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The City of Newport Beach is located in the coastal center of Orange County. It has approximately 90,000 residents and brings in between 20,000 to 100,000 tourists daily during the hot summer months. The City is composed of several distinct “villages” such as Newport Coast and the charming Balboa Island.

Known for its fine residential areas, modern shopping facilities, strong business community, and quality school system, the City surrounds Newport Bay where more than 9,000 boats of all types are docked within the 21-square-mile harbor area. The bay area and the City’s eight miles of ocean beach offer outstanding fishing, swimming, surfing, and aquatic sports activities.

Annual events such as the Newport Beach Art Exhibition and Sale, the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Balboa Island Art Walk, and the Baroque Music Festival all take place within Newport Beach. Throughout the year, the Newport Beach Public Library presents art exhibits, concerts, guest speakers, and children’s activities that focus on art, music, theatre and literature. The City is also home to the Orange County Museum of Art, NewportHarbor Nautical Museum, and the historic Lido Theater. During the summer, the City Arts Commission sponsors several Shakespeare by the Sea and Concerts in the Parks events.

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WRITTEN BY: Alyssa Canann and Tom Shelton
DIRECTED BY: Doug Bilitch
MUSIC & LYRICS BY: Alyssa Canann and Tom Shelton

We’re in the French Riviera, 1962. Four former comrades-in-arms and their respective loved ones gather for a birthday bash. Unbeknownst to the guests (that’s you) the party’s a ruse. Underlying the reunion of old friends is a nefarious scheme, ...More

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	Tell-a-friend Sunday Musicale Featuring The Elixir Piano Trio Presented by Newport Beach Public Library at Newport Beach Public Library February 12, 2012 The Newport Beach Public Library presents a free Sunday Musicale with the Elixir Piano Trio on Sunday, February 12 at 3 p.m. The dynamic trio, featuring violinist Samvel ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Film Producer Robert Kline to Speak on “The New Hollywood” Presented by Newport Beach Public Library at Newport Beach Public Library February 22, 2012 Newport Beach Public Library Foundation presents a preview of the Academy Awards and a look the new generation of film stars. Producer, director and former studio head ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Pack of Lies Presented by Newport Theatre Arts Center at Newport Theatre Arts Center January 27-February 26, 2012 Pack of Lies is the story of two friends torn apart when British Intelligence invades their lives based on the belief that one of them is a KGB spy. The situation becomes more and ...More
	Tell-a-friend Buy tickets Vive la France Presented by The Hutchins Consort at St. Mark Presbyterian Church March 4, 2012 The Hutchins Consort plays on the eight scaled violins of the violin octet designed and built by famed luthier Dr. Carleen Hutchins. The instruments are the first successful attempt ...More
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Event Name	Organization	Dates	City
Crown Matrimonial Crown Matrimonial Presented by Newport Theatre Arts Center at Newport Theatre Arts Center March 30-April 29, 2012 The Sunday Times describes this Royce Ryton comedy/drama beautifully; “The hinge of the play is Edward VIII’s determination to marry a divorced woman, his conviction that without her he could not bring the monarchy into the twentieth century, and his readiness to sacrifice his kingship, his family and especially his brother who must succeed him.” A conflict of love and duty in which unexpected strengths and weaknesses are discovered.	Newport Theatre Arts Center	03/30/12- 04/29/12	Newport Beach
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) February 26-May 27, 2012 Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series is the first major museum exhibition to explore the artist’s most celebrated series created from 1967 to 1988. Recognized as a leading West Coast Abstract Expressionist in the 1950s, Diebenkorn turned his attention to figurative painting in 1955 and achieved equal success in this alternate style. In 1967 he returned to abstraction, and during the next twenty years would forge one of the most compelling and masterful bodies of work of the...	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	02/26/12- 05/27/12	Newport Beach
The Boy Friend The Boy Friend Presented by Newport Theatre Arts Center at Newport Theatre Arts Center June 1-July 1, 2012 A witty and stylish musical cartoon of the Jazz Age. The Boy Friend is a good-humored, tuneful and affectionate valentine to the innocence and high spirits of the Charleston, cloche hat and short skirt days of the ‘20s, a delightful spoof of the old fashioned operetta – all to a flapper beat. This is the show that brought Julie Andrews to fame on Broadway!	Newport Theatre Arts Center	06/01/12- 07/01/12	Newport Beach
Sea Tales Sea Tales Presented by Newport Harbor Nautical Museum at Newport Harbor Nautical Museum February 4, 2009 - Ongoing Join in for stories, crafts, touch tank, music and seasonal fun geared to the pre-schooler (age 2-5) every first and third Wednesday of the month. Each month's theme is designed to engage the "little ones" while surrounded by the Nautical Museum's magic! Check out the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum's website for this month's theme!	Newport Harbor Nautical Museum	02/04/09- Ongoing	Newport Beach

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