orange & los angeles counties on stage


NEWSIES Extra! Extra! Read all about it: La Mirada Theatre for The Performing Arts


invites you to “Seize the Day” as they present the smash-hit, crowd-pleas- ing musical from Disney. Winner of the 2012 Tony Award for best score and best choreography,Newsies is an all singing, all dancing, high-energy show based on the 1992 film starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall. It tells the thrilling true story of the newsboy strike in 1899, when a bunch of rag tag orphans took on the mighty Joe Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, nearly bringing down the city of New York. The musical features many of the beloved numbers from the movie including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe,” alongside several original songs exclusive to the Broadway musical. Get ready for an inspiring night at the theatreFriday, June 1 through Sunday, June 24 in La Mirada‘s all singing, all dancing, high-energy show. For tickets and more information, call 562.944.9801 or go to lamiradatheatre.com.


THE COLOR PURPLE The critically acclaimed new production ofThe Color Purple comes to Orange County this month. This unforgettable and intensely moving story has gone from Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to a box office hit movie in 1985. 2005 brought the Broadway musical, followed by the current revival which opened to great acclaim in summer 2013 in London, then on Broadway in November 2015. It went on to win two Tony Awards in2016, including Best Revival of a Musical, two Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy. Don’t miss your chance to be mesmerized once again when this joyous show comes to Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts Tuesday, June 19 through Sunday, June 24. For tickets and more information, call 714.556.2787 or go to scfta.org.


CLYBOURNE PARK A battle over race and real estate rages across two generations in a Chicago neighborhood in this critically acclaimed play coming to Laguna PlayhouseWednesday, June 6 through Sunday, June 24. A spin-off of Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking dramaA Raisin in the Sun,Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp satire and the winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play. Act one takes place in 1959, as white commu- nity leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. Laguna Playhouse Executive Director Ellen Richard comments, “What a privilege to close this extraordinary season with one of the most important plays of the past decade.” Adds Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham. “Under the direction of Matt August and with our exceptional cast, our subscribers and audiences are in for an unforgettable evening of thrilling and thought-provoking theatre.” For tickets and more information, call 949.497.2787 or go to lagunaplayhouse.com.


OUR VERY OWN CARLIN MCCULLOUGH A single mother discovers that her ten-year-old daughter is a tennis phenom. When a young, dedicated coach takes Carlin under his wing, her meteoric rise takes shape, and this threesome struggles over what is best when building up a champion. The Geffen Playhouse brings to its stage the world premiere production of actress-turned-playwright Amanda Peet’sOur Very Own Carlin McCullough. The play will feature Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife, True Detective), Abigail Dylan Harrison (The Affair) and Joe Tippett (Rise, Broadway’s Waitress). Peet’s first play, The Commons of Pensacola, ran Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2013 and starred Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker. Performances ofOur Very Own Carlin McCullough take placeTuesday, June 19 through Sunday, July 29. For tickets and more information, call 310.208.5454 or go to geffenplayhouse.org.


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