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Photo Flash: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET In Ocean Beach, Now Through June 23
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 11, 2019

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street now EXTENDED to June 23rd. Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Directed by Manny Bejarano, and Music Direction by Will Ah Sing. 

BWW Review: FLY BY NIGHT at Coronado Playhouse
by E.H. Reiter - Dec 5, 2017

FLY BY NIGHT is a musical that may have a name that implies something that is rushed together to get it done, but that is not is a case in this charming and well put together production playing through December 10th at the Coronado Playhouse.

Photo Flash: FLY BY NIGHT Opens Tomorrow at Coronado Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2017

Coronado Playhouse concludes its 2017 Season with Fly By Night, opening Friday, November 10th and running until Sunday, December 10th, 2017 at Coronado Playhouse. San Diego's favorite Theatre Photographer paid the Playhouse a visit and captured some beautiful moments from the production which opens this weekend. With a non-traditional, charming and catchy score by Will Connolly and Michael Mitnick, this darkly comic rock-fable, portrays a melancholy sandwich maker's humdrum life and how it is intersected by two entrancing sisters, weaving into its overlapping love stories a resonating message about how the 'invisible universe' connects us all. A sweeping ode to young love set against the backdrop of the northeast blackout of 1965, Fly By Night is an original and enchanting tale about making your way and discovering hope in a world beset by darkness.

San Diego Musical Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Teams for WHITE CHRISTMAS and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET �" A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY
by BWW News Desk - Dec 23, 2016

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 today, 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.

San Diego Musical Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Teams for WHITE CHRISTMAS and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET �" A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY
by BWW News Desk - Nov 25, 2016

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 today, 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.

San Diego Musical Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Teams for WHITE CHRISTMAS and MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET �" A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 29, 2016

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.

San Diego Musical Theatre's 42ND STREET Begins Today
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2016

San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) continues their 2016 season with the musical comedy classic 42ND STREET today, May 27. This Tony Award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, book by Michael Stewart (Hello Dolly, Bye Bye Birdie) and Mark Bramble (Barnum), directed by James Vasquez. Performances run through June 12, 2016 at the historic Spreckels Theatre. Press opening is Saturday, May 28th at 8:00PM.

San Diego Musical Theatre Sets Complete Cast, Creative Team for 42ND STREET
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2016

San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) continues their 2016 season with the musical comedy classic 42ND STREET.

Photo Flash: First Look at IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at San Diego Musical Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre presents the final production of its 2015 season, IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, running now through December 6, 2015 (press opening on Friday, November 27) at the Spreckels Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Photo Flash: First Look at San Diego Musical Theatre's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre presents the second production of their 2015 season, Singin' in the Rain, now through June 7, 2015 at the Spreckels Theatre on Broadway in downtown San Diego. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Brandon Davidson, Brittany Hammond and More in Highlights of SDMT's SINGIN IN THE RAIN
by Christina Mancuso - May 29, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre opened the second production of their 2015 season, Singin' in the Rain, May 22 - June 7, 2015, at the Spreckels Theatre on Broadway in downtown San Diego.  Check out a first look at highlights below!

STAGE TUBE: In Rehearsal with SDMT's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
by Stage Tube - May 19, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre presents the second production of their 2015 season, Singin' in the Rain, May 22 - June 7, 2015 (press opening on Saturday, May 23), at the Spreckels Theatre on Broadway in downtown San Diego. Click below to watch highlights of the cast in rehearsal!

San Diego Musical Theatre's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Opens This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre announces the second production of their 2015 season, Singin' in the Rain, May 22 - June 7, 2015 (press opening on Saturday, May 23), at the Spreckels Theatre on Broadway in downtown San Diego.

San Diego Musical Theatre to Present SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 5/22-6/7
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 2, 2015

San Diego Musical Theatre announces the second production of their 2015 season, Singin' in the Rain, May 22 - June 7, 2015 (press opening on Saturday, May 23), at the Spreckels Theatre on Broadway in downtown San Diego.

Coronado Playhouse to Stage BOEING, BOEING
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 18, 2015

Boeing, Boeing is a bedroom farce originally written in French by Marc Camoletti in 1961 and quickly adapted onto the English-speaking stage. Translated by Beverley Cross, the Guinness Book of World Records named it the most performed French comedy ever. Boeing, Boeing takes off with the outrageous lifestyle of an American ex-patriot named Bernhard living in Paris. He is the ultimate ladies man dating three airline stewardesses in the early 1960's at the peak of the Golden Age of air travel. His affairs seem to be intermingling well until the Boeing company develops faster airplanes that lead to a romantic nightmare of crossed schedules, near misses in the bedroom and riotous consequences.

Coronado Playhouse to Present AVENUE Q, 1/23-2/28
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2015

Coronado Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q from January 23-February 28, 2015, benefitting San Diego Humane Society and PAWS of Coronado.

Coronado Playhouse Presents AVENUE Q, Now thru 2/28
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2015

Coronado Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q from tonight, January 23-February 28, 2015, benefitting San Diego Humane Society and PAWS of Coronado.

Coronado Playhouse to Present AVENUE Q, 1/23-2/28
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 19, 2015

Coronado Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q from January 23-February 28, 2015, benefitting San Diego Humane Society and PAWS of Coronado.

Coronado Playhouse Extends SPAMALOT Through 12/7
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 13, 2014

Since opening night October 24th, Spamalot has constantly played to sold out audiences at Coronado Playhouse. 'The silliness of Spamalot is a joy to watch unfold and even more fun to giggle along with,' says Alexandra Magdaleno of Art Rocks 247.com.

Coronado Playhouse Presents SPAMALOT, Now thru 11/30
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2014

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, this Tony Award winning musical retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Spamalot is a Broadway spectacle following the medieval heroes on a quest that includes a bevy of beautiful show girls, killer rabbits, and a disco dancing Lancelot. Many of the side splitting laughs you loved in the movie are recreated on stage in this larger-than-life production that will have you laughing your coconuts off. Spamalot runs today, October 24-November 30, 2014.