Jorge Rodriguez

LIFE SUCKS now playing at Cygnet Theatre through Feb 27th is a new take on a theatre classic; it's Uncle Vanya with a modern comedic twist.

To set the stage for the 4th Annual 'Heartbeat of Mexico' Festival, to be held at Chapman University May 23-26, a slate of nationally respected academics and artists will participate in the 'Big Ideas: Culture and Conversation Series,' six weeks of free seminars beginning Thursday, April 11. Leading experts in the fields of Mexican studies, religious studies and music will share their insights and passions on a wide range of fascinating issues at the heart of the Festival's three-day celebration of Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture.

ARTSpeaks - the innovative artist talk by Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) that uniquely profiles some of the area's leading visual artists - returns on May 25th with a rare pairing of Jersey City-based painters who've created two distinct bodies of work.

Park Square's new staging of the perennial favorite Of Mice and Men begins next month. The popular education production will offer a limited number of public performances this season.

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) has announced the sixth and final show of their 2017/18 season "Into the Beautiful North." This world premiere, one of the National New Play Network's rolling world premieres, was written by Karen Zacarias ("The Book Club Play," "Just Like Us") and will be directed by San Diego REP Artistic Director Sam Woodhouse. "Into the Beautiful North" begins on Thursday, March 30, 2017 and plays through Sunday, April 23, 2017 with an opening night on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. on the Lyceum Stage Theatre at San Diego REP in Horton Plaza.

 A meditation on mourning, redemption, and revenge, Seven Spots On The Sun follows each character's attempt to come to terms with extraordinary loss and the miracles they have witnessed.

San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents the West Coast Premiere of MY MANANA COMES by Elizabeth Irwin. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the show opens tonight, Oct. 7, 2015 and runs through Oct. 25, 2015 in the Lyceum Space. BroadwayWorld has a look at the cast in action below!

San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents the West Coast Premiere of MY MANANA COMES by Elizabeth Irwin. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, previews began Oct. 1, 2015 for a Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 opening night. The production runs through Oct. 25, 2015 in the Lyceum Space. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents MY MANANA COMES by Elizabeth Irwin. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, previews begin tonight, Oct. 1, 2015. Opening night is Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 and runs through Oct. 25, 2015 in the Lyceum Space. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company!

San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) announces the cast for MY MANANA COMES by Elizabeth Irwin. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, previews begin Oct. 1, 2015. Opening night is Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 and runs through Oct. 25, 2015 in the Lyceum Space. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the company!

NBC UNIVERSO, will exclusively air the dramatic third leg for the home and away series of the upcoming CONCACAF FIFA World Cup Russia 2018TM qualifying matches featuring El Salvador and Curacao.

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a grand landscape portrait from Cuban American urban artist, Jorge Rodri?guez-Gerada, to be placed temporarily on the National Mall; it will be open to the public Oct. 4 through Oct. 31.

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a grand landscape portrait from Cuban American urban artist, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, to be placed temporarily on the National Mall; it will be open to the public Oct. 4 through Oct. 31.

Renowned author/biographer James Spada, who has penned best-selling books on Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis and Peter Lawford, to name a few, has a new coffee table book which will hit the book stands mid October, entitled Streisand in the Camera Eye. I have seen an advanced copy, and it is simply beautiful...'Hello, gorgeous!' Barbra would say as Fanny Brice. Fans of Barbra will adore this one and even if you are merely fond of her work, like me, you will be blown away by the beauty of these rarely seen photographs accompanied by short descriptions of the time and place by Spada. It's a real page turner, and each photograph is more eye-catching, more vivid than the last.

La Jolla Playhouse presents Tribes (tonight, June 25 - July 21 in the Mandell Weiss Forum), Sideways (July 16 - August 18 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre) and Neva (June 26 - 30 in the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre).

La Jolla Playhouse has announced the casts and creative teams for its upcoming productions of Tribes (June 25 - July 21 in the Mandell Weiss Forum), Sideways (July 16 - August 18 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre) and Neva (June 26 - 30 in the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre).

Former '90210' stars Shannen Doherty ('Shannen Says') and Tori Spelling (author, CelebraTORI), Rachel Dratch (author, Girl Walks Into A Bar), Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley (author, Can't Is Not an Option), Randy Jackson ('American Idol'), Christie Brinkley (Broadway's 'Chicago') are featured APRIL 2-6 on THE VIEW.