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In “Clybourne Park,” the current production of Laguna Playhouse, playwright Bruce Norris deftly examines contemporary issues with sly humor and a surprising structure. The seven member cast delve into plot twists that challenge notions about gentrification, marginalization,...

Auditions to be held for Eric Coble’s” The Giver” on June 21, 22, and 23 at The Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach at 1085 Laguna Canyon Road. The play will be produced by The Laguna Playhouse’s Theatre for a New Generation, which is casting all roles and is open to...

Laguna’s 11th Annual Fete de la Musique presented by Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association will be held on Saturday, June 16. The day’s festivities, inspired by the French International Day of Music, will begin at 12 p.m. at Main Beach with the Children’s Parade with music by...

Musical performances sure to bring cheer to cloudy days starts Monday, June 4, with “All That Jazz,” a look back at the origins of an American art form from 5-7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 268 St. Ann’s Dr Presenter Laguna Beach Live tunes up a bluegrass BBQ with Barefoot Movement...

Laguna Beach Live! artistic director Bijon Watson and an All-Star Trio will perform, “All That Jazz: A Historic Retrospective of an American Art Form,”as part of the Insights program Monday, June 4. Tickets are $10 and the event will be held at Woman’s Club, St. Ann’s Drive....

“The Grass is Blue: America’s Legacy of Bluegrass and Spirituals,” finds a home at Mozambique Tuesday, May 22, when Laguna Beach Live! presents Pacific Chorale’s artistic director, Robert Istad. The talk and music begin at 6:30 p.m. Demonstrating the musical highlights of Istad’s...

Rock band Jamestown Revival will play their Orange County debut at the Blinking Owl Distillery in Santa Ana on Sunday, May 20. The performance at 802 E Washington Ave. is a fundraiser for Laguna Beach resident Summer Tarango. The proceeds will help pay for her ongoing breast...

Laguna Dance Festival will hold their annual gala Friday, May 18, by celebrating the centennial birthdays of composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins, who together with lyricist Stephen Sondheim created “West Side Story.” Guests will enjoy an evening of music...

Sunset Serenades returns beginning with a free 6:30 p.m. classical music performance by Jackie Menter Trio Friday, May 4, in the Heisler Park Amphitheatre. Here is the concert line up: May 5, Jack Benny, pop trio; May 18, Phil Gough/Alan Deremo Project; May 25, Maestro Lazaro...

“Dirty Blonde,” written by Claudia Shear and directed James W. Gruessing Jr., opens at Laguna Playhouse on Thursday, April 26, for six performances only. Starring Bets Malone as Mae West, the production examines one of America’s most enduring and controversial pop culture...

Laguna local Jessica Haddy will perform a program of classical music in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Corona Del Mar High School performing arts theater, 2101 Eastbluff Dr., Newport Beach. Haddy is concertmaster of the Southern California Philharmonic. The...

Neo-Baroque orchestra Kontrapunktus will perform for the first time in Laguna Beach in a free 2 p.m. concert at the Laguna Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 8. The ensemble will be performing a 90-minute concert featuring repertoire commemorating influential Baroque composers...

“Nathan Gunn Flying Solo,” a musical journey written about and starring the opera-singing baritone, opens in a world premiere at the Laguna Playhouse Sunday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. The show is directed by Hershey Felder with musical direction by Michael Bagby. Gunn sings...

New West Guitar Group featuring guitarists Perry Smith, John Storie and Will Brahm perform March 28 at Seven-Degrees, 891 Laguna Canyon Road. The group has released five instrumental albums, each showcasing the laid-back virtuosity of their own arrangements. Concerts start at 6...

Guitarist Eric Henderson, a protégé of Andrés Segovia, and Venezuelan pianist William Sigismondi, will perform together in concert at Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann’s Dr. from 8-10 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. A fortuitous encounter in Laguna Beach brought the duo...