‘Fences’ Stands Tall as a Sad, Bitter Portrait of ’50s Black America
REVIEW: Laguna Playhouse softens the edges, but Wilson’s masterpiece is still as harsh as ever.
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Smooth Sailing for OC Theatre Guild Awards’ Fourth Time Around
Chance Theater, The Wayward Artist and Curtis Theatre come up big with a total of 20 awards.
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With Brea Concert, Orchestra Collective of Orange County is Set to Hit a ‘Triple Play’
This unusual group, the ‘OC of OC,’ crafts intimate concerts with audiences first and foremost in mind.
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World Premiere ‘End of the World!’ is an Intensely Personal Flight of Fancy
REVIEW: At SCR, Keiko Green’s delightful dramedy interlocks one man’s terminal illness with global issues.
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Jazz Icon Terence Blanchard Brings His Reimagined Fan-Favorite Album to Soka
The multitalented musician and Spike Lee collaborator will revisit his album “Flow” – reworked to perform with the E-collective string quartet – during his upcoming jazz concert in Aliso Viejo.
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An Exclusive Residency Brings the Vienna Philharmonic to Orange County
The Philharmonic Society of Orange County moves forward from “a model of purely visiting orchestras” to a more inclusive and comprehensive model.
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Carnegie Hall Set for World Premiere of Orange County Troupe’s Opera
Lyric Opera of OC’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is being unveiled at the renowned venue.
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‘Wish You Were Here’ Traces Friendship in Turbulent Times
SCR mounts the West Coast premiere of O.C.-born Iranian American playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner Sanaz Toossi’s “Wish You Were Here.”
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The King’s Singers Are Making a Holiday Stop at the Irvine Barclay
The well-traveled a cappella ensemble will celebrate the season, Disney’s centennial and hallmarks of its history.
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SCR World Premiere Paints A New Portrait of Joan Rivers
REVIEW: Tessa Auberjonois’ uncanny, tour-de-force realization of the icon elevates Daniel Goldstein’s script.
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Bernadette Peters Opens Pacific Symphony’s 2024-25 Pops Season
The iconic star returns to Costa Mesa for the first time since 2015 for a concert with a bounty of Sondheim works.
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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.