Skylar Campbell To Premiere His New Dance Group In Orange County

Stars of the ballet world will join Skylar Campbell in creating a new dance company -- what they are currently referring to as a collective -- which will premiere their work together for the first time in Orange County in June 2020 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Campbell is a home grown talent and he hopes to eventually establish a permanent home base here for his company.


Segerstrom Center's New Leader is a Risky but Intriguing Choice

BREAKING NEWS: Casey Reitz has been named the new president of Segerstrom Center for the Arts. He comes from Second Stage Theatre in New York, replacing Terry Dwyer who abruptly left the post in February 2019 after a 13-year tenure at the Center.


STAGES Ends Eight-Year Drought of 'Silence! The Musical' with an O.C. Premiere

PREVIEW: Created at a New York City fringe festival, the "unauthorized parody" musicalizes and pokes fun at the intense 1991 suspense thriller "Silence of the Lambs."


Whether it's theater from across the ocean or tales and artwork from Orange County's own past, a wide world of culture is yours to take in this week 

MARQUEE

Café Ludwig: Beethoven and Brahms

COSTA MESA - The popular chamber music series return with some of the Pacific Symphony's world-class musicians playing through an intimate afternoon service of coffee, tea, and pastries  DETAILS »

FAMILY

Goosebumps, The Musical

ANAHEIM - The Chance Theater brings the beloved series of spooky books to the stage in a family-friendly thriller called "Phantom of the Auditorium"  DETAILS »

FREE

Orange County Archives Bazaar at the Hilbert Museum

ORANGE - Local libraries, museums, scholars, and private collections pool their resources for a one-day exploration of little-known stories in Orange County history; this year, the focus is on murals as markers and records of history and community character  DETAILS »

WILDCARD

A Dream Within a Dream : The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

FULLERTON - Actor Travis Rhett Wilson brings his award-winning portrayal of author and poet Edgar Allen Poe to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, mixing stories of Poe's life with recitations of some of his famous, spooky works  DETAILS »

EXTRA

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

IRVINE - To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the NTL's broadcasts of the best of the British stage, it's the return of the blockbuster production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch  DETAILS »

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