SAN DIEGO THEATER REVIEWS

Backyard Renaissance’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” isn’t just a drama; it’s a ghost story. Director Rob Lutfy leans into the spectral energy of Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans, conjuring a version of the classic that feels both timeless and supernatural. With ghostly music, poetic visuals...

In “The Janeiad,' at The Old Globe through July 13th, playwright Anna Ziegler blends myth, memory, and modern grief into a lyrical meditation on loss and the fragile myths we build to survive it....

What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of THE MAINLY MOZART ALL-STA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at Epstein Family Amphitheater? Read the review here and learn more! ...

If you want to be dazzled, spun around in a whirlwind of rhinestones, remixes, and romance, then step right up and see “Moulin Rouge: The Musical!”!  The touring production currently lighting up Broadway San Diego through July 6th is a wild, over-the-top celebration of spectacle, with a supreme...

The Old Globe gives “All’s Well That Ends Well” the royal treatment with glam costumes and a game cast, but that only goes so far in distracting from the lack of romance in this romantic comedy....

“Indian Princesses' delves into subjects like identity, communication, and father-daughter relationships, all with humor, heart, and a touch of YMCA-sanctioned cultural appropriation, premiering at La Jolla Playhouse through July 6th....

Director Sean Murray brings a fresh twist to this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic with a spirited, skillful blend of the classic and the contemporary.  There is toe-tapping joy with frontier tension in a land where romance is risky, rivalries are real, and the possibilities rise 'as high as an elep...

“The Book of Mormon” has landed in San Diego again. This irreverent juggernaut of musical comedy remains equal parts send-up and strangely sincere love letter to the power of belief (no matter how embellished)....

“Birthday Candles”, now playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre, is a curious mix because existentialism and birthday cake are not a combo I usually crave. Yet thanks to a charming cast and a moving central performance by Margot White, this blend of humor, heartache, and hope is something riche...

TuYo Theatre’s “La Llorona on the Blue Line”, written by Mabelle Reynoso and directed by Maria Patrice Amon, is an immersive production that blends myth and memory into a powerful, time-jumping ghost story—where La Llorona doesn’t just wail, she bears witness....

Gloria Calderón Kellett’s “One of the Good Ones,” now onstage at The Old Globe, is like a live taping of your favorite sitcom—complete with fast banter, heartwarming family chaos, and the kind of well-meaning disaster that can only be caused by bringing a piñata to a dinner party....

“The Mountaintop,” now at New Village Arts through June 22, imagines a very human Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the last night of his life. He’s tired, cranky, chain-smoking, and wants a cup of coffee. What he gets instead is a cosmic surprise disguised as a hotel maid....

Playing at Broadway San Diego through June 1st, this flashy jukebox musical is less biography and more sing-along, and that’s precisely what it wants to be....

If you like your theatre smart, sexy, and a little bit sacrilegious, then “Merry Me” is the genre-bending farce for you! Running at Diversionary Theatre through June 15th....

In “The Counter,” Meghan Kennedy places us in a small-town diner, where coffee is always brewing and regulars never need to look at the menu. Here, waitress Katie and diner customer Paul are two lonely people who find a connection over coffee and conversation, and a chance to change each other's...

'House of India' is a heartfelt, humorous, and occasionally dramatic look at tradition, legacy, and living a life of your dreams, not someone else's. The show is playing at The Old Globe through June 8th....

Sequins? Check. Showtunes? Check. If you like your cabaret with a little culinary flair and your cooking shows accompanied by show tunes, then Erica Marie Weisz has the dish for you: 'I CAN COOK, TOO!'...

By the looks of the audience filling the San Diego Civic Theatre, even ten years later, “Hamilton” still has audiences clamoring to be in the room where it happens. “Hamilton”  is running at Broadway San Diego through May 18th....

As spring turns into summer, it means it's the perfect season to sing and dance at “The Prom.” This musical is a hilarious, heartfelt, and high-energy celebration of love, acceptance, and self-discovery. “The Prom runs through June 1st at San Diego Musical Theatre....

What’s a better way to kick-start the summer theatre seasons than by singing along to “Summer Nights” at the Moonlight Stage Production of “Grease?” This stage version tells the story of Rydell High and its students, and the cute romance of Sandy and Danny is slightly different from the mo...

Agatha Christie’s famous Hercule Poirot is back on the North Coast Rep stage, this time in the world premiere “Peril in the Alps”, a sequel to ‘Murder on the Links” from two years ago.  This is a lighthearted, quick, comic murder mystery and is running through May 25th....

OnStage Playhouse brings the golden age of movies to the stage in this new play Knock Loudly! playing through April 27....

Katori Hall’s 'The Hot Wing King,” now playing at Cygnet Theatre through May 2nd, has plenty of humor, heart, and heat. ...

“Regency Girls' is The Old Globe's hilariously clever and entertaining new musical, which is playing through May 11....

What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO OPERA PRESENTS STRAUSS'S SALOME at San Diego Civic Theater? Richard Strauss’s eerie and perverse Salome is based on Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name, as adapted by librettist Hedwig Lachmann. Wilde was inspired by the Biblical tale of Princess Salome an...