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Our picks for the top 10 San Diego theater shows of 2024
An ambitious Shakespeare adaptation, a soon-to-be Broadway musical, a Tolstoy-inspired tale and more made U-T...
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San Diego arts roundup: Our picks for nontraditional New Year’s Eve entertainment
Stream "When Harry Met Sally," or check out the X Christmas party in North Park,...
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Year in review: San Diego dance became more inventive and diverse in 2024
This year's highlights included works by City Ballet, San Diego Ballet, Malashock Dance, Ballet Collective...
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer
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2025 preview: The San Diego theater events we’re most excited about this year
Cygnet opens the Joan, new plays and musicals, two theater festivals, an operatic return are...
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2025 preview: Legendary and international companies highlight the local dance scene
Martha Graham and Twyla Tharp troupes visit, along with companies from Mexico and Ukraine
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Year in review: San Diego’s theater scene got bigger, and smaller, in 2024
Three of the region's largest theaters marked milestones, while smaller companies tightened budgets and staged...
La Jolla Playhouse unveils cast for world premiere musical ‘3 Summers of Lincoln’
Actor Ivan Hernandez will replace originally announced Brian Stokes Mitchell in the title role
San Diego arts roundup: Kennedy Center honoree trivia
Also this week Sara Petite's Loretta Lynn Christmas show, Social Distortion, Project Blank and more
Review: Jefferson Mays weaves spellbinding tale in Old Globe’s solo ‘Christmas Carol’
The stripped-down, 80-minute play showcases the Tony-winning actor's mastery of live theater and the power...
San Diego arts roundup: ‘A Victorian Christmas’ to be presented at historic mansion
Also this week, San Diego Symphony's "Noel, Noel," Dea Huston's "Black Family Christmas," the Santacon...
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Tony-winner Jefferson Mays plans unique, solo ‘Carol’ ghost tale at Old Globe
The revered actor will narrate the story of Ebenezer Scrooge in a new pared-down, in-the-round...
John Waters ready to make merry with annual naughty-and-nice Christmas show
The filmmaker and raconteur will perform Sunday and Monday at Lou Lou's Jungle Room in...
Common Ground revives its popular gospel-filled ‘Black Nativity’ production
Written by Langston Hughes in 1961, it tells the Christmas story with an all-Black cast,...
Arts roundup: ‘Manny and the Wise Queens’ opens Friday in Oceanside
Also this week: Penn and Teller, Sarah Brightman, San Diego Opera's choral concert and more
Review: Scripps Ranch Theatre’s ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ is funny and heartbreaking
The play was inspired by Cheryl Strayed's real-life experience as an online advice columnist
Arts roundup: Judy Collins’ holiday music leads off holiday weekend happenings
Also this week, Judy Collins, La Jolla Playhouse's DNA New Works Series, comedian Patton Oswalt...
Review: La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘Your Theater Presents’ a funny, touching behind-the-curtain Scrooge tale
Anna Ouyang Moensch's world premiere play explores Dickens' themes through one theater's 'A Christmas Carol'...
Review: Backyard’s eerie ‘Misery’ a gripping and grisly horror thriller
Adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel, it's the story of a famous romance novelist taken...
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Broadway, film star Leslie Odom Jr. on Christmas, fashion and finding the divine
The "Hamilton" Tony-winner will bring his Christmas concert tour to San Diego on Nov. 30
Stephen King’s dark novel ‘Misery’ headed to a San Diego stage this weekend
Backyard Renaissance Theatre is presenting William Goldman's stage adaptation of the 1987 horror novel
San Diego arts roundup: Think X to explore Pink Floyd’s music in a heavier way
Also this week: Comedian Kathleen Madigan, NVA's 'Miracle on 34th' radio play, San Diego Symphony...
La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘Your Local Theater Presents’ looks at the lives of jobbing actors
The world premiere play by Anna Ouyang Moench is about an actor who keeps returning,...
Review: Moxie’s ambitious repertory experiment has pluses, minuses
The rotating productions of a G-rated musical and R-rated horror drama show off the cast's...
Review: ‘Paradise’ docu-play finds commonalities among San Diego’s homeless
Blindspot Collective based this world premiere play with music on interviews with 100 local unhoused...
