The Old Globe News

The Old Globe has released a new video in its Act Breaks series! Betsy Morgan performs 'The Sound of Music' to shine a light on these challenging times.

Jack O'Brien, The Old Globe's Artistic Director Emeritus and three-time Tony Award winner, reflects on his time at the Globe and sends you a message of hope and love.

The Old Globe regards William Shakespeare as our premiere resident playwright, whose works and universal themes continue to resonate more than 400 years after his plays were written. For many San Diegans, their ability to understand and appreciate the wonders of the Bard during our Summer Shakespeare Festival has increased exponentially since they joined us for Thinking Shakespeare Live! During this unwanted intermission, the Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelsteina?"assisted by Globe veteran classical actors Grantham Coleman, Megan Ketch, and Richard Thomasa?"will pivot to offer a free live online version, taking place on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. on The Old Globe's Facebook page.

The Old Globe today announced the world premiere of a 10-minute play created by Bill Irwin: In-Zoom, featuring Irwin and Broadway veteran Christopher Fitzgerald.

May and June episodes will feature Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and actor Elizabeth Stanley on their collaboration during Jagged Little Pill; Tony-winning director Michael Mayer with actors Jonathan Groff and Christian Borle on Little Shop of Horrors; directors Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sheryl Kaller, and Desdemona Chiang; director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and playwright Lauren Gunderson on The Half-Life of Marie Curie; and more.

Let's do the Time Warp again! Relive the Old Globe's production of The Rocky Horror Show with this new flashback clip!

Celebrate new works from the Community Voices Digital Offering Playwriting at The Old Globe

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premiere launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights announces the lineup for the 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Artistic Director Designate Tim Bond, and Executive Director Phil Santora announced changes to TheatreWorks's 2020-21 Season, which is now scheduled to begin in October 2020.

Theatre Forward, a national nonprofit that provides financial support and service to 19 prominent theatres across the U.S., has collaborated with the Hearst Foundations to secure $1 million in emergency funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stars in The House, benefiting The Actors Fund, continued this Sunday night (8pm) with The Full Monty Original Broadway Cast, David Yazbeck, John Ellison Conlee, Jason Danieley, André De Shields, Romain Fruge, Marcus Neville, Patrick Wilson and Tony Yazbeck.

The now-dormant African American Repertory Theatre reached the heights with its 2011 production of August Wilson's 'Jitney'.

Noah Bean, who appeared in the Globe's 2014 production of Othello, sends his best to Globe audiences and recites a speech from Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost.

Today 28 San Diego Theatres announce a joint statement of their united goal in support of San Diego theatre artists, audiences and the community as we navigate these challenging times together.

American Blues Theater presents the 2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival digitally, May 1-4, 2020. For the first time ever, audiences around the world can access the scripts of the Blue Ink Playwrighting Festival online, free of charge.

Explore the world of hair and makeup in Session 3 of Behind the Curtain, The Old Globe's free theatre workshop series.

The Old Globe has released its 9th session of its free playwriting workshop, Community Voices.

James Vásquez, director and choreographer of The Old Globe's Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, shares an inspiring song for these difficult times. He also introduces the kids of The Grinch, who perform a beautiful song about staying strong and sticking together.

The Old Globe continues to add free online programs and new dates for existing ones, all part of The Old Globe's ongoing commitment to serve the public good by providing programs that make theatre matter to more people.

The Old Globe has released its 7th and 8th sessions for its free playwriting workshop, Community Voices.