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“Birthday Candles”, now playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre, is a curious mix because existentialism and birthday cake are not a combo I usually crave. Yet thanks to a charming cast and a moving central performance by Margot White, this blend of humor, heartache, and hope is something richer than expected.

TuYo Theatre’s “La Llorona on the Blue Line”, written by Mabelle Reynoso and directed by Maria Patrice Amon, is an immersive production that blends myth and memory into a powerful, time-jumping ghost story—where La Llorona doesn’t just wail, she bears witness.

Gloria Calderón Kellett’s “One of the Good Ones,” now onstage at The Old Globe, is like a live taping of your favorite sitcom—complete with fast banter, heartwarming family chaos, and the kind of well-meaning disaster that can only be caused by bringing a piñata to a dinner party.

“The Mountaintop,” now at New Village Arts through June 22, imagines a very human Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the last night of his life. He’s tired, cranky, chain-smoking, and wants a cup of coffee. What he gets instead is a cosmic surprise disguised as a hotel maid.

Playing at Broadway San Diego through June 1st, this flashy jukebox musical is less biography and more sing-along, and that’s precisely what it wants to be.

If you like your theatre smart, sexy, and a little bit sacrilegious, then “Merry Me” is the genre-bending farce for you! Running at Diversionary Theatre through June 15th.

The curtain’s about to rise on one of the most exciting acts in town—the Broadway San Diego Awards! This weekend, on Sunday, May 25th at 6pm, 20 standout high school performers will sing, dance, and belt their hearts out for a chance to take their final bow on a Broadway stage at the Jimmy Awards® in New York City.

In “The Counter,” Meghan Kennedy places us in a small-town diner, where coffee is always brewing and regulars never need to look at the menu. Here, waitress Katie and diner customer Paul are two lonely people who find a connection over coffee and conversation, and a chance to change each other's lives.

'House of India' is a heartfelt, humorous, and occasionally dramatic look at tradition, legacy, and living a life of your dreams, not someone else's. The show is playing at The Old Globe through June 8th.

Sequins? Check. Showtunes? Check. If you like your cabaret with a little culinary flair and your cooking shows accompanied by show tunes, then Erica Marie Weisz has the dish for you: 'I CAN COOK, TOO!'

Interview with Mahira Kakkar and Supriya Ganesh about bringing their characters and the world premiere of HOUSE OF INDIA to life at The Old Globe.

By the looks of the audience filling the San Diego Civic Theatre, even ten years later, “Hamilton” still has audiences clamoring to be in the room where it happens. “Hamilton”  is running at Broadway San Diego through May 18th.

As spring turns into summer, it means it's the perfect season to sing and dance at “The Prom.” This musical is a hilarious, heartfelt, and high-energy celebration of love, acceptance, and self-discovery. “The Prom runs through June 1st at San Diego Musical Theatre.

What’s a better way to kick-start the summer theatre seasons than by singing along to “Summer Nights” at the Moonlight Stage Production of “Grease?” This stage version tells the story of Rydell High and its students, and the cute romance of Sandy and Danny is slightly different from the movie version it inspired. 'Grease' runs at Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheater through May 17th.

Interview with Joey Landwehr, the Broadway San Diego Awards Artistic Director, on putting this event together and what he looks forward to every year. This year the Broadway San Diego Awards are on May 25th at the Balboa Theatre.

In “The Prom”, when a high school student wants to take her girlfriend to prom, but is met with resistance by the school and community, four eccentric Broadway actors come to town to save the day.  Kürt Norby plays one of those well-meaning, if misguided, artists as Broadway veteran Barry Glickman.  Kürt talks about bringing this character and this show to life at San Diego Musical Theatre through June 1st.

Agatha Christie’s famous Hercule Poirot is back on the North Coast Rep stage, this time in the world premiere “Peril in the Alps”, a sequel to ‘Murder on the Links” from two years ago.  This is a lighthearted, quick, comic murder mystery and is running through May 25th.