Check out these 18 seasonal plays and musicals at local theaters
The Grinch, Ebenezer Scrooge, Kris Kringle, the Wonderettes and many more holiday characters are heading...
'Nutcracker' ballets set to dance in to local stages
The seasonal ballet twirls back into town this month with productions in all shapes, sizes...
Moxie Theatre set to present two very different plays in rotating rep
The same cast will alternate performances of Broadway's 'Little Women" musical and the dark comedy...
San Diego arts roundup: Edward S. Curtis’ American Indian photography books on display
Also this week: the Old Globe's "Henry VIII," the San Diego Environmental Film Festival, Patti...
Review: Old Globe’s ‘Grinch’ just as sharp, funny and sweet as ever
In its 27th production of the holiday family comedy, the Globe and its high-spirited lead...
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New play with music gives a voice to San Diego’s homeless community
Blindspot Collective's 'Another Day in Paradise' is based on interviews with more than 100 local...
Local arts roundup: San Diego Film Week showcases local auteurs
Also this week: 'Anchorman' 20th anniversary, Roustabouts' 'Odd Couple,' Project BLANK's 'Intrusion' and more
The best things to do this weekend in San Diego: Nov. 8-10
Our list of top things to do this weekend includes concerts, theatre, a festival and...
Review: Diversionary’s ‘Midnight’ a heart-tugging musical mystery
Set in a secret gay bar in 1965 Greenwich Village, the cabaret-style show packs hidden...
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Old Globe’s Grinch musical back for 27th annual attempt to steal Christmas
Actor Andrew Polec returns for the fourth year as the green-skinned Grinch in the book-inspired...
City Ballet set to premiere new ‘Dracula’ ballet led by a vampire ballerina
Company choreographer Geoff Gonzalez created the dance piece, which will star his wife, ballerina and...
Review: San Diego Opera’s ghostly ‘La boheme’ brings out its sadness, beauty
Season-opening production re-created the concept first staged at the company's drive-in production in 2020
Seattle dance duo brings sly ‘Drive Wolves Mad’ to San Diego
Jenny Peterson and Kaitlin McCarthy's dance work examines misogyny, predatory violence and the power of...
Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Working Girl’ musical premiere highlights La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025-26 season
Christopher Ashley's final season in La Jolla will also include a new play about cooking...
Arts and Culture Newsletter: San Diego Asian Film Festival marks 25th year
Also this week, a Joan Rivers play at South Coast Rep, Kirk Franklin's Reunion Tour,...
Review: North Coast Rep’s playful ‘Incident’ a funny family story
Set in 1973, the unpredictable stage comedy looks at women's changing roles in society in...
‘Cultivate’ creates community in Malashock Dance company’s season-opener
The dance concert will feature a personally inspired piece by artistic director Christopher K. Morgan...
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Fresh off global win at Operalia, soprano to make role debut in San Diego Opera’s ‘La bohème’
The Puccini opera will open the company's 2024-25 season with three performances next weekend at...
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Culture Clash at 40: Chicano theater troupe to celebrate four decades of collaboration
Founded in 1984 in San Francisco's Mission District, the Latinx trio produced many of its...
Five years later, Diversionary can finally present ‘Midnight at the Never Get’
The musical is set in a hidden gay bar in New York City in 1965,...
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San Diego Opera kicks off 60th anniversary season with ambitious five-year growth plan
After pandemic-related setbacks in attendance and income, the company has set goals for new commissions,...
North Coast Rep’s ‘Incident’ to examine the Catholic Church’s view on women
Katie Forgette family comedy, set in the 1970s, involves a frank ‘birds and bees’ lesson...
Review: New Village’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’ takes hilarious look at off-key holiday traditions
Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse's comedy pokes fun at the way grade-schoolers learn about the...
Review: Veteran San Diego actress sparkles in Roustabouts’ ‘Looped’
Eileen Bowman gives a rich, multilayered performance as the wild-living stage and screen star Tallulah...
Review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ tour captures the humor, poignance of Broadway original
San Diego is one of the first stops on the inaugural tour for the musical,...
