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SDSU's School of Theatre, Television and Film is reviving "Anna in the Tropics," Nilo Cruz's lyrical but seldom-staged 2003 Pulitzer winner, set in a Florida cigar factory circa 1929. CJ Kei…
Very much a product of its time and place, the swingin' England of 1969, Sir Alan Ayckbourn's comedy "How the Other Half Loves" skirts the edges of issues such as sexual politics and distinc…
It's not easy making an arranged marriage fly " between people, or between paired relationships in a play. The course of Anna Ziegler's probing world-premiere work "The Wanderers," though, w…
There was bad news and good news for Friday evening's San Diego Symphony concert. The bad news? Conductor Cristian Măcelaru, whose chemistry with the orchestra has created a local fan bas…
A quick look at some highlights from the coming month's performing-arts openings in the San Diego region: Soul Doctor Through April 22. Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, downtown. 619.544.100…
The last time the fast-rising playwright Anna Ziegler was at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, it was with "The Last Match," the story of an intense rivalry between two top tennis pros. Now she…
Jimi Hendrix, proto-reggae artist? The most famous dead guitar innovator in rock history, Hendrix died at the age of 27 in September 1970. That was shortly after the Jamaican ska and rock-st…
An actor shouting "Line!" is normally about the last thing you want to hear during a play. But in "Men on Boats," it's not a desperate request for what to say next: It's a character's plea f…
Be warned: Once you see "Beachtown," it may forever ruin how you view run-of-the-mill municipal meetings " what with their distinct lack of entertaining politicians, fired-up citizens and fr…
"Phantom of the Opera" holds the record as Broadway's longest-running musical, but its sequel, "Love Never Dies," has a hard a time living up to its elder sibling. After "Love" bombed in its…
A work by the longtime head of the University of California San Diego's graduate playwriting program will receive its world premiere next month as the next project in La Jolla Playhouse's Wi…
The curtain is rising on new leadership at Broadway/San Diego, which has announced that Vanessa Y. Davis is now general manager of the local touring-show presenter. Davis succeeds Joe Kobryn…
City Ballet's resident choreographer and dancer Geoff Gonzalez likes to think big, which can sometimes pose challenges when working within a budget. When he choreographed last year's "The Fo…
When you hear Nadia Guevara describe herself as "a hippie to the core," and talk of how her "entire adult life has been a series of happy accidents," you might be tempted to conclude this eb…
For the characters at its center, "American Mariachi" is a story of people defying bias and cultural expectations in pursuit of a dream. For the five women portraying those characters, it ha…
Conductor Patrick Walders can boast a string of academic achievements, including a master's degree in choral conducting from the Westminster Choir College and a doctorate from the University…
Although Patrick Walders started his position as choral director with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus last July, his excitement for the job hasn't subsided. "Every time I go up I-5 and get of…
Cirque du Soleil is bypassing the Big Top and venturing into uncharted territory with its brand-new production, "Crystal " A Breakthrough Ice Experience." Opening Wednesday and running throu…
There's all sorts of political and personal intrigue coursing through "King Charles III," Mike Bartlett's boldly imaginative, blank-verse play about the near future in Great Britain. Prince …
When San Diego Opera opens "Florencia en el Amazonas" on Saturday, the star soprano will be singing the title role for the very first time. But that's no problem for Elaine Alvarez, who was …
"Send in the clowns," goes the title line from the most famous song in "A Little Night Music." And when Cygnet Theatre first staged the show a decade ago, artistic director Sean Murray proba…
Michael S. Rosenberg is stepping down as managing director of La Jolla Playhouse to take on the same job title at the McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey, the Playhouse announced Tuesday. …
If you could diagram the intertwined lives of the people in Steven Dietz's inspired "This Random World," it might look like one of those M.C. Escher drawings where lines somehow connect with…
Over the past 20 years, San Diego Opera audiences have been treated to the spectacle of Giacomo Puccini's epic fairy tale "Turandot" four times. But until this week, they've essentially seen…
Over the past three years, San Diego Opera's audience has grown accustomed to change as the company downsized, stabilized and refashioned its programming for new audiences. So they may be su…
