Tony and Pulitzer Award winner Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play Brighton Beach Memoirs follows the life of Eugene Morris Jerome from the foibles of youth in late-1930s Brooklyn to a career as a comedy writer for radio. Jerome is a 15 year-old living in late-1930s Brooklyn, and thinks of little else but playing for the Yankees… […]
New Village Arts present New Play Festival
CARLSBAD–New Village Arts presents the New Play Festival, with three unique world premieres running through the month of November. I Am The Machine Gunner, Picturing My Sister and A Christmas Carol will run successive weekends November 12 to 28 at New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad Village. Tickets are $15 per performance or $39 for […]
DangerHouse Productions presents a night of love, death
SAN DIEGO–DangerHouse Productions presents “Three Plays of Grand Guignol,” three classic pieces of gore entertainment originally performed in early 1900s Paris. For mature teens and up only. Live music after the first four performances, and there will be a special Halloween performance. Show times: Oct 22, 23, 28, 29 at 7 p.m., and Oct 30, […]
Escondido center program fills void in San Diego county schools
ESCONDIDO–This year the Center will offer their annual Center Stage: Performances for Youth program, providing an affordable and engaging introduction into the world of live theatre for hundreds of schoolchildren. For only $2.50 per performance, children can see a variety of quality shows featuring music, dance and theater, all performed on a professional stage. This […]
Two Old Globe productions recipients of 2010 NAACP Theatre Awards
SAN DIEGO–Old Globe’s world premiere productions of Sammy and The First Wives Club – A New Musical were the recipients of five 2010 NAACP Theatre Awards. The awards presentation was held on Monday, Aug. 30 at the Director’s Guild of America in Hollywood. The Old Globe was named Best Producer for the world premiere production […]
New Village Arts Theatre returns to Shakespeare in the Park
VISTA–New Village Arts Theatre and Moonlight Cultural Foundation are teaming up to bring Shakespeare in the Park back to North County San Diego. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It” will be set in 1969 New Orleans, with the Forest of Arden located in the bayou outside of the city. The play is directed by […]
New Village Arts Theatre to present Into The Woods
CARLSBAD–To help celebrate its 10th anniversary, New Village Arts Theatre is producing its first musical. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods is one of the most cherished musicals of our generation, and the production will be led by one of the hottest directors in San Diego, James Vasquez. New Village Arts Ensemble members Sandra […]
Patio Playhouse presents Godspell
ESCONDIDO–Patio Playhouse and Plays In The Park present a performance of Stephen Schwartz’s “Godspell” at Escondido’s Kit Carson Amphitheater, continuing until August 28. The classic musical brings The Gospel According To St. Matthew to life with an exciting score by Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked” and “Working”) that features “Day By Day”. Performed outdoors at Kit Carson […]
DangerHouse Productions to present one-night performance of “Final Kiss”
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
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. […]