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Eric Marchese
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Eric Marchese is a veteran writer on theater, performing arts and cultural events in and around Orange County. For more than three decades, he amassed a total of more than 2,000 articles – reviews, features, news stories and profiles – for The Orange County Register. He has worked as a theater critic for Backstage and as a news and features writer for a wide variety of local news organizations.
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Apr 23, 2025 ∙ 6 min
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. The reed section of the Orchestra...
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Apr 14, 2025 ∙ 5 min
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. Cast of SCR’s production: From...
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Apr 9, 2025 ∙ 8 min
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...
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Mar 5, 2025 ∙ 7 min
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...
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Jan 27, 2025 ∙ 10 min
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. In the upcoming world premiere of "The Yellow...
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Jan 8, 2025 ∙ 5 min
'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...
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Dec 11, 2024 ∙ 6 min
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. The Cambridge,...
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Nov 4, 2024 ∙ 4 min
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. Even if you think you...
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Nov 1, 2024 ∙ 9 min
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. Think Bernadette...
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Oct 2, 2024 ∙ 5 min
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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Sep 11, 2024 ∙ 14 min
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...
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Aug 5, 2024 ∙ 6 min
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...
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