Asian Hall of Fame Coming to the Great Park in Irvine
OC Music and Dance is giving the Pasadena-based cultural institution entrée into an 800-seat multipurpose venue slated to open at the Great Park in 2027.
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Outdoor Plays and Concerts Will Deliver a Last Blast of Summer That’s Fun and Exciting
Under-the-stars theater productions and concerts – of both the classical and pop music variety – are singular ways to enjoy the breezes and cooler temps evening brings during the dog days.
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‘Hallmark Movie Musical’ is Supercharged with an Immersive Audience Experience
Irvine Theater Company is combining the O.C. premiere of ‘My (unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical’ with ‘Dr. Love’s Rom-Com Experience’ to create a singular, evening-long event.
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Festival of Tabla Takes Center Stage at Soka
The Aliso Viejo university is billing the event as ‘the largest gathering of Indian classical musicians on the West Coast’ and calling it ‘a cultural symphony.’
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Is a Deluxe Performing Arts Center in the Cards for Mission Viejo?
Multiple moving parts will keep proposed project in the air for years – but ‘starter theater’ is likeliest stop-gap solution.
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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…’ are the big winners.
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With ‘Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical,’ SCR Adds New Wrinkles to the Play it Originated 36 Years Ago
REVIEW: Playwright Craig Lucas and company have, for better or worse, wrought a different theatrical animal, seemingly missing key emotional dynamics. In the opening scene of “Prelude to a Kiss,…
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Biblical Times, a Musical ‘Prelude’ and More at the Pacific Playwrights Festival
The Costa Mesa company’s 26th showcase unveils two standalone productions of new shows, plus a quintet of staged readings. If new plays are indeed the life blood of theater companies,…
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‘Prelude to a Kiss’ Reemerges in a Whole New Form at SCR
South Coast Repertory originated Craig Lucas’s play in 1988. Now Lucas, SCR and others have created an all-new musical version. The evolution of a new stage musical is always something…
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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 Brazilian educator possibly have…
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Meet David Ellenstein, Laguna Playhouse’s New(est) Artistic Director
For just over a year now, David Ellenstein has served as the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse – at first in an interim capacity before his tenure was solidified this…
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‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Both a Classic and a Historical Snapshot
REVIEW: SCR’s new production of the 1959 drama underscores the strength of Lorraine Hansberry’s concepts – and of her writing. While the multifaceted Lorraine Hansberry’s talents extended to literary writing,…