| Cal State University Fullerton - Fullerton - Presents: Fall Dance Theatre 12/5/2024 - 12/14/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) A celebration of dance in all its many forms. CSUF’s award-winning choreographers and dancers present the human condition as a dynamic, fluid, and powerfully moving force.
Coordinated by Joshua D. Estrada-Romero |
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| New Village Arts - Carlsbad - Presents: Miracle on 34th St. - A Live Musical Radio Play 11/22/2024 - 12/24/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, told in the style of a radio play and created by San Diego artists Jon Lorenz and Lance Arthur Smith. With live Foley effects and a score of holiday carols, this beloved musical will melt even the most cynical of hearts. |
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| A Noise Within - Pasadena - Presents: A Christmas Carol - A Noise Within 11/30/2024 - 12/24/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) A Noise Within’s beloved ‘A Christmas Carol’ returns with new surprises. Delightfully festive, musically merry stage adaptation is uniquely faithful to Dickens’ novel. |
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| Latino Theater Company - Los Angeles - Presents: La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin 12/6/2024 - 12/7/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) Latino Theater Company’s free, annual holiday pageant ‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ is L.A.’s largest. |
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| LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents: Brahms with Zubin Mehta 12/6/2024 - 12/8/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) Mehta teams up with Leonidas Kavakos whose “talent dazzles from the first notes” (Bachtrack) |
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| Cygnet Theatre - San Diego - Presents: A Christmas Carol - Cygnet Theatre 11/29/2024 - 12/24/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) Sentimental • Traditional • Ghostly
Cygnet’s holiday smash hit returns, better than ever! |
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| USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents: Winter Choral Festival Friday, 12/6/2024 Celebrate the holidays with the USC Thornton Choral & Sacred Music Department at the 2024 Winter Choral Festival featuring readings, carols and seasonal highlights by the Thornton Choirs.
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| Fine Arts Network - Temecula - Presents: A Christmas Carol 2024 11/29/2024 - 12/8/2024 (next performance: Saturday, 12/7/2024) Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated "Bah! Humbug!" Scrooge summates his feelings of Christmas tidings and charitable giving, but he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts on Christmas Eve lead him through his Past, Present and Future. |
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| Broadway in Hollywood - Hollywood - Presents: Wicked 12/4/2024 - 2/2/2025 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) L.A.'S MOST "POPULAR" MUSICAL RETURNS
SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN
WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. |
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| New West Symphony - Thousand Oaks - Presents: New West Symphony presents Winter Spectacular: Holidays of Light - Thousand Oaks Saturday, 12/7/2024 New West Symphony presents Winter Spectacular: Holidays of Light
Light is a symbol and source of inspiration for holiday celebrations around the world. It brings people together and transforms our surroundings, while representing goodness, wisdom and the passage of time. |
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| Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents: Pilobolus Saturday, 12/7/2024 re:CREATION
Step into a realm where imagination knows no limits. The boundaries of gravity and creativity blur, offering an intimate window into creativity itself. |
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| La Jolla Playhouse - La Jolla - Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again 11/19/2024 - 12/15/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) Christmas, but not as you know it.
Leave the little ones at home and gather ‘round for a very Playhouse take on Christmas. Your Local Theater Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again is a laugh-out-loud funny and heartfelt story for theatre lovers and holiday enthusiasts alike. |
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| Biola Conservatory of Music - La Mirada - Presents: Biola University Christmas Concert Saturday, 12/7/2024 The Biola Conservatory of Music presents Let the Nations Rejoice! - Saturday, December 7, at 7:00 PM. This multimedia concert involving nearly 200 Conservatory student musicians, will celebrate the birth of Christ with musical traditions from around the world. |
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| The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 11/6/2024 - 12/31/2024 (next performance: Saturday, 12/7/2024) Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic Dr. Seuss book. |
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| San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents: Two Concertos: Barnatan Plays Shostakovich 12/6/2024 - 12/8/2024 (next performance: Friday, 12/6/2024) Rafael Payare, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Paul Merkelo, trumpet
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 |
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| Orange County Women's Chorus - Corona Del Mar - Presents: Three Journeys: Where We’ve Been - Corona Del Mar Saturday, 12/7/2024 OCWC invites audiences to share in the souvenirs they’ve brought back from their three international tours. Hear music for the season for voices and instruments from England and Wales, Canada, and Croatia—plus a special bonus finale from the ensemble’s 2022 Carnegie Hall debut. |
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| South Coast Repertory - Costa Mesa - Presents: A Christmas Carol 11/30/2024 - 12/24/2024 (next performance: Saturday, 12/7/2024) It’s an Orange County tradition!
From the first “Bah humbug” to the final “Wassail,” this timeless classic is sure to rekindle your family’s holiday spirit. Join all your favorite Dickens characters—Tiny Tim and the Cratchits, the Fezziwigs, the Spirits of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come, and of course, everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge. |
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| Performing Arts LIVE - Southern California - Presents: Post your Music, Theater and Dance events NOW! Thursday, 12/31/2026 It's FREE and EASY to post an event. See POST EVENT on our Home page.
Performing Arts LIVE is the most comprehensive database of theater, dance and classical music events in Southern California!
Be sure to check out our home page and the pages that follow daily. We FEATURE events of great interest here. |
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| Laguna Beach Chamber Singers - Laguna Beach - Presents: Peace on Earth Saturday, 12/7/2024 Celebrate the holiday season and the Laguna Beach Chamber Singers’ 10th anniversary with Peace on Earth. This enchanting concert blends timeless choral classics with contemporary arrangements, capturing the spirit of peace and unity. Join us on December 7 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church for an evening of music that inspires joy and reflection. |
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| Palm Canyon Theatre - Palm Springs - Presents: Mary Poppins 11/29/2024 - 12/22/2024 (next performance: Sunday, 12/8/2024) Mary Poppins the Musical, live at Palm Canyon Theatre November 29th through December 22nd! |
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