Fantastic Five

A listing of special events to entertain you through the weekend and

beyond.

TODAY

Catch Cinderella before she is whisked away. The American Ballet

Theatre’s production of “Cinderella” will cap the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s 2000 Classic Dance Series with a holiday

engagement today in Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Performances will be at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $12-$70. (714) 740-7878.

SUNDAY

Experience magic. South Coast Repertory’s “La Posada Magica,” a

contemporary Latino Christmas play written by Octavio Solis with songs by

Marcos Loya, will run on the Second Stage at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday

and 4:30 p.m. today at 600 Town Center Drive. $18-$32. (714) 708-5555.

MONDAY

Merry Christmas!

TUESDAY

Fancy photographs? Catch the work of Claire Steinberg at the Susan

Spiritus Gallery, which will be on display through the end of January at

3929 Birch St., Newport Beach. (949) 474-4321.

WEDNESDAY

Remember a local artist. The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum presents

the first comprehensive exhibition of paintings by Rex Brandt since the

Southern California artist’s passing in March. His collection of over 40

oils and watercolors, “Wind, Water & Light, the Legacy of Rex Brandt,”

will be shown in the museum’s Grand Salon through Feb. 28. The museum is

open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays, on board the Pride

of Newport, 151 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 673-7863.