Fantastic Five

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

beyond.

TODAY

Go, Joseph, go! “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will

open today and run through March 25 at the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse,

661 Hamilton St. Performances of the Bible-based musical will be at 8

p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $15, $20 for gala opening night. (949) 650-5269.

SUNDAY

Watch Audrey II eat. “Little Shop of Horrors” will be staged at

Vanguard University Saturday through Sunday and March 1-4 at 55 Fair

Drive, Costa Mesa. Show times will be 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday,

with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday. $15. Discounts available. (714)

668-6145.

MONDAY

Song and lecture. Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will perform 8

p.m. Monday at Segerstrom Hall in the Orange County Performing Arts

Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. A 7 p.m. preview lecture will

be offered by Lucinda Carver, music director of the Los Angeles Mozart

Orchestra. $55-$85. (949) 553-2422.

TUESDAY

One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three -- look, they’re

dancing! The Costa Mesa Senior Center offers ballroom dancing to the

music of the Ray Robbins Combo for adults from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Tuesdays. Singles and couples are welcome. The center is at 695 W. 19th

St. $3. (949) 645-2356.

WEDNESDAY

Bye bye Brandt. “Wind, Water & Light, the Legacy of Rex Brandt,” an

exhibit in the Grand Salon of the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, will

close Wednesday. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Sunday on board the Pride of Newport, 151 E. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. Free. (949) 673-7863.