Roustabouts’ ‘Looped’ revives the outrageous silver screen and stage star Tallulah Bankhead
San Diego actress Eileen Bowman re-creates an infamous, real-life studio recording session in 1965
Arts & Culture Newsletter: San Diego International Film Fest returns
Also this week, a Latino storytelling festival, Soulkiss Theater's '2 Rappers, 2 Plays,' Art of...
Review: Oceanside Theatre’s ‘Stranger Sings’ an immersive, high-energy show
Fans of the Netflix sci-fi series "Stranger Things" will most appreciate this musical parody in...
Review: Onstage Playhouse’s ‘Masa’ a touching family story about grief and starting over
Salomón Maya's play is set in Mexico City, eight months after the 1985 earthquake that...
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ director talks about bringing the highly quirky musical to life
The funny and bittersweet musical won five Tony Awards in 2023, including Best Musical, Best...
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San Diego Ballet’s new season to open Friday with a blaze
'The Firebird' will be presented along with 'Mambomania' at the Joan B. Kroc Theater in...
Classic British farce ‘Noises Off’ to complete the Old Globe’s 2025 season
Gordon Greenberg, director and co-writer of the current 'Dracula' spoof onstage at the Globe, will...
Oceanside Theatre Co. plans ‘Stranger Things’ parody musical
The off Broadway hit spoofs the spooky Netflix show, its characters, the '80s and more
Arts and Culture Newsletter: Latinx New Play Festival opens Friday in La Jolla
Also this week, Jerry Seinfeld, the 'Little Women' musical, author Malcolm Gladwell and Cake at...
OnStage Playhouse to present world premiere family play ‘Masa’
Salomon Maya, wrote and co-stars in the play, is based on the true story of...
Theater review: L.J. Playhouse’s haunting ‘Primary Trust’ looks at the power of kindness
Eboni Booth's play, which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is making its West...
Gavin Creel, Tony-winning musical theater actor, dies at 48
The star of 'Hair,' 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Book of Mormon' passed away Monday from a...
Old Globe’s not-so-spooky ‘Dracula’ comedy bites deep into the funny bone
The latest comedy play from the writing duo Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen is the...
Theater review: Wilde’s wit sparkles in Lamb’s Players’ ‘Importance of Being Earnest’
Kerry Meads' well-cast, cleverly designed and lavish staging is both funny and charming
New Village Arts staging comically woke ‘Thanksgiving Play’
Larissa FastHorse's 90-minute Broadway comedy is about well-meaning pilgrim pageant that goes horribly wrong
Theater review: Cygnet’s return to ‘Rocky Horror’ a campy and exuberant celebration
The show's leading man, Nathan Madden, steals the show in reimagining of the theater company's...
La Jolla Playhouse’s Christopher Ashley tapped to lead New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company
The Tony Award-winning director has been hired to serve as artistic director of New York...
Theater review: SDMT’s well-staged ‘Sweeney Todd’ offers fresh take on setting, characters
The impressive Kearny Mesa production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical features strong singing and...
Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan announce 2025 arena tour that is headed to San Diego
The laughs won't come cheap. Ticket prices for their joint Pechanga Arena San Diego performance...
Exploring loneliness, finding family at the heart of La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘Primary Trust’
Eboni Booth's 95-minute drama won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
S.D. Musical Theatre’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ star learned from the master
Actor/singer DeAndre Simmons had the best possible training to one day star in a Stephen...
Old Globe turns ‘Dracula’ horror story into a contemporary, comic vampire tale
Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen's 90-minute 'Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors' features five actors playing...
La Jolla Playhouse’s artistic director to receive prestigious national theater honor
Christopher Ashley was honored Tuesday with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 'Mr. Abbott' Award
S.D. Arts and Culture Newsletter: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ remembered at the Shell
Also this week: Adams Avenue Street Fair, Write Out Loud, Paul Weller, 'The Breakfast Club'...
Theater review: Chalk Circle’s well-crafted ‘Constellations’ a stellar production
The two-character British play imagines a couple's relationship in infinite ways
Theater review: CCAE Theatricals’ lavish ‘Jersey Boys’ lives up to original
The Tony Award-winning musical got its start 20 years ago just across town at La...
