From left: Sawyer Reece Maier, Abel Miramontes and Paul Burt in Alchemy Theatre Company's "Murder on the Orient Express" (Photo by Katelyn Abaya) All aboard! Present your tickets for a first-class ride through “Murder on the Orient Express,” adapted by Ken Ludwig from Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel of the same name and fantastically presented by Alchemy Theatre Company at the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center. World-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (superbly played by Ab

Marsha Norman’s musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple,” with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, is being thoughtfully staged by Chromolume at the Zephyr Theatre through March 29. Veronica Driscoll (Celie) and Minque Taylor (Shug Avery) in Chromolume's "The Color Purple" at Zephyr Theatre (Photo by James Esposito) Set in the rural American South in the early 1900s, the story follows Celie (Veronica Driscoll), a dark-skinn