Jo Anne Glover News

New Village Arts, Carlsbad's award-winning, professional theatre, will be presenting a special one-night-only playreading of Wendy Wasserstein's OLD MONEY on Monday, April 19 at 7:30 PM.

La Jolla Playhouse is proud to announce its 2009/2010 resident theatre company: MOXIE Theatre. This marks the second year of the Playhouse's landmark Resident Theatre Program, and the newly-appointed company will be in residence at La Jolla Playhouse July - September, 2009, in the Mandell Weiss Forum Studio.

La Jolla Playhouse productions heading for national exposure fared well as the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, presented the annual Craig Noel Awards for Theatrical Excellence, honoring the best local stage work of 2008. Noel, the 93-year-old founding director of the Old Globe Theatre, was in attendance for his namesake awards, which were presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, in La Jolla, attended by some 350 theater industry members and supporters. Moises Kaufman's '33 Variations,' about to open on Broadway with Jane Fonda in the lead role, was honored for David Lander's lighting and Derek McLane's set. The Playhouse's premiere of Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's 'Memphis' (now in production at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre) was honored as outstanding new musical and for Chad Kimball's lead performance. A fresh staging of 'Xanadu,' which Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley first directed on Broadway, was named outstanding resident musical, and Bill T. Jones won for his choreography in the Playhouse's hip-hop musical 'The Seven.' Old Globe productions garnered four mentions, including Steven Drukman's boxing-themed drama about Joe Louis, 'In This Corner,' which was named outstanding new play. 'Dancing in the Dark,' a debut musical with Broadway aspirations (based on the classic film 'The Band Wagon'), won for Patrick Page's featured performance and Larry Hochman's orchestrations. A revival of 'The Women,' directed by Old Globe resident artistic director Darko Tresnjak, was honored for Anna Oliver's costumes. And the national touring production of 'Spring Awakening,' produced by Broadway/San Diego, a Nederlander Organization, won for best touring show.

NVA SPECIAL EVENT THIS FRIDAY! Please join us on Friday, Nov 7th at 8 PM for another unforgettable evening: a playreading and post-show discussion with the top Latina playwright in the United States: Josefina Lopez!

NVA SPECIAL EVENT THIS FRIDAY! Please join us on Friday, Nov 7th at 8 PM for another unforgettable evening: a playreading and post-show discussion with the top Latina playwright in the United States: Josefina Lopez!