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A hangman as hero? Not the most conventional basis for a new stage musical. But then, Mark Sickman is not your typical musical-theater artist.
The Old Globe Theatre is announcing it has received a $5 million gift from Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi to support the theater's artistic mission. The donation creates the Erna Finci V…
A long, lightless silence pierced by eerie, distant echoes: That's how Lamb's Players Theatre's "The Miracle Worker" grippingly (and fittingly) begins. And a luminous moment of insight " as …
The Old Globe Theatre's local premiere of the Nick Payne play "Constellations" will be populated by a pair of stars from Broadway and London's West End. The Globe has announced that Christia…
The touring show that hits the San Diego Civic Theatre this week is one example of the enduring fascination with and affection for the "Oz" saga. The musical, which premiered on London's Wes…
InnerMission rolls out the San Diego premiere of Theresa Rebeck's biting comedy (whose 2011 Broadway production starred the late Alan Rickman) about four aspiring novelists who sign up for a…
Cygnet Theatre artistic director Sean Murray directs and stars in "The Rocky Horror Show," a musical that looms large in his theatrical history.
The magic of farce usually resides in low deeds done at high speeds, complemented by confused identities and a whole lot of brutally abused doors. Georges Feydeau's "Now You See It" has some…
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As San Diego Rep celebrates its 40th birthday this year, it's revisiting a work that looms large in the life story of the theater, which has long since become one of the region's biggest and…
Beth Henley is still best-known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Crimes of the Heart," a play that dates clear back to 1978.
The characters in Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar," now getting a razor-sharp San Diego premiere at InnerMission Productions under Kym Pappas' direction, seem to concur with the idea of writing as…
'Bright Star,' now on Broadway, gets late-night spotlight
Two prominent Old Globe returnees (including a familiar face from both television and the stage) will be part of the just-announced cast of the Old Globe Theatre's "Camp David," which begins…
Before Broadway stardom and a Tony Award and a thriving TV and movie career, BD Wong was a young New York actor working to earn his union card by doing a traveling play for young people. Som…
2017 tour stop announced for hit musical that's currently at Civic Theatre.
The long-awaited San Diego visit by the First Folio, the 17th-century volume that introduced Shakespeare's collected works to the world, is now barely three months away. And the Old Globe Th…
The French just have a way with farce " and so does North Coast Rep, which has staged some memorably over-the-top examples of the form.
Actor-writer returns to La Jolla in April with new piece.
Anna Ziegler's sports drama is set at the U.S. Open semifinals
Like the staid traditions the poor milkman Tevye celebrates (and debates), "Fiddler on the Roof" feels as though it's been with us since the beginning of time.
The "Book" is back " and if you haven't yet been entertained/dazed/scandalized by this raunchy scriptural satire, now might be the time. Almost two years after its first tour visit to San Di…
Diversity is not just about people, as the Harlem Quartet demonstrates. Its members are African-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban and heartland American. A diverse group, yes, but they take it f…
First-time project kicks off next week with discounts, special events
La Jolla-bred musical will land in NYC in 2017 after D.C., Toronto stops.
