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Part clowning, part surreal social experiment, the theatre is transformed into a playground of spontaneity, all shaped in real time by the audience. The show...
La Jolla Playhouse
2910 La Jolla Village DrLa Jolla, CA 92093
Upcoming Shows
The Family Album
Singer-songwriter Mia Bing has been hustling and is desperate to break through in the music industry. Just as she receives the call that could change...
Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep
Applause has too much heart and is simply too much fun to be bogged down by its shortcomings, so audiences should take advantage of catching this gem while they can.…
Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
In the fantastical, visually-enchanting stage play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD—the theatrical continuation of J.K. Rowling's beloved magical saga—the idea of revisiting the past is embraced as its central theme, which in turn shifts the focus away from the mischievous school adventures tha…
Review: MUSE/IQUE DEFIANTLY JONI: A SINGER/SONGWRITER BARES HER SOUL at Mark Taper Forum
The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspi…
Review: ANATOMY OF A BACK by Kick Boom Theater at Electric Lodge
John Wuchte and his Kick Boom Theater ensemble of five actors and two onstage musicians (Wuchte on percussion and Sarah Green on guitar) continue their exploration of live percussion scoring the actors’ movement, gestures and stylized dialogue during Anatomy of a Back at the Electric Lodge in Veni…
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Musical Theatre West
Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purp…
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Wisteria Theater
Even in Los Angeles, in the midst of a spectacular live theater renaissance, there are few theaters in town doing musicals with as much deep excellence and sheer joy as Wisteria Theater.…
Review: MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse
When we hum along, dance, applaud or whatever (folks in the up close Get Down section probably have more opportunity to, you know, get down), the connection to the story and to its themes feels that much more immediate.…
Review: PAINTED PONIES Starring Rachel Sorsa at Ruskin Group Theatre
Sorsa’s extraordinary talent in enveloping Pam as if she was inside her soul, along with Elina de Santos minimally invasive direction by keeping Sorsa seated on the couch center stage to tell her story into her cell phone, will keep your sharp focus on Ian McRae’s monologue honoring human resili…
Review: IF/THEN at the Zephyr Theatre
What did our critic think of IF/THEN at Zephyr Theatre?…
Review: World Premiere E=MC² EINSTEIN THE MUSICAL Often Trades Depth for Silly Songs
I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye. But with so much interesting history to be explored about a man who was often quoted, and misquo…
Past Shows
La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival
La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival is four days of “fearless and fun activations that electrify our creative city” (BroadwayWorld). Discover more than 20 local, national...
FeaturedAll the Men Who've Frightened Me
By Noah Diaz Directed by Kat YenA surprising story about parenthood, family and future dreams.Young married couple Ty and Nora are preparing to move into Ty’s childhood home...
The Heart
Based on "Réparer les Vivants" by Maylis de Kerangal | Book and additional lyrics by Kait KerriganMusic and Lyrics by Anne Eisendrath & Ian Eisendrath | Directed by Christopher AshleyThis breathtaking new musical...
Derecho
Some storms you can’t hide from.A series of intense storms – a “derecho” – is bearing down on an affluent Virginia neighborhood near D.C., where...
The Ballad of Johnny and June
Love is a burning thingCountry music royalty Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash remain to this day one of the most famous couples of the...
ACCOMPLICE: San Diego
- Tom Salamon, Betsy Salamon-Sufott; dir: Tom Salamon....
A Lonely Boy's Guide to Survival (And Werewolves)
Rao and Padma Makineni Play Development Center: - Ernie Nolan; dir: Michael J. Bobbitt....
POP Tour
Rao and Padma Makineni Play Development Center: - Ernie Nolan; dir: Michael J. Bobbitt....
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party: The Musical Garry Marshall Theatre (8/21-8/29) |
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Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Rubicon Theatre (12/02-12/24) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |