“Yellow Face” at The Wayward Artist
David Henry Hwang’s Politics of Laughter by Joel Beers Three distinct time periods occupy the world of “Yellow Face,” David Henry Hwang’s...
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- Aug 24
"Beauty Queen of Leenane" @ Costa Mesa Playhouse
Finding the heartbeat in Martin McDonagh’s 1996 dark comedy By Joel Beers What the audience sees in Irish-playwright-turned-Hollywood-sup...
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- Jul 20
“SpongeBob SquarePants” at No Square
Bringing SpongeBob to life on stage in Laguna Beach By Eric Marchese Live theater, as we all know, can wondrously transport us to a world...
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- Jul 15
‘Avenue Q’ at Wayward
Wayward Artist taking patrons on a trip to ‘Avenue Q’ By Eric Marchese When Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty created “Avenue Q,”...
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- Jun 16
“Around the World in 80 Days” at ACTC
ACTC’s patrons will circle the globe in ’80 Days’ By Eric Marchese If you’ve seen “The Amazing Race” but are unfamiliar with “Around the...
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- Jun 7
“The Revolutionists” at Curtis Theatre
The Revolution Has (Finally) Been Feminized By Joel Beers Uproarious comedy isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of...
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- May 17
“The Killer Angels: Soldiers of Gettysburg” at The Maverick
“The Killer Angels: Revisiting a past that feels closer than ever By Joel Beers Those familiar with the Maverick Theater in Fullerton can...
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- May 15
“Matinicus: The Story of Abigail Burgess” at Chance Theater
Chance’s new one-woman play tells a true story of teenage courage and resilience By Libby Nicolay Up next in Chance Theater’s exciting...
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- Mar 17
The Rocky Horror Show at The Maverick
The Stage Play it Always Should Have Been By Dana Hammer If you’re reading an article on a theater website, I will assume that you are...
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- Mar 14
Sense and Sensibility at Costa Mesa Playhouse
Come for the Romance, Stay for the Feminism By Dana Hammer “Sense and Sensibility” is a classic romance, and it’s a classic for good...
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- Feb 4
“Ride the Cyclone” at Chance Theater
The California premiere of this Musical Comedy that really goes off the rails By Dana Hammer Roller coasters have long been used as a...
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- Feb 2
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” at Curtis Theatre
This Lovable Serial Killer Will Win Your Heart By Dana Hammer Serial killers. They fascinate us. Men like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John...
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- Jan 26
'Clybourne Park' at Costa Mesa Playhouse
13 years after it exploded in theaters Clybourne park is as funny, cautionary and relevant as ever by Joel Beers Where most people see...
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- Jan 12
'Misery' at Maverick Theater
(The Play, Not the Emotion) By Dana Hammer I first read Misery, the novel, when I was ten years old, which is objectively too young, but...
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- Nov 5, 2022
“Actually” Opens at The Wayward Artist
A “He Said, She Said” for Modern Times by Dana Hammer I recently cleaned out my garage. It was a daunting task, and a thankless one, and...
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- Sep 29, 2022
“The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” at Chance Theater, Sep 23 - Oct 23
OC premiere of ‘…Chad Deity’ gives us an ‘Entrance’ into the world of professional wrestling entertainment By Eric Marchese You might not...
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- Sep 19, 2022
Kim’s Convenience at Laguna Playhouse
Laguna Playhouse welcomes the Canadian Netflix hit to the local stage By Libby Nicolay When Director Jon Lawrence Rivera signed onto this...
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- Sep 3, 2022
“The Whale” at Costa Mesa Playhouse, Sept. 2-Sept .25
Move over Moby, there’s a new addition to literary tales involving whales by Joel Beers Like many actors, Peter Hilton has a list of...
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- Aug 6, 2022
“King Kong” at Maverick Theater
Maverick fans will go ape over ‘King Kong’ By Eric Marchese When it comes to the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, you can’t get much...
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- Jul 25, 2022
‘Green Day’s American Idiot’ at Chance Theater
The Tony Award-winning punk rock opera gets an intimate revival that focuses on the personal and the political Sound the alarms and...
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