Theater review: North Coast Rep’s ‘View from the Bridge’ a timely tragedy
The 1955 Arthur Miller classic touches on hot-button issues voters will be grappling with in...
Review: Old Globe’s eye-popping ‘Orient Express’ a fun and entertaining ride
Adapted from the 1934 novel by Ken Ludwig, the murder mystery is set on a...
Review: Moonlight’s ‘Tootsie’ musical delivers with laughs and dancing
The 2018 Broadway musical, adapted the 1982 film about a male actor dressing as a...
Two world premiere musicals and three new plays highlight the Old Globe’s 2025 season
Writers of the 'Bring It On' and Legally Blonde' musicals, TV shows 'Veep' and 'One...
Two of San Diego’s premier cultural dance companies will share the stage for the first time
National City's PASACAT and San Diego's DanzArts to present 'Mestizaje: Interwoven Identities Between Mexico, the...
Actor to perform 28th role at North Coast Rep in Arthur Miller classic
Richard Baird stars as Eddie Carbone in the 1955 drama 'A View from the Bridge'
Co-star of Lamb’s Players Theatre’s ‘Earnest’ describes play as a brilliant romp
Michael Cusimano, who plays one of the lead roles in the 1895 Oscar Wilde comedy,...
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It started in La Jolla 20 years ago. Then it won 4 Tonys. Now ‘Jersey Boys’ is coming back home.
The Tony-winning Broadway musical about the Four Seasons vocal quartet was born at La Jolla...
U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter: Can the Levys liven up the Emmys on Sunday?
Also this week: Chalk Circle Collective's "Constellations," Amos Lee at Rady Shell, the ENVZN festival...
Review: Actor gives tour de force performance in SRT’s ‘Fully Committed’
Dennis Peters plays nearly 40 characters in the 90-minute comedy about an overworked Manhattan restaurant...
2024 Fall Arts Preview: Here are the 60 best concerts, theater, other arts events this season in San Diego
From music and dance to books, visual art and stage, here are the best things...
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Fall Arts Preview 2024: Our top dance picks for the season
From tango to ballet, and from Trolley Dances to Ghost Light Masquerade, there's a dance...
Fall Arts Preview 2024: Tap Fever’s Larisa Hall aims to teach dancers of all abilities
Tap Fever founder teaches dancers of all abilities: ‘It’s about patience and not letting anyone...
Fall Arts Preview 2024: Oceanside Theatre Company’s new leader Kevin ‘Blax’ Burroughs aims to represent
“Representation is the biggest factor of my career. With Oceanside being ethnically diverse, I want...
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Fall Arts Preview 2024: Our top theater and opera picks for the season
From opera to Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim musicals to "Jersey Boys," and a new Pulitzer...
Moonlight’s ‘Tootsie’ musical opens Wednesday in Vista
Actor Michael Paternostro enjoys his dual characters' journeys in movie-turned-musical
All aboard: Old Globe plans stylish Agatha Christie murder mystery
The Asolo Rep production features a script adapted by Ken Ludwig from the 1934 short...
S.D. Arts & Culture Newsletter: Actor is ‘Fully Committed’ to challenging stage role
This week, San Diego's LGBTQ festival FilmOut, the San Diego Beatles Fair, 'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' and...
Review: Thoughtful and funny play ‘Best Laid Plans’ explores life after loss
Robert Salerno's world premiere play about an architect rebuilding his life after going blind is...
ENVZN Urban Arts fest celebrates creativity, culture from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
The upcoming visual and performing arts festival will feature a variety of different art forms...
New actor steps into the platform heels of Frank N. Furter for Cygnet’s return to ‘Rocky Horror’
Actor Nathan Madden will play the lead role in the stage musical comedy 'Richard O'Brien's...
Arts & Culture Newsletter: Casbah music club at 35 is happy to stay put
Also this week: San Diego Symphony's Tchaikovsky Spectacular, Chicago, Shakespeare and more
Review: Felder’s masterful ‘Rachmaninoff’ play a dark, fascinating drama
Felder plays numerous challenging piano works and gives a heartbreaking performance as the famed Russian...
Review: Nostagia reigns in New Village’s ’70s musical revue ‘8-Track’
More than 60 songs from the 1970s are featured in the upbeat show now playing...