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Eric Marchese is a veteran writer on theater, performing arts and cultural events in and around Orange County. For more than three decades, he amassed a total of more than 2,000 articles – reviews, features, news stories and profiles – for The Orange County Register. He has worked as a theater critic for Backstage and as a news and features writer for a wide variety of local news organizations.
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May 15, 2024 ∙ 9 min
Four Productions – Two Plays, Two Musicals – Grab the Lion's Share of O.C. Theatre Guild Awards
Curtis Theatre’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide…,’ Costa Mesa Playhouse’s ‘Clybourne Park’ and Chance’s ‘Ride the Cyclone’ and ‘Curious Incident…’...
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Apr 22, 2024 ∙ 5 min
With 'Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical,' SCR Adds New Wrinkles to the Play it Originated 36 Years Ago
REVIEW: Playwright Craig Lucas and company have, for better or worse, wrought a different theatrical animal, seemingly missing key...
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Apr 19, 2024 ∙ 9 min
Biblical Times, a Musical 'Prelude' and More at the Pacific Playwrights Festival
The Costa Mesa company’s 26th showcase unveils two standalone productions of new shows, plus a quintet of staged readings. If new plays...
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Apr 5, 2024 ∙ 8 min
‘Prelude to a Kiss’ Reemerges in a Whole New Form at SCR
South Coast Repertory originated Craig Lucas’s play in 1988. Now Lucas, SCR and others have created an all-new musical version. The...
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Jan 5, 2024 ∙ 5 min
Can ‘Change the Game’ Be a Game-Changer?
Could the activities of a college debate team, the music of a garage rock band, and the theories espoused in a late ’60s book by a...
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Dec 15, 2023 ∙ 7 min
Meet David Ellenstein, Laguna Playhouse’s New(est) Artistic Director
For just over a year now, David Ellenstein has served as the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse – at first in an interim capacity...
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