Solid performances and production values elevate stage version of ‘Grumpy Old Men: The Musical’
Anaheim
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REVIEW: At La Mirada Theatre, acting and musical theater panache turn a standard issue contemporary musical into an enjoyable evening.
South Coast Repertory’s New Leader Aims to Balance Its Past and Future
Arts & Culture
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David Ivers talks about his plans as SCR opens its first season under his management.
‘The Vandal’ Gets Its West Coast Premiere Courtesy Chance Theater
Anaheim
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Preview: Hamish Linklater’s 2013 debut play toys with our perceptions and has an eerie, spooky air well-suited to the Halloween season.
Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell Gets His Due at the Curtis Theatre in Brea
Arts & Culture
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PREVIEW: Tall tales about the baseball legend make for interesting fodder for a play about a long forgotten, colorful character.
O.C. Playwrights to be Showcased in an Upcoming New Play Festival of ‘Uncommon’ One-Act Tales
Arts & Culture
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PREVIEW: At its ninth annual OC-Centric New Play Festival, the Orange County-based playwrights group will unveil original works it touts as ‘compelling,’ written by three playwrights who live in or hail from Orange County.
At UCI, Portable Shakespeare Has Permanence
Arts & Culture
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New Swan Shakespeare Festival wasn’t meant to last, but in it eighth season it’s more popular than ever.
Chance Theater Curtain Lifts On The Epic Musical ‘Ragtime’
Anaheim
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Director Casey Stangl’s scaled-down version of “Ragtime” stages the show as a play-within-a-play inside an abandoned urban warehouse and focuses on today’s divisions of race, immigration and income inequality.
Santa Ana College Rescues O.C.’s Oldest Shakespeare Company
Arts & Culture
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Shakespeare Orange County almost closed forever after 39 years. Then an offer came from out of nowhere.
‘M. Butterfly’ Flies a Little Differently 30 Years After Its Creation
Arts & Culture
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REVIEW: Strong performances and reverberations with the current cultural and political climate make SCR’s production worth a visit.
Emerson Quartet Explores a Play on the Life of Shostakovich
Arts & Culture
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REVIEW: With lots of moving parts, Shastokovich gets lost in the action.