The beautiful, female-centric show is a theatrical hug for turbulent times. By Anne Reid “Tiny Beautiful Things” follows the...

The Tony Award Winner for Best Musical and Olivier Award Winner for Best New Musical, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” by...

New Approach Promises a Stylized, Modernized Take on the Classical 1664 Comedy by Molière. By Eric Marchese While prolific French...

Ready to Unveil ‘Art’ – and Reveal Its Meaning By Eric Marchese The issue of what defines “art” has been a topic of discussion and debate...

Gods helping humans, the way gods do. By Dana Hammer As some of you may know, I just released a middle-grade novel called Fanny...

From the Tony and Grammy award-winning creators of “Spring Awakening”, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and co-written by Jessie Nelson of...

Drag rock musical takes center stage by Libby Nicolay A revelation is brewing as Chance Theater gears up to deliver John Cameron...

A Bittersweet, Unconventional Love Story Amplified By Music By Shannon Cudd Not all love stories can be placed in a neat box. Some chance...

Family secrets will be unearthed…literally. By Dana Hammer It’s a new year, and we are all addled and brainfogged from too many Hallmark...

Productions of “Ride the Cyclone,” “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” “Clybourne Park,” “Yellow Face,” and “The Curious Incident...

Because we all have those relatives… By Dana Hammer Like many of you, I traveled to visit family for the holidays. My husband, my...

Prepare for a Fanciful Farce at a Nice, Safe Altitude   By Dana Hammer Like many of you, I will be flying on an airplane this holiday...

Director Frank Minano has a marked affinity for Ken Ludwig’s works – and for the farce genre that is the playwright’s specialty. By Eric...

Gold Rush: Bandits of the high seas meet Irish legends in first children’s play at Santa Ana theatre By Joel Beers True story: The person...

Past and present connect in Chance Theater’s redesigned holiday classic By Libby Nicolay In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season,...

A Play About Discovering Who You Always Were And Living Your Truth By Shannon Cudd Craig Tyrl, the artistic director of The Wayward...

The ‘immortal’ Count returns, this time with a female Dr. Van Helsing in pursuit. By Bruce Goodrich Irish writer Bram Stoker (1847-1912)...

Celebrate Cabrillo’s 70th Season With The Play That Started It All By Shannon Cudd Before the existence of the Cabrillo Playhouse, the...

Riotous comedy, with a Chekovian twist. By Bruce Goodrich The venerable Costa Mesa Playhouse is in its 58th season. Under Michael Serna’s...

A Dark and Whimsical Flight of Imagination comes to life By Libby Nicolay As the curtain rises on this year’s Halloween season, Ophelia's...