Preview: The fighting spirit of ‘brownsville’
You can’t say Cortez L. Johnson shies from fighting for a role: The actor has been taking boxing lessons to prep for the central part of a streetwise young man in “brownsville song (b-side for tray),”...
View ArticleDonny Osmond: 50 years of songs
Original teen idol brings ‘Soundtrack’ to Balboa Theatre stage.
View ArticleUn-reality TV satire pokes San Diego
Grab your best gal pals and prepare for jabs, back-stabbing and hometown “reality” in an outlandish sendup of standard fare on today’s reality TV.
View ArticleOld Globe announces 'Rain' cast
Eden Espinosa among Broadway regulars joining world-premiere musical.
View ArticleBeing Keanu at ‘Point Break Live’
The tagline for this spoofy live-action takeoff on the cult action movie “Point Break” is: “Can you Keanu?” And true to those words, someone in the audience gets to step into the shoes (or soggy...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mystery and comic magic in ‘Mullingar’
“Outside Mullingar” is a play laced with misgivings and disappointments and the specter of death. And if San Diego Rep’s production of the John Patrick Shanleypiece doesn’t make you laugh out loud with...
View ArticleA marriage of stage pros — and theaters
It takes a pretty strong marriage to portray one that’s sinking like a sabotaged battleship in a sea of gin and recriminations.But Robert Smyth and Deborah Gilmour Smyth, the married pair about to...
View ArticleTV viewers hopelessly devoted to 'Grease'
Live musical earns a well-deserved ratings success.
View ArticleNative Voices is named resident theater at Playhouse
L.A.-based troupe becomes seventh company tapped for La Jolla program.
View ArticleTony Awards name Brit wit Corden as 2016 host
'Late Late Show' star and 2012 Tony-winner to head up June telecast.
View Article‘Ragtime’ rolls into a rare revival
Almost 20 years ago, Jay Donnell saw the musical “Ragtime” and, to hear him tell it, suddenly knew his place was on the stage instead of in the audience. Now Donnell is about to star as Coalhouse...
View ArticleLa Jolla Playhouse to premiere Jimmy Buffett musical
Untitled show, centered on singer-songwriter's music, will debut in 2017.
View ArticleSD Gay Men’s Chorus honors America
The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus’ renowned Chamber Chorale, which last year sang with the La Jolly Symphony & Chorus in Berlioz’s Requiem, will be back next Thursday with its tribute to America’s...
View ArticlePlayhouse’s dark comedy explores the ‘Taj’
India’s greatest architectural landmark looms large in Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj” — and in the life of the playwright, too. Just ask Facebook. “Literally one year ago we were at the Taj...
View ArticleVerse-atile ‘Metromaniacs’ a winner at Globe
It might be time the vice squad paid a little visit to the Old Globe: The place is crawling with people getting openly high on rhymes. Not just actors, either (what would you expect from them...
View ArticleReview: ‘Ragtime’ an impressive epic
San Diego Musical Theatre revives affecting (though overambitious) musical in style.
View ArticleQuick tip: ‘Fiddler’ returns
“Fiddler on the Roof” is enjoying a hit revival on Broadway just now (with University of California San Diego grad Danny Burstein as its star). But the Welk Resorts Theatre version should be well worth...
View Article'Come From Away' tops the Noel Awards
Intrepid's 'Quality of Life' joins Playhouse show among big winners at ceremony honoring local theater.
View ArticlePlayhouse’s DNA fest takes on new twists
There are a few fresh twists to La Jolla Playhouse’s DNA New Work Series, whose 2016 edition (kicking off Feb. 18) is the fourth go-round for this showcase of promising plays in development.
View ArticleFamily circus carries on 46-year tradition
Circus Vargas kicks debuts new show in Del Mar tonight
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