1776
Monday, January 14th, 2019
American history comes stirringly alive in Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone’s 1776, turning audiences at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts into flies on the walls of the Continental Congress of 1776 as our country’s Founding Fathers wrangle over the question of Independence.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019
A socially challenged teen experiences unexpected life changes when a well-intentioned self-esteem-building exercise backfires in the extraordinary, multiple Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen, now bringing audiences to tears (and to their feet) at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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SCISSORHANDS
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
The magic and wonder and humor and heart of a Tim Burton movie classic come to haunting musical life as Rockwell Table + Stage and The Fuse Project debut Scissorhands, the ideal holiday alternative for those who prefer their Christmas season entertainment with an edge.
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SOUTH PACIFIC
Sunday, December 9th, 2018
Intimacy isn’t a word normally associated with the Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, just one reason the 200-seat Rubicon Theatre Company’s two-piano revival is a December must-see. Others are its superb quartet of lead performers, an all-around terrific supporting cast, direction by a gifted young Brit, refreshingly original choreography by a SoCal star, and a simply gorgeous production design, all of which more than do justice to a 20th-century American musical theater classic.
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A CAROL CHRISTMAS
Monday, December 3rd, 2018
A bossy, workaholic fashion mogul makes major life changes thanks to a trio of late-night visitors in The Group Rep’s World Premiere holiday musical A Carol Christmas, a tuneful Charles Dickens-inspired crowd-pleaser that with some astute revisions could well end up a regional December delight.
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JANE AUSTEN’S EMMA: THE MUSICAL
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
If Jane Austen didn’t exactly invent the contemporary romantic comedy, she came pretty darned close, proof positive of which can be found in Jane Austen’s Emma: The Musical, Paul Gordon’s magical stage adaptation of Miss Emma Woodhouse’s misadventures in matchmaking circa 1815, now getting a picture-perfect Orange County Premiere at Chance Theater.
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ELF THE MUSICAL
Saturday, December 1st, 2018
After taking the movies by storm in 2003 and winning Broadway’s heart seven years later, Buddy The Elf has traveled by iceberg to Long Beach to offer Musical Theatre West audiences the season’s most delightful musical treat for grown-ups and kids alike.
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WHOLE FOODS: THE MUSICAL
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018If you love musicals and you love comedy but you’ve got less than an hour to spare on the fourth Tuesday of every month, Upright Citizens Brigade on Sunset is the place to be for UCB’s Quick & Funny Musicals as the monthly series’ latest installment, Whole Foods: The Musical, made mirthfully, melodically clear.
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