“We must pay attention to the...

“We must pay attention to the future, because that’s where we’re going to live the rest of our lives.” --Criswell

* At Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa: Dvoika!, Feb. 26; Second City comedy troupe, March 4; Seattle Mime Theatre, March 5; Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, March 11; Paddy West, March 12; Folklor de las Americas, March 13; The Cassidys, March 20; An Evening With Groucho, March 25; Le Theatre Sans Fil “The Hobbit,” April 23. (714) 432-5880.

* At the La Habra Depot Theatre: “Private Lives,” March 11-April 2; “B.L.T.” April 22-May 21; “The Fantasticks,” June 3-July 2; “Aladdin” (young actors company production) July 15-13. (310) 905-9708.

* At the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa: The Canadian Brass, Feb. 26; Orchestre National de France, Feb. 27; Opera Pacific’s “Die Walkure” March 4-20; Opera Pacific’s “Lucia de Lammermoor,” March 9-19; Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, March 15; Pacific Symphony, March 25,26; “Grease,” with Rosie O’Donnell, March 25-April 3; Pacific Symphony, April 6,7. (714) 556-2787.

* At the Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine: UC Irvine Choreographers Concert, March 4-6; “Guitar Summit” with Joe Pass, Leo Kottke, Pepe Romer and Paco Pena, March 6; UC Irvine Choral Festival, March 8. (714) 854-4646.

* At South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa: “Night and Her Stars” by Richard Greenberg, Feb. 25 through April 3; “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” by Frank McGuinness, March 15 through April 17; “Lettuce & Lovage” by Peter Shaffer, April 8 through March 15; “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel, May 22 through July 23; a world premiere play to be announced, April 26 through May 29. (714) 957-4033.

* At the Laguna Playhouse/Moulton Theatre in Laguna Beach: “Quiet Zone Theatre,” for the hearing impaired, Feb. 21-23; “Playhouse Casino” dinner theater fund-raiser, Feb. 26; “Ah, Wilderness!” by Eugene O’Neill, March 17-April 10; “Hooray for Hollywood!” academy awards party fund-raiser, March 21; “The Mystery of Irma Vep” by Charles Ludlam, April 19-June 12; “The Phantom Tollbooth” children’s theater production, April 22-May 1; (714) 497-9244.

* At the Curtis Theatre in Brea: Brea Theatre League’s “Let Him Sleep Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” a production by the Brea Theatre League, Feb. 25-March 19; Brea City Orchestra, March 26; Izzi Tooinsky’s “It’s OK to Be Different,” March 27; The Brea Theatre League’s “The Pirates of Penzance,” June 3-25. (714) 990-7722.

* A the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse: “The Tender Trap” by Max Shulman & Robert Smith, March 3-27; “Rumors” by Neil Simon, April 14-18; “Greater Tuna” by Jason Williams & Joe Sears, June 2-26. (714) 650-5269.

* At the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton: Rhapsody in Taps dance troupe, March 11; “Don Juan in Hell” starring Ed Asner, March 26; “Plaza Suite” starring Michael Learned, May 1; The Capital Steps comedy troupe, May 6. (714) 773-3371.

* At the Alternative Repertory Theatre in Santa Ana: “Dandelion Wine,” March 18-April 9; “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” by Jane Wagner, April 29-June 11. (714) 836-7929.

* Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts and Pageant of the Masters, July 8-Aug. 29. (714) 494-1145.

* At the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre: the Scorpions, March 12. (714) 740-2000 (TicketMaster).

* At the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano: Wild Child, Feb. 20; Junior Walker & the Allstars and the Topy Fiske Experience, Feb. 24; Tierra, El Chicano and Thee Midnighters, Feb. 25; Edgar Winter, March 4; Kenny Rankin, March 5; Zapp & Roger, March 11; Big Head Todd & the Monsters, March 14; Etta James, March 17. (714) 496-8930.

* At the Crazy Horse Steak House in Santa Ana: Carlene Carter, Feb. 21; Lacy J. Dalton, Feb. 28; Charlie Daniels, March 14,15. (714) 549-1512.

* At the Vanguard Theater in Fullerton: “The Voice of the Prairie” by John Olive, March 2-April 2; “Talley’s Folly” by Lanford Wilson, June 29-July 30; “The Heiress” by Ruth & Augustus Goetz, Sept. 7-Oct. 8. (714) 526-8007.