Program to be announced. The Festival’s opening concert features Caroline Shaw joined by a string quartet and chorus. Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves roles, genres, and ...
Program to be announced. Caroline Shaw and S Percussion dissolve the boundaries between classical and pop, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as James Joyce, ...
Program to be announced. After more than a decade of musical friendship, composer-performers Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane embark on their first large-scale collaboration, orbiting ...
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Nominations Announced For the OC Theatre Guild Awards
by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2023
On Saturday, January 21, 2023 during OC Theatre Guild’s membership meeting, the nominees for the second annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced to the public. The awards ceremony, in which the winners will be revealed, has been scheduled for the evening of Monday, April 17, 2023 at the ...
Past Shows
RAPUNZEL AND HER HOLIDAY WISH
12/7 - 12/29/2024
RAPUNZEL AND HER HOLIDAY WISH is based on the beloved fairytale, this hair-larious tangled tale undergoes a Holiday Panto makeover. Prepare for a spellbinding journey ...
A View From The Bridge
10/30 - 11/17/2024
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE delves into the complexities of family, love, and justice. Set in a tight-knit Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn, the play ...
Don't Dress For Dinner
9/4 - 9/22/2024
This wildly successful comedy was first produced at Laguna Playhouse in 1997 and is back by popular demand! This outrageous farce has all the right ...
HOLMES & WATSON
5/29 - 6/16/2024
Prepare yourself for a fast-paced, thrilling, suspenseful story that will keep you guessing until its final moments. In this worthwhile addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon, there are more twists ...
TARTUFFE
4/17 - 5/5/2024
For years, Laguna Playhouse has been making audiences laugh with a wide variety of comedies and now they deliver one of the most enduring comedic ...
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
3/13 - 3/31/2024
A SHAYNA MAIDEL (which means “a pretty girl” in Yiddish) is a touching memory play about two sisters reconnecting after years of separation and a ...
Laguna Dance Festival
2/23 - 2/25/2024
New Zealand to L.A. Three diverse comanpies: BLACK GRACE, Los Angeles Ballet & Syncopated Ladies Black Grace brings the best dancers from New Zealand to ...
Ain't Misbehavin'
1/24 - 2/11/2024
It’s 1930’s Harlem, and the joint is jumpin’! Nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom are the playgrounds of high society, and dive ...
A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS
12/7 - 12/29/2023
This holiday season, put on your glass slippers and join us for our annual Lythgoe Family Panto, A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS! Based on the traditional British ...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11/17 - 11/19/2023
Laguna Beach Playhouse presents William Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM for ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Set in a dystopian world.
The Angel Next Door
10/18 - 11/5/2023
It is 1948 and an unlikely group of characters has assembled in a Newport mansion. An unexpected development threatens to doom a budding romance and ...
THE RAINMAKER
9/20 - 10/8/2023
THE RAINMAKER Written by N. Richard Nash Directed by Andrew Barnicle MIRACLES HAPPEN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE IN LAGUNA BEACH! “The ...
2 Pianos 4 Hands
7/5 - 7/23/2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE presents the First Show of its 2023-2024 Season… 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Written by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt Directed by Tom Frey ...
Murder On The Links
5/31 - 6/18/2023
Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer, namely the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client! Acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz brings the famed Belgian ...
Staged
1/25 - 2/12/2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE is thrilled to announce that comedienne Rita Rudner will star in the upcoming World Premiere of a hilarious new comedy, STAGED, written by Martin Bergman & ...
Love Among The Ruins
10/26 - 11/13/2022
When wealthy widow and socialite Jessica Medlicott is sued for breach of promise by her money-seeking ex-fiancé, will her past as an actress help or ...
Kim's Convenience
9/21 - 10/9/2022
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SHOW OF ITS 2022-2023 SEASON!The Orange County Premiere Of KIMS CONVENIENCE Written by Ins ChoiDirected by Jon Lawrence RiveraLIMITED ENGAGEMENT ...
Saturday Night Fever
6/29 - 7/17/2022
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE SIXTH SHOW OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY SEASONSATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Based on the Paramount/RSO Picture and the story by Nik Cohn Adapted ...
A Chorus Line
5/26 - 6/12/2022
A CHORUS LINE is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre: the chorus dancers - those valiant, over dedicated, underpaid, highly ...
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
4/20 - 5/8/2022
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!is a musical comedy about everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and ...
Folk Legacy Trio
1/1 - 1/2/2022
FOLK LEGACY TRIOJanuary 1 - 2, 2022What have you been doing since 1971? Hemming your bell bottoms? Rebuilding your Volkswagen bus? George, Rick and Jerry ...
RITA RUDNERS HAPPY VACCINATED NEW YEARS EVE!December 31, 2021Join superstar comedienne Rita Rudner at her HAPPY, VACCINATED NEW YEAR'S EVE,Laguna Playhouse's sixth annualNew Years Eve ...
ROBIN HOOD & MAID MARION: A HOLIDAY PANTO
12/3 - 12/29/2021
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE and BONNIE LYTHGOE PRODUCTIONS benefiting GiveKidsPanto announce the cast of THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OFROBIN HOOD & MAID MARION:A HOLIDAY PANTOWritten by Kris ...
SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM
12/20 - 12/21/2021
SISTERS CHRISTMAS CATECHISMDecember 20 - 21, 2021It's "CSI: Bethlehem" in this holiday mystery extravaganza from the author of Late Nite Catechism, as Sister takes on ...
