If it's true, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, that there are no second acts in American lives, then Carole King is one radiant exception: The pop composer co-wrote a string of enduring hits for…
Ask Rob Lowe what part of his touring one-man show he likes the best, and he'll tell you, basically: The end. Not in a "please put me and the audience out of our collective misery and grant …
If you think about it " that is, if you care to think about it, because it's not the happiest thought " every relationship is kind of one long breakup. It's pretty much assured that if matte…
"Diana" has crowned its princess: La Jolla Playhouse is announcing today that Jeanna de Waal will play the late Diana, Princess of Wales, in the theater's world-premiere musical about the U.…
There's a certain conversation that transpires time and again, says the writer Douglas McGrath, when a woman who has just seen "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" approaches him about the s…
Right from the start, "Bull in a China Shop" makes it clear that if this is a period piece, it's one that comes with an exclamation point. (Not to mention plenty of &%@#'s.) At Diversionary …
Warren Leight has been a go-to creative force in television for long enough " including five years as show-runner of the hit series "Law & Order: SVU" " that it might be easy to forget the m…
From the moment Shaun and Abigail Bengson met 11 years ago, there was a third wheel in their relationship " a matter for no small measure of stress and apprehension. In fact, the matter was …
To paraphrase the title song: Here we go again. The never-say-die musical "Mamma Mia!," whose movie sequel hit theaters over the summer, has landed at Escondido's Welk, about three months af…
When you're at a Huey Lewis and the News musical, you don't necessarily see a wrap number coming. But early on in the Old Globe's world-premiere production of "The Heart of Rock and Roll," a…
Before she ever set foot in the United States, Naomi Iizuka lived in three different countries scattered around the globe. But when her family finally settled in Washington, D.C., during her…
From Jane Austen to Frankenstein to sweet cherry pie: There's a little bit of everything on San Diego's fall theater menu. Here's a look at what's cookin': "Hundred Days" This folk-rock musi…
Twice a year, every spring and every fall, we look at the arts in San Diego County, using a variety of perspectives to showcase the breadth and depth and richness of our artistic and cultura…
For Amanda Naughton, the memories of seeing "Fun Home" for the first time are still vivid three years later: "The lump in my throat, a swelling in my heart, and tears. And my brain just goin…
If you want to get to the heart of rock 'n' roller Huey Lewis' love for theater, you've gotta go pretty far back in time " to the drama club of New Jersey's Lawrenceville School, circa 1966.…
U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge and Dimensional Art Exposition 5 to 9 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Broadway Pier and Landing, 1000 N. Harbor D…
Huey Lewis, the hit singer-songwriter and harmonica ace whose scads of pop hits include "I Want a New Drug," "Hip to be Square" and "The Power of Love," is about to test the power of his mus…
A decade ago at La Jolla Playhouse, Will Power memorably put a hip-hop charge into Greek tragedy with "The Seven." Now comes the playwright's often caustic take on Shakespeare: "The Five." T…
The worlds of playwright Noah Haidle's "Smokefall" are disparate and inscrutable. Act I (titled "Help Me Remember") unfolds in a Grand Rapids, Mich., that smacks of David Lynch's fictitious …
'The Phantom of the Opera" is a musical shot through with emotional fireworks. Also, actual pyrotechnics: Those in the front rows of the touring production that just hit the Civic Theatre mi…
As the song goes: You don't tug on Superman's cape. Also: You don't make a play for the Phantom's mask. Not that it would make Quentin Oliver Lee particularly upset if you did, necessarily; …
A shift in artistic staffing is under way at La Jolla Playhouse, as the theater's associate artistic director departs and a new producing director is hired. The Playhouse has announced that …
Further evidence that Shakespeare did not actually write all those plays: "Much Ado About Nothing" is clearly derived from the diaries of the mean girls (and boys) at Stratford Middle. Witne…
The story of Saartjie Baartman is horrific. A Khoikhoi woman who lived in southwestern Africa around the turn of the 19th century, she would leave her native country upon a British trafficke…
Actor Ro Boddie admits to feeling "incredibly intimidated" by the challenges of his first one-man show. In Cygnet Theatre's "Every Brilliant Thing," he'll be tackling comedy, drama and impro…