{"id":88289,"date":"2026-02-26T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?p=88289"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:11:35","slug":"things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-mystery-on-the-queen-mary-and-a-superman-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/eat-see-do-2\/do\/things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-mystery-on-the-queen-mary-and-a-superman-musical","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a mystery on the Queen Mary and a Superman musical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Paint California Poppies at Hyatt Centric\u2019s Watercraft Bar (Friday, Feb. 27)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Enjoy a class where you will paint California Poppies at the Watercraft Bar inside Hyatt Centric The Pike Long Beach, Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immerse yourself in the hotel\u2019s vibrant ambiance while sipping craft cocktails, local brews, or wine, and savoring flavorful tapas as you bring your California Poppies painting to life. All painting materials are provided. Tickets are $40 per person. It\u2019s 21+. For more info, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery at the Queen Mary (Saturday, Feb. 28)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Join in an interactive comedy musical murder mystery featuring live music, dancing and comedy that will take place aboard the historic Queen Mary on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests can question suspects, gather clues and even sing along as they work to solve the crime before the culprit escapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are about $115 and include a multi-course dinner. They can be purchased here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Beach Symphony (Saturday, Feb.28)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Eckart Preu, conductor and music director, performs at the 90th anniversary of the Long Beach Symphony at The Terrace Theater, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Long Beach. Photograph by William Liang.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Classical guitarist Pepe Romero and conductor Eckart Preu will perform with the Long Beach Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Long Beach Terrace Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program includes Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cConcierto de Aranjuez,\u201d Gabriela Lena Frank\u2019s \u201cEleg\u00eda Andina\u201d and selections from Handel\u2019s \u201cWater Music\u201d suites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more info, click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Man of Steel Hits the stage (Feb.27, 28 and March 1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Long Beach Playhouse will host \u201cIt’s a Bird\u2026 It\u2019s a Plane\u2026 It\u2019s Superman!: The Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This campy, fun show brings the Man of Steel to the stage. Performances are at the Studio Theater on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. and March 1 at 2 p.m. They cost $35. For more info, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Man of La Mancha\u2019 rides into Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Feb. 28 – March 1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From left: Monika Pe\u00f1a (Aldonza) and Richard Bermudez (Don Quixote) in Musical Theatre West’s “Man of La Mancha.” Photo by Sujan Creative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Musical Theatre West presents \u201cMan of La Mancha\u201d Saturday, Feb. 28, through Sunday, March 1, at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. The musical follows Miguel de Cervantes as he reenacts the story of Don Quixote while awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our theater columnist just reviewed it<\/a> and said it\u2019s a must-see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more info and showtimes, click here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s going to be a weekend full of musical performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":83273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32367],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31999],"class_list":["post-88289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-do","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88298,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88289\/revisions\/88298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88289"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=88289"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}