Merry Christmas, Darling! Carpenters' Christmas
12/13 - 12/15/2021
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING: CARPENTERS CHRISTMASDecember 13 - 15, 2021Long ago and oh so far away the world fell in love with the Carpenters and their ...
SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
10/13 - 10/31/2021
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SHOW OF ITS 2021-2022 100TH SEASON!SH-BOOM!LIFE COULD BE A DREAMWritten and Created by Roger BeanDirection & Choreography by Jonathan Van ...
In the tradition of the “one man composer shows” adding operatic voices when called for, PUCCINI is the story of the great composer’s deliciously scandalous ...
Before the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character of ‘Tevye the Milkman.’ Before the beloved songs, “Tradition,” ...
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
12/23 - 1/1/2021
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Hailed as “magical” by The Boston Globe and “ fresh ...
GEORGE GERSHWIN: BIDIN’ MY TIME
12/23 - 12/31/2020
As a companion to the Gershwin program from this past March (rescheduled for Spring of 2021), this program is set among excerpts of letters and ...
JULE STYNE AND HIS MANY LYRICISTS: DISTANT MELODY
12/23 - 12/31/2020
It is said that Jule Styne published over 1,500 songs in his lifetime, a staggering number that spans decades and includes dozens of collaborators. Beginning ...
RODGERS, RODGERS, & GUETTEL: STATUES AND STORIES
12/23 - 12/31/2020
The groundbreaking works of Richard Rodgers, most famously in his collaborations with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, gave us the foundation of the modern ...
THE THEME FROM…: SONGS WRITTEN FOR FILM
12/23 - 12/31/2020
As a celebration of our performers, and the necessary medium of film to tell these stories at this moment in time, this special program presents ...
TOM JONES & HARVEY SCHMIDT: SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS
12/23 - 12/31/2020
60 years ago, on May 3, 1960, at the tiny Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village, The Fantasticks opened on the sparsest of budgets and ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING: HEIDI KETTENRING SINGS KAREN CARPENTER
12/23 - 12/28/2020
Chicago’s favorite leading lady Heidi Kettenring (Wicked, Broadway in Chicago) and her exceptional band present the timeless treasures and holiday hits of Karen Carpenter. A ...
Deathtrap
9/18 - 10/13/2020
eemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has ...
Ann
5/13 - 6/7/2020
Tough as nails. Funny as hell. Holland Taylor brings our brassy blue Governor Ann Richards back to vivid life in a tour-de-force performance direct from ...
To Sir, With Love
1/29 - 2/23/2020
To Sir, With Love was a major film of the 1960s starring Sidney Poitier and with a song made famous by Lulu. This exciting new ...
The Lion in Winter
11/6 - 11/24/2019
"What family doesn't have its ups and downs?" asks Eleanor of Aquitaine in THE LION IN WINTER as the royal plots and plans swirl around ...
The 2018 Laguna Playhouse’ Annual Gala is a black-tie fundraiser on Saturday, May 12, 6 p.m., with special performances by “Phantom of the Opera” star ...
Mrs. Honey Bee's Guide to the Good Life
5/31 - 6/4/2012
From Maripat Donovan the creator and star of the award-winning comedy hit, Late Night Catechism, comes a new hilarious interactive comedy, Mrs. Honey B.'s Guide ...
Tickled Pink
4/24 - 5/20/2012
Mindy Solomon absolutely has to leave Miami. Florida is bad for her head and her hair! Dreaming of a dancing career on Broadway, she moves ...
Sister's Easter Catechism
3/13 - 4/8/2012
Sister answers age old questions of the Easter season like “Why isn’t Easter on the same day every year like Christmas?”, and “Will my bunny ...
Lonesome Traveler
1/10 - 2/25/2012
“Tom Dooley,” “Goodnight Irene,” “Puff, the Magic Dragon” “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “This Land is Your Land.” These songs remind us of a time ...
This Wonderful Life
11/25 - 12/24/2011
Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...
Shirley Valentine
9/27 - 10/23/2011
Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged housewife from Liverpool whose life and marriage is trapped inside humdrum domesticity. She is in a rut. What has happened ...
Rita Rudner Returns
8/26 - 8/29/2011
Award-winning comedian and Las Vegas headliner Rita Rudner brings her sophisticated wit and clever one-liners to The Laguna Playhouse for an exclusive engagement. Rudner's sharp ...
I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett
7/5 - 8/21/2011
I Left My Heart, a tribute to the man Sinatra called “the greatest singer in the world,” sports a thrilling score of 40 standards all ...
Videos
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Kerry Butler
Samueli Theater (1/23 - 1/25) | |
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Jason Robert Brown w/ Anika Noni Rose
Samueli Theater (1/16 - 1/18) | |
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The Marvelous Wonderettes
Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot (1/31 - 2/9) | |
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LAGUNA BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL NIGHT ONE CAROLINE SHAW & FRIENDS
Laguna Playhouse (2/14 - 2/14) | |
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Wish You Were Here
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY (1/12 - 2/2) | |
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Kimberly Akimbo
Segerstrom Center for the Arts (1/21 - 2/2) | |
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A Beautiful Noise
Segerstrom Center for the Arts (7/29 - 8/10) | |
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VIENNA PHILHARMONIC & YEFIM BRONFMAN BEETHOVEN & R. STRAUSS
Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (3/9 - 3/9) | |
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ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC BRUCH, BERNSTEIN & TCHAIKOVSKY
Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (3/26 - 3/26) | |
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