Posts Tagged ‘Chance Theatre’
OC’s Chance a Lotto Winner with ‘In the Heights’
Chance Theatre, Orange County’s 99-seat juggernaut company, typically stages a musical in the summer. This summer’s entry is Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ In the Heights. It’s a big show for a relatively small space, but the cast and creative team are up to the challenge…
Read MoreLysistrata Jones Plays With a Classic at Orange County’s Chance Theatre
Chance, the Orange County small theatre juggernaut, has a new space. To kick off its new location, the company has secured the West Coast premiere of Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane’s musical, Lysistrata Jones. Its high-energy production proves an excellent match to Chance’s strengths and to its black-box space…
Read MoreBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Worth the Drive to the OC
You’d be foolish to see Chance Theatre’s production of the musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson instead of going to summer school to learn U. S. history, even though there’s a lot of history that bleeds into Alex Timbers’ book. But, if your idea of beach reading is plowing through an entertaining and energetic historical novel, then this show is for you…
Read MoreAnswers to Life’s Persistent Questions
Chance Theatre’s current attraction, the West Coast premiere of Triassic Parq – The Musical, feels a bit like a rave. It’s ear-splitting, eye-popping, and sometimes too hip for its own good. But it’s also loose-limbed, terrifically sung, and hypnotically entertaining.
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