Review: AUDITION SIDES at Riot Productions
“Audition Sides” At Riot Productions understands a specific kind of theatrical purgatory: the audition room, and then raises the stakes even more in this one act.
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Review: SOUNDS AND SWELLS at The Conrad
Art of Elan launched the Sounds and Swells series several years ago.
Review: SIX at Broadway San Diego
“SIX” feels like a New Year’s resolution set to a killer beat: ditch the old hierarchies, turn up the volume, and let the queens run the show.
Review: A MAGICAL HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS AT THE JOAN at Cygnet Theatre
Cygnet Theatre’s “A Magical Holiday: Christmas at The Joan” is precisely what its title promises: a bright, polished, joy-forward holiday revue that knows its job is to lift spirits, sparkle confidently, and send you back into December humming.
Review: RENT at New Village Arts
New Village Arts’ production of 'Rent' understands the heart of the piece, even if some of the sharpest edges are softened.
Review: BEAUTY'S DAUGHTER at OnWord Theatre
Warm, honest, and grounded in powerful acting, ”Beauty’s Daughter” closed OnWord’s first season with real purpose and promise.
Review: THE WAVERLY GALLERY at Backyard Renaissance
Backyard Renaissance delivers an exquisite reminder: we do not choose when the people we adore begin to fade, but we do get to decide how fiercely we hold them while they do.
Review: TO MY GIRLS at Diversionary Theatre
“To My Girls” has an excellent cast and direction, and what begins as a sun-drenched escape quickly turns into a messy, deeply funny excavation of chosen family, generational baggage, and the versions of ourselves we perform for the people who know us best.
Review: MASTER CLASS at Roustabouts And Scripps Ranch Theatre
'Master Class,' running through December 14 in a co-production between The Roustabouts Theatre Company and Scripps Ranch Theatre, revisits Maria Callas in the final chapter of her performing life; when her voice had faded, yet her fervor for her art had not.
Review: WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse
Based on the beloved 1988 film but modernized around the edges, “Working Girl” at the La Jolla Playhouse has big expectations and even bigger hair, but never quite hits the mark.
Review: THE STRANGERS at Chalk Circle Collective
“The Strangers” is the kind of production that invites discussion; some will love its chaos, others may resist it, but Chalk Circle Collective handles its complexity with ambition and clarity.
Review: WHERE THE SHINING TRUMPETS BLOW at Jacobs Music Center
What did our critic think of WHERE THE SHINING TRUMPETS BLOW at Jacobs Music Center? Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magical Horn) is a collection of more than 700 German folk poems and songs compiled in the early 19th Century.
Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PAGLIACCI at San Diego Civic Theater
San Diego Opera opened its 2025-26 season on a Halloween night with an appropriately disturbing opera about a murderous clown.
Review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at SDSU
The concert version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s bittersweet musical at San Diego State University offered a sharp, soulful rewind through friendship, ambition, and the cost of success.
Review: ARMS AND THE MAN at Lamb's Players Theatre
“Arms and the Man”, the classic George Bernard Shaw play, is currently skewering the romantic ideals of going to battle or falling in love with wit at Lamb’s Players Theatre through November 16th.
Review: POE & MORE POE by Write Out Loud at the historic Villa Montezuma
The 1887 Queen Anne Victorian mansion is equal parts Gothic whimsy and jewel-box museum, which sets the perfect stage for“Poe & More Poe”, Write Out Loud’s annual immersion into the master of the macabre.
Review: ROMANTIC VISIONS at Jacobs Music Center
What did our critic think of ROMANTIC VISIONS at Jacobs Music Center? Conductor Rafael Payare showed why in a performance driven with his usual gymnastic vigor.
Review: & JULIET at Broadway San Diego
“& JULIET,” the pop-fueled musical now shaking up Broadway, San Diego is a jukebox joyride for anyone raised on TRL, Glee, and pure glittery empowerment.
Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Cygnet Theatre
Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” is a riotous blend of sibling rivalry, absurdist farce, and Chekhovian melancholy.
Review: JEKYLL & HYDE at San Diego Musical Theatre
If you’re in the mood for a gloriously over-the-top musical with powerhouse vocals, capes, and chaos, then this “Jekyll & Hyde” at SDMT is your moment.
Review: BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at MOXIE Theatre
'Blues for an Alabama Sky' captures both the era’s brilliance and its bruises, grounding its beauty in a lived-in authenticity and a deeply connected five-person cast.
Review: OPERA À LA CARTE'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar
What did our critic think of OPERA À LA CARTE'S PRODUCTION OF OFFENBACH'S ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at St.
Review: SUFFS at Broadway San Diego
Direct from Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical SUFFS charges into San Diego with fire, wit, and a powerhouse cast determined to make history sing again.
Review: WE LOVERS at Loud Fridge Theatre Group
“We Lovers” is an imaginative evening that lingers like moonlight long after you leave the clearing.
Review: MANIFEST PUSSY at Diversionary Theatre
Diversionary Theatre’s current show, “Manifest Pussy”, is a wild, warm, and deeply human solo show by Shakina Nayfack full of heart, humor, and revelation.
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BEGIN AGAIN The Old Globe (9/06-10/11) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/18) |
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Ripcord The Roustabouts Theatre Co. (10/08-11/01) |
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The Cottage North Coast Repertory (10/28-11/22) |
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Next to Normal 3Peace Studios & Point Loma Playhouse (9/25-10/11) |
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Jake Shimabukuro Holidays In Hawaii Poway Center for The Performing Arts (11/21-11/21) |
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9 CIRCLES OnWord Theatre (11/05-11/22) |
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Always...Patsy Cline Mosaic Theatricals (7/16-8/01) |
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Ripcord Scripps Ranch Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Shocktober: Demonic Possession Mockingbird Improv (10/30-10/30) |
