We here in Orange County are so jaded by the Crystal Cathedral's Glory of Christmas spectacular that we frequently forget how stupendous the production is. Leave it to the holy geniuses over at the Wittenburg Door to remind us of our jewel. Under the title, "And They Laid Him in a Manger, Somewhere Out By John Wayne Airport," writer Becky Garrison said The Glory of Christmas can "best be described as a combination Joel Osteen/Andrew Lloyd Weber/Branson, Missouri spectacle of the first two chapte
HOLIDAY ICE SKATING, until 8:45pm
Try not to fall!
Irvine Spectrum Center near the Ferris wheel, Irvine
UC IRVINE BASKETBALL, 7:05pm
Versus UC Santa Barbara
UCI Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus, Corner of West Peltason & Mesa Rd.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, 8pm
Check out this musical set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Curtis Theatre, 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea
CHRISTOPHER TITUS, 8:30pm
In need of comic relief?
Irvine Improv at the Irvine Spectrum
THE START, 9
MARS BARS PROTEST, 7 p.m.
Harold Schmitz, chief science officer of Mars candy bars, is set to speak on the future of chocolate. But this isn't cool with PETA, whose members plan to wear body paint in M&M colors and hold banners protesting Mars-funded lab testing.
Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine
THE PHANTOM'S LEADING LADIES, 7 p.m.
Three Christines from a certain Andrew Lloyd Webber fave let their sopranos combine.
Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton Street, Lon
Phantom of the Opera at Orange County Performing Artscenter
March 28, 2008
Better Than: The movie version
Download: "Masquerade"
I know I'm probably going to get a lot of shit for this but I've got to let you in on a little secret that I am now quite ashamed of. I never saw what the big deal was about Phantom of the Opera, especially after having only seen the movie version from 2004- sorry. But after Friday night I stand corrected and I can certainly see what all the fuss is about over this
How brave is our boy Hugh Hewitt, the talk radio blatherer/lawyer/pundit/Nixon fetishist/blogger/moralizer/George W. Bush worshiper/professional Vermont boycotter? Brave enough to take the GWOT (Global War on Terrorism-- though the Bush administration may have changed the brand name by now) to the terrorists? Hell, yeah! Has he parachuted into Iraq, to administer some Rambo-style justice to the evil doers? Nope. Is he charging up a mountain in Afghanistan, to mow down the Taliban? Wrong again. I
