New Village Arts Ensemble takes on Shakespeare’s wildest comedy

CARLSBAD–The Ensemble at New Village Arts takes on Shakespeare’s broadest farce in The Comedy of Errors. Directed by Justin Lang, The Comedy of Errors allows the Ensemble to show off its comedic skills. Set in the 1950s as if it were being filmed in front of a “live studio audience”, NVA’s The Comedy of Errors [...]

DangerHouse Productions brings Transylvania to San Diego

SAN DIEGO–Three American college students travel to Transylvania and Castle Bathory to bring The Blood Countess the same kind of fame that Bram Stoker brought to Dracula… But The Blood Countess has other plans. DangerHouse Productions and playwrite Kevin Six create mayhem in The Blood Countess which premieres February 16 at the Victory Theatre in [...]

Actor Morgan Freeman receives Cecil B. DeMille award at Golden Globes

Freemen

Winning the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” actor Morgan Freeman poses with presenters Helen Mirren and Sidney Poitier backstage in the press room with his Golden Globe Award at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills  

La Jolla Playhouse’ Performance Outreach Program to tour schools

SAN DIEGO–La Jolla Playhouse announces that its 2012 Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour production, Recipe for Disaster, by critically-acclaimed playwright Barry Kornhauser, will tour schools throughout San Diego county from January 30 to March 30. Commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse and the Arizona-based Childsplay, this world-premiere production is directed by David Saar and features original [...]

Senior Playreaders pay tribute to radio

CARLSBAD–Remember the days before TV, smartphones, Googling, Kindles and Nooks? Carlsbad’s senior center will host the Carlsbad Senior Playreaders’ presentation, “January Madness:  Quibbles and Bits!,” an hour  of old-fashioned tribute to the days of radio. The program features two new episodes of Karen Riehl’s original, old-fashioned radio series, “The Quibbles”, a humorous skit, and a sing-a-long [...]

San Marcos Theatre West to present Cinderella

SAN MARCOS–The San Marcos Theatre West Youth Theater will present the musical production, Cinderella, at the San Marcos Community Center, 3 Civic Center Drive on February 2, 3, 4, and 5. Show times are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 2 and 6 p.m. The show features a cast of local [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats returns to Civic Center

Cats

SAN DIEGO–Cats, the show that revolutionized musical theatre is coming to San Diego Civic Theatre for eight performances in January. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats won seven 1983 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Lighting and Best [...]

Musical focuses on the holiday seasons

Three Wise Guys: Balthazarina (Gail West), Gaspar (George Weinberg Harter) and Melchoir (Chris Fonseca), in Emilia's Sugarplum Nightmare. Photo: OP Hadlock

SAN DIEGO–What happens when science meets religion, when materialistic gift-giving meets the Gift of the Heart, when the Three Magi meet St. Nick – aka “Santa”? A hilarious romp through history and all the way to the North Pole, dragging poor 15-year-old Emilia along for the ride. Vaudeville flavored comedy and moments of touching poignancy [...]

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! returns to the Old Globe

From left, Remy Margaret Corbin and Caitlin McAuliffe star as Cindy-Lou Who and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

  SAN DIEGO–The 14th annual production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, a holiday musical directed by James Vásquez with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, returns to the Old Globe Theatre Nov. 19 – Dec. 31. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic [...]

CEO/Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto to leave The Old Globe‏

Lou Spisto.

SAN DIEGO–The Old Globe and CEO/Executive Producer Lou Spisto announced today that Spisto is leaving The Old Globe to work independently as a producer. Spisto was appointed Executive Director in October of 2002 and assumed the position of Executive Producer in January of 2008. Board Chair Harold W. Fuson, Jr. stated, “We are saddened by [...]