BWW Reviews: San Diego Repertory Theatre Invites You to Come IN THE HEIGHTS
San Diego Repertory Theatre brings a little Washington Heights to San Diego with their production of IN THE HEIGHTS playing through Sunday, August 25th.
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BWW Reviews: OC's 3-D Theatricals Amps Up the Funny in SHREK - THE MUSICAL
Leave it to the ultra-talented, uber-enthusiastic folks at 3-D Theatricals to take an okay-ha-ha show into an OMFG-that-was-super-hella-funny triumph of whimsy and heart.
BWW Reviews: MTW Presents Lush New Revival of Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD
To close out its 60th Season in grand fashion, Musical Theatre West has commissioned a lush new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical SUNSET BOULEVARD on its home stage at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
BWW Reviews: Heavenly Goofy SISTER ACT National Tour Charms Hollywood
Delightful and down-right hilarious, SISTER ACT - THE MUSICAL---the nun-tastic stage adaptation of the hit 1992 motion picture of the same name---is, frankly, to my pleasant surprise, an unexpected gem of a show.
BWW Reviews: Hilarious, Campy PRISCILLA Musical Sashays into L.A.
Hilarious, visually arresting, and surprisingly heart-warming, PRISCILLA - QUEEN OF THE DESERT---the rousing stage musical adaptation of the 1994 Oscar-winning indie film of the same name---is an outlandishly silly show from start to finish, filled with non-stop eye-popping visuals, out-of-this-worl
BWW Reviews: SCR's Revival of THE FANTASTICKS Gets a Magical Makeover
Now performing at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through June 9, Director Amanda Dehnert's beguiling new revival of THE FANTASTICKS comes to vibrant life as an old-timey vaudevillian review that just happens to have a love story woven into it.
BWW Reviews: Broadway Vet Shoshana Bean Sings Final Free Concert at Americana at Brand, 6/2
What happens when you cram together the star quality of Barbra, the riffs of Beyonce, Whitney, and Mariah, the sass of Stevie, and the deep, emotional soul of Aretha? You get Broadway star and old-school soul revivalist Shoshana Bean.
BWW Reviews: THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THE LAST FIVE YEARS playing at Second Stage Theatre follows a five year relationship of Jamie and Cathy.
BWW Reviews: MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH
Mike Tyson stops at San Diego's Balboa Theatre on the national tour of his one man show 'Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth'.
BWW Reviews: Revamped Broadway-Bound JEKYLL & HYDE Makes Hollywood Debut
Now in the final stretches of its 25-week national tour before ultimately making its sit-down Broadway transfer later this Spring, the brand-new, revamped revival of JEKYLL & HYDE - THE MUSICAL has finally returned to Southern California for the next few weeks, this time playing performances at the
BWW Reviews: Hwang's Hilarious CHINGLISH Gets Translated for SCR
Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's immensely funny CHINGLISH, a recent hit on Broadway, is now playing at South Coast Repertory through February 24.
BWW Reviews: Hypnotic Drama WAR HORSE Trots Triumphantly to the OC
Hands down one of the most hypnotic, creatively-staged plays ever conceived for the theater, the Tony Award-winning WAR HORSE--whose National Tour is now on stage at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts through February 3--is an utterly stirring feat of theatrical magic, expertly combining da
BWW's Michael L. Quintos Picks His Best of So. California Theater for 2012
As expected (thankfully) 2012 provided Southern California audiences--specifically here in Orange County and nearby Los Angeles and San Diego--a season full of outstanding, remarkable theater offerings from touring companies, impressive regional productions, and even some tiny black box theaters.
BWW Reviews: TEATRO ZINZANNI Orders Up an Awesome Buffet of 'Love, Chaos, and Dinner'
The three-hour-plus extravaganza of food, frolic, and fun is so thoroughly entertaining, that it's hard to point out which of its many features is the best.
BWW Reviews: Moonlight Amphitheatre, Vista Offers Magnificent SWEENEY TODD
Hard to believe, but Sweeney Todd first bowed on Broadway in late 1979 and I was in New York to witness the brilliant achievement of Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou and the entire creative team.
BWW Reviews: OC's 3D Theatricals Presents Enjoyable Berlin Revue I LOVE A PIANO
Orange County-based 3D Theatrical's surprisingly ebullient new production of the Irving Berlin musical revue I LOVE PIANO--now performing through September 23 at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton before it moves to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, September 28-30--is buoyed by its compose
BWW Reviews: West Coast Premiere of THE BOOK OF MORMON Finally Blesses Southern California
Arguably the most anticipated Broadway musical to ever hit the road in recent decades, the worship-worthy comedy THE BOOK OF MORMON--whose first national tour is now cheerfully spreading its gospel at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood through November 25--certainly lives up to its massive box office
BWW Reviews: Stroman Brilliantly Re-Stages THE PRODUCERS for the Hollywood Bowl
Ridiculously silly in all the right ways and featuring a comically gifted, star-studded principal cast--headed up by Richard Kind, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rebecca Romijn, Dane Cook, Gary Beach, and Roger Bart--that delivers the goods with infectious gusto, this large-scale revival on this outdoor aren
BWW Reviews: THE ADDAMS FAMILY Comes to San Diego
This musical comedy brings everyone's favorite creepy family to the stage.
BWW Reviews: NOBODY LOVES YOU Makes World Premiere at The Old Globe
NOBODY LOVES YOU, a musical comedy set in the world of reality television, makes its world premiere at The Old Globe.
BWW Reviews: HANDS ON A HARDBODY Premieres at La Jolla Playhouse
The La Jolla Playhouse presents the world premiere of HANDS ON A HARDBODY.
BWW Reviews: CHICAGO comes to the San Diego Civic Center
The critically acclaimed Kander & Ebb musical CHICAGO is back in San Diego with Christie Brinkley as Roxie Hart! CHICAGO is playing at the San Diego Civic Theatre through Sunday, May 13th.
BWW Reviews: SCOTTSBORO BOYS Triumphantly Opens Tour at Old Globe
The Scottsboro Boys book by David Thompson music & lyrics by John Kander & Fred Ebb directed & choreographed by Susan Stroman Old Globe, San Diego through June 10
BWW Reviews: The Old Globe presents THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
The Old Globe presents THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS the critically acclaimed and moving musical based on the story of The Scottsboro Boys in 1931 Alabama.
BWW Reviews: Rousing BILLY ELLIOT Earns Worthy Cheers in L.A.
Charming and unabashedly buoyant, BILLY ELLIOT--which danced away with 10 fairly well-deserved Tony Award wins including Best Musical back in 2009--is a smile-inducing, pleasingly-staged musical based on the 2000 film.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Moonlight Amphitheatre (7/08-7/25) |
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Scapin North Coast Repertory (7/22-8/16) |
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Goose – The Band Cal Coast Credit Union Air Theatre (8/13-8/13) |
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2026 Night Nation Run - San Jose, CA PayPal Park (9/05-9/05) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour The Observatory North Park (9/20-9/20) |
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Scapin North Coast Repertory Theatre (7/22-8/16) PHOTOS |
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A Bad Case of Stripes: The Musical Casa del Prado Theatre (6/26-7/12) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat Aug 8 8pm Quinn's Lighthouse (8/08-8/08) |
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Teddy Swims Pechanga Arena (11/13-11/13) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Sat Aug 8 7pm Elbo Room Jack London (8/08-8/08) |