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Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE BY ROSSINI at San Diego Civic Center Theater
by Ron Bierman - February 20, 2026
Rossini’s Barber of Seville is a top ten opera in performances. Donors love it for its vocal gymnastics, memorable arias and sparkling melodies. Receptive newcomers like it because of its delightful bubbling overture, the familiar Figaro aria that soon follows, and its simple fast-moving sitcom-li...
Review: HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - February 13, 2026
“Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen, now given a taut new version by Erin Cressida Wilson and directed with precision by Barry Edelstein at The Old Globe, stars Katie Holmes in the title role through March 15th....
Review: HOW TO SUCCEED... at San Diego Musical Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - February 10, 2026
“How to Succeed…” remains a slick, silly, and sharply performed romp—one that knows exactly what kind of absurd world it’s skewering, and does so with a grin....
Review: San Diego Symphony Performs Mahler's Seventh Symphony at Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - February 05, 2026
Jaha Ling led the San Diego Symphony’s first performance of Mahler’s seventh symphony in 2014, more than a century after the orchestra was founded. He called it “the most modern of all Mahler symphonies.”
Many critics have made similar judgements, the more conservative among them meant it a...
Review: THE APIARY at New Village Arts
by ErinMarie Reiter - February 02, 2026
I’ve watched (and loved) enough sci-fi movies to know that any animals kept in a lab eventually come for the humans. Monkeys. Sharks. Dinosaurs. So you can’t blame me for being deeply suspicious of the bees in the lab in 'The Apiary” now playing at New Village Arts through February 22, 2026....
Review: AUDITION SIDES at Riot Productions
by ErinMarie Reiter - January 30, 2026
“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....
Review: SOUNDS AND SWELLS at The Conrad
by Ron Bierman - January 18, 2026
Art of Elan launched the Sounds and Swells series several years ago. Artistic Director Eric Starr describes its unusual programs as “a curated pairing of surfing footage and classical music.” The music and footage vary from one performance to another, but always include one or more California co...
Review: SIX at Broadway San Diego
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 31, 2025
“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. All hail, indeed....
Review: A MAGICAL HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS AT THE JOAN at Cygnet Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 16, 2025
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
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 16, 2025
New Village Arts’ production of 'Rent' understands the heart of the piece, even if some of the sharpest edges are softened....
Past Shows
"Diapers, Dishes, and Dreams" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
Funny, touching, inspiring stories of a broadway performer, who with his partner became a dad when they adopted their son, and even though there is...
"GAM3RS" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
GAM3RS is the hilarious one-man show about gaming geeks that has played in the New York Fringe, had theatrical runs in L.A. & S.D., toured...
"INFAMOUS" presented by Michael Mizerany at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
NFAMOUS will feature 6 dances inspired by 6 notorious couples including Leopold & Loeb, Bonnie and Clyde and Antony and Cleopatra. INFAMOUS will feature work...
"Mexican Nocturne" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
In southern Arizona an illegal is killed on the property of a rancher. Amid the turmoil and the politics, a Mexican-American INS agent must solve...
"Mona Rogers In Person" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 3 – Jul 7, 2013
“How much did you pay her to pose like that? She’s not posing, you damn fool, she’s always like that. Five minutes with her and...
"My Brooklyn Hamlet: A Meshugenah True Story" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 3 – Jul 7, 2013
"NOTHING" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
FROM: Cincinnati, OHIO Ben, a young-man struggling through the social grind of high-school retreats to a world of technology in order to escape reality. Finding...
"Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
Seattle Playwright & Actor Kimball Allen has turned his colorful life story and time in jail into an engaging artistic expression with his one man...
"Stiff Love" presented by San Diego Writers Collaborative at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
San Diego Writers Collaborative presents "Stiff Love" Six short sketches, from the uproarious to the profane, unravel love’s hidden agenda....
"TEXAS LOVES LYLA!" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
WINNER BEST SOLO SHOW Hollywood Fringe 2012 -- South Texas' #1 talk radio queen hits the web from her backyard, tackling ignorance, adult bullies and...
"The Warriors' Duet" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
The Warriors' Duet is a celebration of love, life and language. While a mother searches for her missing daughter the story unfolds, enhanced by movement...
A Mess of Things
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
A fusion of radio documentary and experimental music-theater, A Mess of Things is an award winning hour-long solo performance blending audio interviews with text, videos,...
Baby Redboots' Revenge at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 3 – Jul 7, 2013
'A virtual Nijinsky of performance art.' - New York Times A former child star whose voice changed belatedly at the age of 25 is now...
Lux Boreal Dance Company
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
“I’m from there, indeed, however I don’t like Tomatoes” is a metaphor for and an expression of our identities; our self exposure in a One-Way...
MashUp Contemporary Dance Company
Jul 5 – Jul 7, 2013
Multiple Exposures is an odyssey in motion, capturing moments through lighting, color, perspective and contrast. MashUp is an all female company with choreography that is...
Animal Cracker Conspiracy Puppet Company presents "The Collector" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5 – Jul 6, 2013
Bridget Rountree and Iain Gunn of Animal Cracker Conspiracy perform The Collector winner of best of Fringe at 2012 SF Fringe. The Collector is a...
SSWA presents "PHIL-X" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 6
"We don't know why nobody else thought of it first, but we won't ask twice. So Say We All lays claim to creating the first...
SSWA presents "Best of VAMP" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 5
A highly produced multimedia variety showcase, VAMP (visual art, music, performance) presents artists and their workshopped material in a polished monthly show that revolves around...
"Distorted Reality (and Fuzzy Math)" at San Diego Fringe Festival
Jul 3 – Jul 4, 2013
Magician Kevin Viner does not pull a rabbit from a hat. In fact, he doesn't even own a rabbit. Instead, he combines his studies in...
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