SAN DIEGO–DangerHouse Productions presents a one-night performance of Maurice Level‘s “Final Kiss,” a classic Grand Guignol horror story from Paris. Written in 1912, Maurice Level’s The Final Kiss is a classic Parisian short Grand Guignol play. A man, Henri, whose fiancé has horribly disfigured him by throwing sulfuric acid on his face, decides to exact [...]
Cygnet Theatre partners with Old Town restaurants
July 20, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–The theatrical feast of Alan Ackybourn’s The Norman Conquests is not the only delicacy Cygnet Theatre is offering its theatergoers, with the kick-off of its 8th season… Beginning July 28 (Norman first preview), Cygnet is delighted to join forces with Old Town restaurant partners to provide the convenience of adding dining-packages to ticket purchases. [...]
New Vision Theatre to present summer plays
July 16, 2010 By
OCEANSIDE–New Vision Theatre Company, operating Oceanside’s Sunshine Brooks Theatre, will present the 5th annual Summer Shorts (a collection of 8 ten minute unpublished plays) at Sunshine Brooks Theatre, 217 North Coast Highway in Oceanside. Performances are July 16 to August 1, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Opening night gala will [...]
New Village Arts Theatre opens 10th season with The Seven Year Itch
July 6, 2010 By
CARLSBAD–New Village Arts Theatre announces the opening of its 10th season with George Axelrod’s classic American comedy “The Seven Year Itch.” Equity Actor and Ensemble Member Daren Scott plays Richard Sherman, a 1950’s advertising man who sends his wife and son off to the beach for summer vacation and is left alone in his New York [...]
Theatre to teach youth dance
July 2, 2010 By
VISTA–The Moonlight Cultural Foundation’s Encore Youth Theatre will host a summer dance workshop for youths ages 10 and up from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. July 9 at Brengle Park Recreation Center, 1200 Vale Park Terrace in Vista. Participants will learn various dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary. The dance workshop is open to [...]
La Jolla Playhouse receives major grant from The James Irvine Foundation
June 30, 2010 By
LA JOLLA–The La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce that it was recently named the recipient of a $900,000 grant from The James Irvine Foundation. The grant will fund the Playhouse’s new Theatre Without Walls program over the next four years. Underscoring the theatre’s mission of providing “unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of [...]
La Jolla Playhouse wins 4 Tony Awards, including Best Musical for Memphis
June 14, 2010 By
LA JOLLA–La Jolla Playhouse’s Broadway production of “Memphis,” which highlighted the Playhouse’s 2008/09 season before transferring to Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre and then to Broadway, was recognized with four Tony Awards during the live, internationally televised awards ceremony last evening, June 13. The show took home awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, (David Bryan), [...]
Talent to aMuse presents “Engaged”
June 1, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–Talent to aMuse presents “Engaged,” June 11-20 at Swedenborg Hall in San Diego. This Victorian comedy – rarely performed in America – was written by W.S. Gilbert (one half of the famed Gilbert & Sullivan partnership) and first produced in London in 1877. “Engaged” is directed by Welton Jones, with a cast featuring Samuel [...]
San Marcos Theatre West to present Little Mermaid
May 31, 2010 By
Broadway’s In The Heights coming to San Diego
May 29, 2010 By
Cast of In The Heights. Photo: © Janet Macoska. SAN DIEGO–“In The Heights,” winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to San Diego Civic Theatre, July 27 through August 1. “In The Heights” tells the uiversal story of a vibrant community in New York’s [...]
