Legendary actress Bette Davis won two Best Actress Oscars during her long and illustrious career. She deserves another award for helping put the Lido Theater on the map.
The Lido Theater opened to the public on October 27, 1939. The opening film was “Jezebel” starring Bette Davis, a resident of...
Pacific Symphony invites audiences on an extraordinary musical journey, culminating in Respighi’s magnificent “Pines of Rome,” a romantic tone poem that captures the grandeur, history and spirit of the Eternal City.
Guided by the masterful direction of Music Director Carl St.Clair on Feb. 6-8, this awe-inspiring performance is paired with...
Alonzo King has been called a visionary choreographer and someone who is altering the way we look and think about movement.
According to his bio, King calls his works “thought structures” created by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions...
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Pink Martini returns to Pacific Symphony Pops February 14 & 15 to deliver a musical cocktail of sophistication and vibrancy as they mix classical zest, Latin heat, and jazz-tinted pop. They’ll be celebrating 30 years of delighting audiences this season.
Dubbed “A Night at...
Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the remaining performances of their 2024/2025 Chamber Series: four concerts by world class ensembles playing iconic works of chamber music, including several premieres, from February through April in the intimate Samueli Theater.
First, Takács Quartet with David Requiro, cello, return on February 14 with...
Ireland is coming to Costa Mesa—well, at least one of Ireland’s renowned theater company’s is headed this way with a show that’s fun for all ages.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is presenting the world premiere of “The Musicians of Bremen Live!” on February 8 and 9 in a co-production...
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian—and one of the most admired and powerful women in the world. President Harry S. Truman even dubbed her the "First Lady of the World."
Roosevelt, who penned more...
Cannery Village Gallery presents Recurring Dreams, a solo exhibition by mixed-media artist Mario Zoots. The exhibition will be on view January 24 through March 8. An opening reception will be held on January 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Recurring Dreams presents a series of collages that explore the fragmented...
In 2001, the play “Kimberly Akimbo” by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire had its world premiere at South Coast Repertory. It received positive reviews including Variety Magazine, which called the play “poignant and significant. Life’s short, the play is saying, and we should live it to the hilt.”
In 2021, two decades...
He has won 16 Grammy Awards as a composer and producer, she has carved a career in film, television, Broadway, recording and concert tours.
Together they are the talented husband and wife duo performing in “An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee” on Thursday, January 23 at Segerstrom...
