KUDOS March 2020

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5-8
14-15
Zoo Birthday Party
Santa Ana Zoo
All Zoo party with music, games,
animal education activities and fun.
Sing Happy Birthday and enjoy cake,
first come/first served. | General
Public - free with price of admission;
FOSAZ (Friends of Santa Ana Zoo)
Members - Free; Santa Ana Residents
Free on Sunday, March 15 (proof of
Santa Ana residency required). 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
SantaAnaZoo.org
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ABT’s World Premiere “Of Love and Rage”
Segerstrom Hall
14-15
“High on the Mountain,
Deep in the Valley”
Orange County Women’s Chorus
St. Wilfrid of York Episcopal Church
“High on the Mountain, Deep in the Valley: The
Music of Johannes Brahms” is presented by the
Orange County Women’s Chorus led by Eliza
Rubenstein and joined by Men in Blaque
(Joseph Huszti, artistic director) for a concert of
works by one of the greatest of the Romantic
masters. Johannes Brahms’ mastery of intricate
craft and profound emotion have made his
music soul food for singers and listeners around
the world. OCWomensChorus.org
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Beethoven’s Piano Concertos
Pacific Symphony
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
4Sunset Jazz Supper Club Edition
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel
The Suncet Jazz Supper Club Edition continues its five
Wednesday night concerts at the Newport Beach
Marriott’s Hook & Spear restaurant on March 4 with the
Bruce Forman Trio featuring Alex Frank, Jake Reed and
The Red Guitar. The first set features the trio, followed
by a one-hour performance of The Red Guitar - straight
from Off Broadway! Doors open at 6 p.m./Show - 7 to
9:30 p.m. SunsetJazzatNewport.com
The dance event of the season is presented by American Ballet Theatre and
today’s foremost choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, called “the most gifted
choreographer in classical ballet today” by The New York Times. Inspired by
the earliest romance novel from Greek antiquity, the world premiere features
star-crossed lovers journeying on the high seas as the exceptionally beautiful
Callirhoe is rescued by her dashing hero. SCFTA.com
Enjoy an all-Beethoven weekend in celebration of the iconic
composer’s 250th birthday featuring all five piano concertos with the
immensely talented Alexander Romanovsky at the keyboard. Pacific
Symphony Music Director, celebrating his 30th season with the
orchestra, conducts. 8 p.m. PacificSymphony.org
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18 - 4/19
Cirque du Soleil Volta
OC Fair & Event Center
Finest Hour”
Irvine Barclay Theatre
In a concert celebrating the 75th
Anniversary of the music that ended
WWII and the music of the Greatest
Generation, “The Finest Hour”
performance features the iconic
tunes of Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald
and Frank Sinatra with such timeless
classics as “As Time Goes By” and
“I’ll Be Seeing You” performed by
Davina and the Vagabonds and Hot
Club of Cowtown. TheBarclay.org
11-4/5
Barefoot in the Park
Laguna Playhouse
Melanie Griffith returns to Laguna Playhouse in Neil
Simon’s hit comedy about free-spirited Corie and her
buttoned-down husband Paul struggling to adjust to
married life in their too expensive, run-down New York
walk-up. Throw in a loopy meddling mother, an eccentric
Bohemian upstairs neighbor, and a double date that goes
disastrously wrong, and comedy awaits.
LagunaPlayhouse.com
Cirque du Soleil VOLTA tells a spellbinding story
about the freedom to choose and the thrill of
blazing your own trail. Inspired in part by the
adventurous spirit that fuels the culture of action
sports, the show weaves acrobatics in a visually
striking world driven by a stirring melodic score.
CirqueduSoleil.com
27Coast Hills Auditorium
H.M.S. Pinafore
South Coast Symphony
Hosted by Lyric Opera Orange County and South
Coast Symphony, Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic
opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass Who Loved a
Sailor, will be presented at Coast Hills Auditorium
in Rancho Santa Margarita. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
SouthCoastSymphony.org
42 KUDOS Newport Beach | March 2020