Last June the Newport Beach Film Festival presented its inaugural Newport Beach TV Fest at the Lido Theatre in Newport Beach. Honorees at the inaugural Newport Beach TV Fest included Adam Brody, Ali Larter, Andy Garcia, Billy Bob Thornton, Christina Ricci, Dan Fogelman, Jason Segel, Kate Hudson, Quinta Brunson, Ralph...

Several local restaurants have featured themed dining experiences that match a theatrical presentation (usually a musical at Segerstrom Center), but South Coast Repertory is taking that concept to another level. The World Premiere of “Eat Me” by Talene Monahan at SCR April 12 through May 3 on the Julianne Argyros...

By Mandy Fang | NB Indy Arts Writer A noted Academy Award nominated actor recently made a remark that no one cares about ballet anymore. Ballet isn’t dying. It’s not a dying industry. The only thing dying in ballet are the love interests and the villains. Performing a ballet filled with illustrious...

By Sandra M. Borges | Special to the NB Indy Thirty years ago, Segerstrom Center for the Arts served as the launchpad for what has been called the best show The Beatles never did. Classical Mystery Tour stands in a league of its own as both an acclaimed Beatles tribute band...

South Coast Repertory’s theatrical event of the season is about to end, but there’s still time to experience two remarkable plays that share actors and a set. Through March 21, South Coast Rep is presenting a rotating repertory of two Tony Award-winning plays: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward...

Gallery Sonder is hosting “After the Dust Settles” March 20 through May 10, the first solo exhibition in the United States by German artist Ruben Benjamin. Exploring painting and sculpture as enmeshed disciplines, Benjamin presents a body of work shaped by pressure, movement, and accretion, where material processes cultivate shifting...

Segerstrom Center for the Arts has announced its 2026-2027 Broadway season, and it’s an extra special celebration because it marks the Center’s 40th anniversary season. This landmark season features 11 acclaimed Broadway productions, including six Orange County premieres. Casey Reitz, President and CEO of Segerstrom Center for the Arts, said “I...

By Zoe Luczaj | NB Indy Arts Writer If you think your Instagram is revealing, you haven’t met Sophie Calle. Decades before social media blurred the boundary between private and public life, Calle was staging her own experiences and quietly inserting herself into the lives of others — as art. Now on...

Steve Roden joined a punk rock band when he was in his teens, but he eventually became an artist who worked across painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, music, and sound. According to the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art which has an exhibit of his work titled “Steve...