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COSTA MESA
8pm
POP MUSIC
Harry Belafonte, 73, might have become a passing novelty when he arrived as the King of Calypso in the ‘50s, but in the intervening years he has gone on to distinguish himself as a musician, actor and humanitarian. His most recent honor: an honorary degree from Fisk University in Nashville in May.
* Harry Belafonte, Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 8 p.m. $45 to $65. (714) 556-2787.
FULLERTON
2pm
Theater
The Orange County Playwrights Alliance presents “Guises & Disguises,” three one-act plays exploring first impressions and identity. Opening is “Judith Christ,” by Johnna Adams, a play about a female evangelist who is challenged to raise a little girl from the dead. Next is Jim Harrison’s “What If Hitler Came Back As A Dog?,” about an innocent dachshund with mysterious capabilities. The show concludes with “Derailed,” by Dorothy Weston Stauch, about a conservative businesswoman who makes a project out of a homeless woman she meets on a train.
* Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Vanguard Theatre, 699-A S. State College Blvd., Fullerton. 2 p.m. $5. (714) 850-1176.
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