“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: 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. (714) 432-5880.

* At the La Habra Depot Theatre: “Private Lives,” March 11-April 2. (310) 905-9708.

* At the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa: 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. (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; Law Revue ‘94, March 10,11; Mummenschanz mime troupe, March 12; UCI Symphony, March 17,18; LINES Contemporary Ballet, March 19; The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, March 23; Ballet Pacifica, March 25,26; Orange County Chamber Orchestra, March 27. (714) 854-4646.

* At South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa: “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” by Frank McGuinness, March 15 through April 17. (714) 957-4033.

* At the Laguna Playhouse/Moulton Theatre in Laguna Beach: “Ah, Wilderness!” by Eugene O’Neill, March 17-April 10; “Hooray for Hollywood!” academy awards party fund-raiser, March 21. (714) 497-9244.

* At the Curtis Theatre in Brea: Brea City Orchestra, March 26; Izzi Tooinsky’s “It’s OK to Be Different,” March 27. (714) 990-7722.

* A the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse: “The Tender Trap” by Max Shulman & Robert Smith, March 3-27. (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. (714) 773-3371.

* At the Alternative Repertory Theatre in Santa Ana: “Dandelion Wine,” March 18-April 9. (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: Edgar Winter, March 4; Kenny Rankin, March 5; Zapp & Roger, March 11; Michael McDonald, March 12; Big Head Todd & the Monsters, March 14; Etta James, March 17; Richard Thompson, March 19; Arlo Guthrie, March 24; Bobcat Goldthwait, March 25; The Tubes and Fee Waybill, March 26; Mort Sahl, April 15; Kate Clinton, April 30; Dennis Wolfberg, June 4; Tower of Power, July 29,30. (714) 496-8930.

* At the Crazy Horse Steak House in Santa Ana: 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. (714) 526-8007.