Joel BeersNov 68 min readMUSICTicket Trauma: How Local Performing Arts Organizations are AffectedTicket fraud and mishandling doesn't just impact big acts and their fans. Local performing arts organizations are also feeling the pain...
Heide JanssenNov 54 min readCULTUREArtist of the Year High School Awards Program is at Risk of DisappearingProgram needs to raise $12,500 to continue this season. The upcoming season of the Artist of the Year – an annual high school arts...
Eric MarcheseNov 44 min readTHEATERSCR World Premiere Paints A New Portrait of Joan RiversREVIEW: Tessa Auberjonois’ uncanny, tour-de-force realization of the icon elevates Daniel Goldstein’s script. Even if you think you...
Eric MarcheseNov 19 min readMUSICBernadette Peters Opens Pacific Symphony's 2024-25 Pops SeasonThe iconic star returns to Costa Mesa for the first time since 2015 for a concert with a bounty of Sondheim works. Think Bernadette...
Culture OC EditorsNov 11 min readCULTURE OC OVATIONSHelp Culture OC GrowTax-deductible donations given today will be doubled. Culture OC has arrived with a roar! Since launching our independent website less...
Kaitlin WrightOct 283 min readCULTURESegerstrom Center for the Arts Announces New Vice President of Programming and ProductionLimor Tomer will fill the role as Judy Morr retires after 39 years with the Center. The Segerstrom Center for the Arts announced Monday...
Jessica PeraltaOct 235 min readTHEATERAt 20, Arts & Learning Conservatory Opens a New TheaterAlong with opening a new theater space, Arts & Learning Conservatory is also piloting a technical theater program called Behind the...
Eric MarcheseOct 25 min readTHEATERWho is ‘Gloria,’ and is the Price We Pay for Success in the Workplace, and in Society, Too High?Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 2015 play, in its Orange County premiere at Chance Theater, homes in on the world of publishing. While movies...
Paul HodginsSep 102 min readCULTURE OC OVATIONSHappy Birthday to Us!We’ve just blown out the candles. Culture OC celebrates its first birthday today! But we’re not going to sit around gorging on cake....
Joel BeersSep 97 min readTHEATEREric Eberwein Nurtures Orange County's Community of Playwrights This local playwright loves OC theater; does it love him back? Without Eric Eberwein, Orange County playwrights would still have a voice,...