Once upon a time, on a warm, Midsummer’s night, four young lovers find themselves wrapped in the dream-like arms of an enchanted forest...

MARCH 11, 2023 — HUNTINGTON BEACH "Inventing Van Gogh" by Steven Dietz is one of those theatrical experiences where, at the end of the...

COSTA MESA — NOVEMBER 22, 2022 The Christmas season seems to start earlier every year. Even before Halloween. Even before our Black...

It's Got a Little of Everything! Show Tunes, Tycoons, Mafia Goons and Looney Tunes! NOV15, 2022 HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Drowsy Chaperone...

"Yearning For The Truth at Any Cost..." Classical theater needn’t be tedious, as Golden West College reminds us each season. If properly...

"Of all the ways to catch a killer, few are as psychologically devious as the trap set by Hamlet." Her face gleams keenly under an...

Come Take a Chance on this Irresistible "Mamma Mia!" It's time to break out the platform shoes and feather boas one more time! Vanguard...

"Right this way, your table's waiting..." Fifty-five years ago, the musical “Cabaret” took Broadway by storm, winning eight Tony Awards...

"...A character-fueled comedy that aches to be seen!" There they are, lined up like tombstones, and looking as if they had just stepped...

Golden West College Theatre Arts Department presents “Acting: The First Six Lessons,” playing March 6th through March 15th, and directed...

"Teach me to speak the language of men!" — Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes OCCT’s "Tarzan, The Stage Musical," based on the 1999...

This ‘Sweeney Todd’ Really Gets In Your Face A weathered vessel sails into 19th century London's bleak and dreary harbor carrying a...

Life’s a Jolly Holiday with ALCs “Mary Poppins!” At the Arts and Learning Conservatory in Costa Mesa this month, the 2019-20 season was...

..."I’m not a stripper. At these prices, I’m an ecdysiast!” Easily one of my favorite Broadway musicals, I have seen “Les Miserables”...

"I Ought to be Thy Adam, But I am Rather the Fallen Angel..." At the North Pole, gun in hand, an angry creator confronts his anguished...

"A Masterwork With a Moral" HUNTINGTON BEACH: Where fantasy wages war with reality in “Big Fish, a New Broadway Musical,” a delightful...

Heather Chandler: “…God, Veronica. My afterlife is so boring. If I have to sing Kumbaya one more time.” “Heathers The Musical,” the...

Ariel: [Chuck mimics a fire engine's siren and grabs Ariel around the waist; she laughs] You'd never guess your daddy's a fire chief!...

“…A Delicate Balance of Comedy and Tragedy” Chekhov is arguably the second-greatest dramatist in history. In this, his most biographical...

“…Close Your Eyes and Surrender!” In celebration of their 25th Silver Anniversary, APA proudly presents the most popular musical of all...