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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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–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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]