Newport Beach News

By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa is known for its musicals, bringing the joy and artistry of national tours to Orange County. Most recently, though, Segerstrom Center has deviated from its standard musical fare and is presenting the Broadway...

The City of Newport Beach Arts Commission presents its annual Summer Concerts Series on the Green featuring an array of performers for your entertainment. Bring your low-slung beach chairs and blankets and enjoy an evening in a fun atmosphere. Pack a picnic dinner or purchase from on-site gourmet food trucks....

How do you give birth to a ballet, or create a contemporary dance piece? National Choreographers Initiative has the answer. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, National Choreographers Initiative (also known as NCI) is marking two decades of innovation in dance creation. Every summer, NCI Artistic Director Molly Lynch – a...

Was it Professor Plum in the Study with the Revolver? Or maybe Miss Scarlet in the Kitchen with a Rope? Those classic characters from the popular board game Clue are well known to millions of people around the world. Created 75 years ago and currently owned and published by Hasbro,...

By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy It didn’t take long for Ernest Thompson’s 1979 play “On Golden Pond” to be adapted for the big screen. Thompson himself revamped his script in 1981 and it was filmed in short order and released in December. Yet, check out Newport Theatre...

Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort has announced the return of Tunes at the Dunes live waterfront concert series on holiday weekends as well as Movies on the Beach every Friday and Saturday evening through the end of July. From soulful blues to classic rock and surf reggae tunes, Tunes at the...

By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Were the peerless detective Sherlock Holmes to meet his demise, who would plumb the mystery and catch the killer? That’s the tantalizing premise posited by Jeffrey Hatcher in his 2018 play “Holmes and Watson.” In Laguna Playhouse’s production, director David Ellenstein and...

Laguna Beach fine artist Jorg Dubin wrote a letter to the Laguna Beach Independent titled "Save Our Laguna Beach Artists." Jorg defined the Laguna creative community as artists, craftspeople, musicians, writers and performers. Jorg said creativity is “A natural resource that has been woven into the fabric of Laguna....

Segerstrom Center for the Arts has unveiled its 2024-2025 Broadway seasons featuring an impressive lineup of 10 hits from the Great White Way, including the return of the mega hit, “Hamilton,” plus six Orange County premieres. Segerstrom Center President Casey Reitz calls the Broadway season exciting and incredible. “Get ready to...