Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick... BOOM!, the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent. Set in 1990, Tick, Tick... BOOM! is a eureka moment sandwiched between rock music and whimsy, telling the story of a writer's...
Written by Catya McMullen, this San Diego Premiere is a comedy in which an accidentally pregnant lesbian hosts a secret abortion party at a lake house, setting off a chaotic collision of crashing friends and imploding identities. The play tackles bodily autonomy and community...
Written by Paula Vogel, this West Coast Premiere is set in 1962 America, where matriarch Phyllis maintains a rigid blueprint for her family's success while her fiercely independent children, Carl and Martha, are prepared to tear up her script. Fueled by gin, smoke, and stubborn...
Written by Richard Greenberg, this Tony Award-winning play is presented as a Legacy Revival and explores the high-stakes world of professional baseball when a star player comes out as gay. Razor-sharp and wickedly funny, the story exposes the fractures of masculinity, race, and...
There is a reason The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history. And now, San Diegans have a chance to see why.…
What did our critic think of LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY' SUMMERFEST CELEBRATES THE “RULE OF THREE” at The Conrad? More than 100 artists participated in a month of 21 concerts during La Jolla Music Society’s 40th annual SummerFest. The festival’s theme was “Making History,” and SummerFest Mus…
Mothers: the never-ending source of trauma, character development, personality... and love. Or, at least, the version they say they give and the other version of what you actually felt as their kid. These themes, and more, are explored in Ni Mi Madre, the Obie Award-winning one-man show written and…
San Diego Musical Theatre’s 'Rock of Ages' is a delightfully ridiculous blast of ’80s hair-band camp filled with talented performers, big vocals, energetic choreography, a live band, and enough rock ’n’ roll to make the audience feel like they have accidentally wandered onto the Sunset Strip…
When 'Water for Elephants' embraces the magic of the circus—the impossible made possible through acrobatics, illusion, movement, and extraordinary puppetry—it is absolutely captivating.…
From acrobats and funny clowns (not the scary kind, don't worry) to big Broadway numbers, puppetry, and an intimate love story, Water for Elephants has a little something for everyone.…
This 'Guys and Dolls' makes one thing very clear: at Moonlight, the audience wins.…
In many ways, I am the target audience for We Will Rock You. I love Queen, I love theatre, and I love me some questionably bad sci-fi plotting. And yet, even I found myself wondering how much I was willing to overlook for the sake of the music.…
“Hell’s Kitchen” at Broadway San Diego is an exuberant, moving celebration of art, ambition, family, and the people who help you find your voice.…
I’ve loved the music of 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys for more than two decades, but the award-winning musical Hell’s Kitchen gave her songs new meaning and possibilities. After opening on Broadway in April 2024, the musical ran for nearly two years at the Shubert Theatre, playing 767 …
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From the brilliantly twisted mind of David Sedaris comes a classic tonic for the holidaze. Out of work and options, The Santaland Diaries finds David as he begins his career as an elf in Macys Santaland during the holiday crunch. Battling throngs of rabid families clamoring...
Nebraska, the 1990s. Two teenage boys—one a social outcast, the other the quintessential jock—explore a relationship during a summer of self-discovery between high school graduation and the rest of their lives. Set to irresistible songs from Matthew Sweet’s landmark pop album of...
"Hilarious" - San Diego Union Tribiune. Diversionary Presents SIGNIFICANT OTHER. Synopsis: As Jordan Berman pounds the New York City pavement searching for Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close-knit girlfriends. As singles nights turn into bachelorette...
By Omri Schein & Phil Johnson Directed by David Ellenstein Bringing together two notable local actors and North Coast Rep’s Artistic Director to direct the World Premiere of Withering Heights at the Diversionary Theatre from June 11 to July 9. A comic retelling of Emily Bronte’s...
The next Open Flame event will be held at Diversionary Theatre on Monday, May 22nd at 7pm. Inspired by our mainstage production of Ballast, this Open Flame event will focus on giving those who identify as members of the transgender community an opportunity to share their...
"Making Porn" by Ronnie Larsen takes audiences behind the scenes of the gay pornography industry. Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays at 9:30 p.m., Saturdays at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd. #101 in San Diego. Tickets are $25 at...
Company of Cohorts brings you "Strangers, Lovers, Family, Friends"- winner of the 2015 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival's AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD. What's on the docket? A grumpy woman with a lot of alcohol, a supernatural being who questions her own existence, a randy Best Man and...
- Jeff Whitty.
The girls are back! One of BBC TV’s most popular and fondly-remembered sitcoms comes to the stage with all three of its original leading cast members, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph. Birds of a Feather ran on BBC for nearly ten years throughout the 1990s becoming...
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BEGIN AGAIN The Old Globe (9/06-10/11) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Mamma Mia! Civic Theatre- San Diego (6/15-6/20) |
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Bluey's Big Play Balboa Theatre (11/13-11/15) |
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The Carpenters Songbook At Christmas Balboa Theatre (11/29-11/29) |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 Balboa Theatre (10/10-10/10) |
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Bach Collegium San Diego Presents “Salzburg Connections: Mozart & Michael Haydn” The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (10/17-10/18) |
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Radio '47: The Dark Attic Mockingbird Improv (5/08-12/18) |
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National Comedy Theatre National Comedy Theatre (5/02-12/28) |
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The Lion King Civic Theatre- San Diego (2/18-3/07) |
