Who 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...
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Culture OC Staff
Sep 423 min read
Fall Preview 2024: Our Writers Have Chosen Their Top Arts and Culture Picks
We’re excited to share with you our writers’ picks for notable events in theater, dance, visual arts, food, culture and music for fall...
Eric Marchese
May 159 min read
Four Productions – Two Plays, Two Musicals – Grab the Lion's Share of O.C. Theatre Guild Awards
Curtis Theatre’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide…,’ Costa Mesa Playhouse’s ‘Clybourne Park’ and Chance’s ‘Ride the Cyclone’ and ‘Curious Incident…’...
Paul Hodgins
May 108 min read
Classical Music is Booming. Theater? Not So Much.
We look at what ails theater, still struggling to recover four years after the pandemic. The dark days of the pandemic are several years...
Eric Marchese
Jan 55 min read
Can ‘Change the Game’ Be a Game-Changer?
Could the activities of a college debate team, the music of a garage rock band, and the theories espoused in a late ’60s book by a...
Joel Beers
Dec 6, 202310 min read
Chance Theater Gets to the Heart of the Matter to Find Its Voice
PART 2: Over 25 years, through trial and error, Chance Theater discovers the plays - and musicals - that connect to its community. (Go to...
Joel Beers
Nov 27, 20238 min read
Chance Theater is Built to Last
PART 1: The Anaheim stage finds balance and support at the intersection of art and commerce. (Go to PART 2 to read the second...
Paul Hodgins
Nov 14, 20234 min read
Paula Tomei to Step Down as SCR’s Managing Director
Paula Tomei, South Coast Repertory’s longtime managing director, will step down in August 2024. The announcement was released today....
Chance Theater
Sep 28, 20233 min read
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Opens This Weekend at Chance Theater
The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Culture OC. The information provided has been written by the...
Paul Hodgins
Sep 18, 20234 min read
Behaving Badly and Other Lamentable Public Trends: Is It Happening in OC Too?
We’ve all read about them, or maybe even witnessed them: people behaving badly at concerts, plays, museums and other public places. Maybe...
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