williams
Paul Williams is one of the most beloved and respected music creators in the world today; a lyricist and composer who has won an Oscar Award, three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, an Ivor Novello International Award and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame...
Wan-Chin Chang And Jonathan Sokasits Piano Duo Recital
This concert is presented by Soka University’s Creative Arts Department. SUA faculty member Wan-Chin Chang joins forces with Jonathan Sokasits (professor at Hastings College, Nebraska) in a concert featuring piano duet and duo music of diverce influences.
Maria Schneider Orchestra Presents DATA LORDS
Maria Schneider's latest double-album, Data Lords (2020), a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, winner of two Grammy Awards, named “Jazz Album of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association and NPR, and winner of France’s prestigious Grand Prix de l’Académie du Jazz , has melded her...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Pasadena POPS (8/29-8/29) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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Jane Austen UnScripted Kings Road Park (9/12-9/27) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Pakaraguian Kulintang Performs Music & Dance of Southern Philippines Sierra Madre Playhouse (9/26-9/26) |