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San Diego Musical Theatre is proud to announce the cast and creative teams for its two holiday productions this season. For the final year SDMT brings Irving Berlin's White Christmas to the historic Spreckels Theatre, with book by David Ives and Paul Blake, directed by Todd Nielsen. White Christmas runs November 25th- December 4th with press opening on Friday, November 25th. SDMT will also present the World Premiere of Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play directed by Colleen Kollar Smith, adapted by Lance Arthur Smith, with original music by Jon Lorenz. Miracle on 34th Street runs December 1st - 23rd at the Horton Grand Theatre, with press opening on Thursday, December 8th.

Cygnet Theatre will continue its ten-year tradition of presenting a holiday show suitable for all ages. This season welcomes the return of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Sean Murray with original score by Billy Thompson, this production is a re-imagined take on the original holiday classic featuring lively music, unique puppets and live sound effects. The fully staged production runsNovember 22 - December 24 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Opening Night for Media is Saturday, November 26th at 8:00pm.

Cygnet Theatre will continue its nine-year tradition of presenting a holiday show suitable for all ages. This season welcomes the return of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Sean Murray with original score by Billy Thompson, this production is a re-imagined take on the original holiday classic featuring lively music, unique puppets and live sound effects. The fully staged production runs November 27 - December 27 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Opening Night for Media is Saturday, December 5th at 8:00pm.

In December, Cygnet Theatre will continue its eight-year tradition of presenting a holiday show suitable for all ages. This season welcomes the return of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Sean Murray with original score by Billy Thompson. This production is a completely re-imagined take on the original holiday classic featuring lively music, unique puppets and live sound effects. The airwaves of WCYG Playhouse of the Air will be silent this season as Cygnet returns to presenting a fully staged production. This 'little musical ghost story' runs November 28-December 28 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Opening Night for Media is Saturday, December 6, 8 pm.

In December, Cygnet Theatre will continue its eight-year tradition of presenting a holiday show suitable for all ages. This season welcomes the return of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Sean Murray with original score by Billy Thompson. This production is a completely re-imagined take on the original holiday classic featuring lively music, unique puppets and live sound effects. The airwaves of WCYG Playhouse of the Air will be silent this season as Cygnet returns to presenting a fully staged production. This 'little musical ghost story' runs November 28-December 28 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. Opening Night for Media is Saturday, December 6, 8 pm.

Lamb's Players Theatre welcomes Deborah Gilmour Smyth as the brilliant and exacting professor of metaphysical poetry with much still to discover as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer in this moving and triumphant winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, WIT. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Smyth and the rest of the cast in action below!

The cast features Lamb's 2013 Acting Company members Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Cynthia Gerber, Jason Heil and Caitie Grady, along with Lamb's Associate Artists Jim Chovick, Kaja Amado Dunn and Bryan Barbarin. M'Lafi Thompson completes the cast in her debut performance with Lamb's.

The 39 Steps, a comedy adapted by Patrick Barlow from the movie by Alfred Hichcock from the novel by John Buchan, is directed by Deborah Gilmour Smyth and runs now through September 22nd, with previews now through Aug 15th, at Lamb's Players Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

More than 110 local and national theater artists representing more than 45 San Diego theatrical productions will compete for the 2012 Craig Noel Awards.

BroadwayWorld's Senior Photographer Walter McBride has picked his favorite onstage photos from the year and you can check out the rest of his collection below! CLICK HERE to check out Part 1.

More than 110 local and national theater artists representing more than 45 San Diego theatrical productions will compete for the 2012 Craig Noel Awards, the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle announced today.

Lamb's Players Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Laura Eason's AROUND THE WOLRD IN 80 DAYS, adapted from the novel by Jules Vern.

Lamb's Players Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Laura Eason's AROUND THE WOLRD IN 80 DAYS, adapted from the novel by Jules Vern.

Lamb's Players Theatre previously announced its cast for SEE HOW THEY RUN. Set in an English country manor house during WWII, Philip King's hilarious comedy is among the very best of British farces. SEE HOW THEY RUN is directed by Lamb's Producing Artistic Director, Robert Smyth, with scenic design by Mike Buckley, costume design by Jemima Dutra, lighting design by Lila Lace Flores King and prop design by Michael McKeon. It opens tonight, August 17.

Two days after the death of its author, I had the pleasure of taking in director Michael Wilson's outstanding revival of The Best Man – one of the best evenings Broadway had to offer last season – for the third time.  Gore Vidal most certainly went out with a landslide victory.

...we'll still be playin' his songs.

Lamb's Players Theatre today announced its cast for SEE HOW THEY RUN. Set in an English country manor house during WWII, Philip King's hilarious comedy is among the very best of British farces. The cast features Lamb's 2012 Acting Company members Kerry Meads, Cynthia Gerber, Jim Chovick, Jason Heil and Myra McWethy, along with Lamb's Associate Artists Ron Choularton, Jeffery Jones and Paul Maley; and the Lamb's debut by Brendan Farley.