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La Jolla Playhouse

2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, USA
La Jolla, CA 92093

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A Black-billed Cuckoo

A Black-billed Cuckoo

Sep 15 – Oct 11, 2026

The elusive black-billed cuckoo is notoriously difficult to find — and it's the bird Ruth has spent years searching for. Over 24 hours in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, a close-knit birding group is thrown into chaos when some members glimpse the rare bird and others don’t. Don’t...

Review: ROCK OF AGES at San Diego Musical Theatre

Review: ROCK OF AGES at San Diego Musical Theatre

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 23, 2026

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…

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway San Diego

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway San Diego

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 21, 2026

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.…

Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU at New Village Arts

Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU at New Village Arts

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 18, 2026

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.…

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Broadway San Diego

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Broadway San Diego

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 14, 2026

“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.…

Review: HELL’S KITCHEN Lets Alicia Keys’ R&B Shine at Broadway San Diego

Review: HELL’S KITCHEN Lets Alicia Keys’ R&B Shine at Broadway San Diego

by Lucía Serrano · August 13, 2026

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 …

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 10, 2026

'Much Ado About Nothing' is funny, energetic, musical, and remarkably approachable Is it a millennial fever dream? Maybe, but everyone was having a great time.…

Review: DIVE BAR TIME MACHINE at Blindspot Collective

Review: DIVE BAR TIME MACHINE at Blindspot Collective

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 8, 2026

'Dive Bar Time Machine' is about love, joy, community, and the simple pleasure of being in a room together. Come ready to have fun; after all, sometimes the best time machine is a great song.…

Review: THE FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES at Riot Productions

Review: THE FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES at Riot Productions

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 3, 2026

'The Fairytale Monologues' possesses an interesting idea and genuine potential while championing voices too often left out. As a new musical, it may still be finding its final form, but this is a fairy tale worth telling.…

Past Shows

40 total · showing 1–10

The Monsters

The Monsters

Jun 2 – Jun 28, 2026

Lil is obsessed with the art, strength and beauty of Mixed Martial Arts, inspired by her older brother Big, a star of the local MMA circuit. But they haven’t spoken in years — until she suddenly appears at his door. Ngozi Anyanwu’s searing new play explores sibling bonds...

Purpose

Purpose

May 12 – Jun 7, 2026

Fresh off Tony and Pulitzer wins, Purpose is “a thumping, riveting, guns-blazing, major new American play” (NY Daily News). As The New York Times said: “Purpose showcases Jacobs-Jenkins’ vivid language, spitfire dialogue and sweeping sense of American history… you may have...

The Recipe

The Recipe

Feb 10 – Mar 29, 2026

Before Julia Child became the TV personality that we all know, she careened from Pasadena to New York to Washington D.C. to Ceylon and finally to Paris’s famed Cordon Bleu cooking school. A funny and delicious new play about the early life of an endlessly fascinating character...

SORPRESIMOVIL RELOADED

Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2026

SORPRESIMOVIL RELOADED is an interactive experience created by Poncili Creación, designed to engage audiences in a colorful, surreal world filled with music, dancing, and puppetry. This unique performance will take place at various locations in San Diego, including Mujeres Brew...

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise

Dec 17 – Dec 21, 2025

Four performers. Four treadmills. A simple wager with the audience turns into "magnificently chaotic, breathlessly frenetic fun" ( The Scotsman ). This Australian juggernaut is an international hit — audiences from Melbourne to Edinburgh to New York rave that it’s one of the...

Working Girl

Working Girl

Oct 28 – Dec 14, 2025

Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper | Book by Theresa Rebeck Based on the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture written by Kevin Wade Choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby Directed by Christopher Ashley Tess McGill is a Staten Island secretary with big dreams and even bigger ideas, but...

Indian Princesses

Indian Princesses

Jun 10 – Jul 6, 2025

Five girls, their fathers and the mess of growing up. In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers show up at a community center. With emotions ranging from excited to downright suspicious, some are more ready than others to embark on this adventurous...

Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Jaja's African Hair Braiding

May 17 – Jun 15, 2025

Direct from Broadway, this dazzling production welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling shop in Harlem, where a lively and eclectic group of West African hair braiders create masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams...

WOW Festival 2025

WOW Festival 2025

Apr 24 – Apr 27, 2025

Four days of exhilarating, surprising and interactive experiences. La Jolla Playhouse’s celebrated WOW Festival returns April 24 – 27 at UC San Diego in La Jolla. Discover new works from more than 20 local and international artists at “one of the most innovative cultural...

The Unfair Advantage: A WOW Experience

The Unfair Advantage: A WOW Experience

Feb 25 – Apr 20, 2025

Australia’s leading sleight of hand specialist Harry Milas lifts the veil on the world of card cheating in an intimate and unprecedented theatrical event.

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