Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No wait, it’s Cathy Rigby! NOVEMBER 1—LA MIRADA, CA If you’ve seen “The Play That Goes Wrong,” you might be asking yourself, do I also need to see PETER PAN GOES WRONG? Aren’t they basically the same show in a different setting? Well, the answers are simply, yes and yes. Once again, the excruciatingly awful actors of the CPDS are to be seen desecrating the beautiful La Mirada Theatre with their ham-fisted performances, overweening self-belief, and

A World where Bohemians and Aristocrats Rub Elbows and Revel in Electrifying Enchantment. OCTOBER 28—COSTA MESA Yes, they can-can — and in 2018 they did-did — Baz Luhrmann’s absinthe-tinged 2001 film fantasia “Moulin Rouge!” was reconfigured into a glittery stage spectacular only seven years ago. Unsurprisingly, Broadway has never been the same. And really, neither has Segerstrom Hall since it opened this past Tuesday, whose flats and furnishings will be clothed in rosy red,

PARADE May be the Saddest Musical Ever, but its Sadness is of the Elegiac Kind that Awakens the Heart. OCTOBER 23—LOS ANGELES Inspired by the true story of Leo Frank (Adam Fried), a Jewish man who was lynched in Marietta, Georgia in 1915 for the gruesome murder of a young girl at his factory, this musical provides a painstakingly rendered chart of the wheels of injustice. And it never lets up on the moral blindness and corruption of his persecutors, and its insistence of the

Considered America’s Finest Piece of Musical Theatre, HELLO DOLLY! Storms the Carpenter Performing Arts Center Stage this October! OCTOBER 18—LONG BEACH Is it possible for a Broadway musical war horse to reinvent itself in the absence of its legendary original lead? Yes! Most buoyantly, even against the odds movingly! Such is presently the case in the newest production of HELLO DOLLY! by Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts in Long Beach, closing out their 2025 s

"...The Diviners has the folksy charm of ‘Our Town’ but with an undercurrent of impending tragedy looming at the edges...” OCTOBER 17—HUNTINGTON BEACH It takes a village to raise a child, and in this small town, most folks postulate their opinions on how to raise Buddy Layman despite his daddy's insistence that "kids are fine on their own." An emotionally traumatized 14-year-old shaveling who speaks of himself in the third person, Buddy has a deathly fear of water, yet is so

Some Like It Hot roars and sizzles hilariously, with a zest and an appeal that just can’t be denied! OCTOBER 7—COSTA MESA, CA Taking a...

A Charming Antihero Chops Down the Family Tree for Love and Money in this Musical Comedy at Laguna Playhouse SEPT 21ST—LAGUNA BEACH In A...

A Modern Musical that Tells the Life-Changing Story of the Thousands of Passengers Diverted to a Small Newfoundland Community Following...

A hilarious, foot-stomping good time! AUGUST 7, 2025—LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE Angela is a housewife, weary of standing by her man and his coming...

For decades, Neil Diamond was on top of the world. He toured arenas packed with shrieking fans who couldn’t get enough of his music. I...

"Let's rock and roll!" is the hepped-up battle cry of Will Riddle — the sainted hero of BUDDY, THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY. Moments later, a...