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La Jolla Playhouse

2910 La Jolla Village Dr
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...

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Review: NI MI MADRE Unpacks Motherhood with Humor and Grace at Diversionary Theatre

Review: NI MI MADRE Unpacks Motherhood with Humor and Grace at Diversionary Theatre

by Lucía Serrano · August 25, 2026

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…

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 …

Past Shows

40 total · showing 31–40

Chasing the Song (Reading)

Jan 25 – Jan 26, 2013

Sheila and Potiker Hughes Theatre: - Joe DiPietro; lyrics: Joe DiPietro; music: David Bryan; dir: Christopher Ashley.

Glengarry Glen Ross

Sep 18 – Oct 14, 2012

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Glengarry Glen Ross is David Mamet’s scorching play about a group of desperate salesmen in a Chicago real estate office. When a contest pits the men against each other, they resort to manipulation, bribery and even theft to keep their...

An Iliad

Aug 11 – Sep 9, 2012

On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. The elements are familiar -- the 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks and Trojans locked in a brutal combat, the heroic and final battle...

Hands on a Hardbody

Apr 27 – Jun 17, 2012

When an auto dealership in Longview, TX launches an endurance contest, ten economically-strapped strangers embark on a journey that puts their hearts, minds and bodies to the test. The contestant that keeps at least one hand on a brand-new hardbody truck the longest gets to...

American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

Jan 27 – Feb 26, 2012

In this brash new comedy, Juan Jose pulls an all-nighter to take his U.S. citizenship exam so he can bring his family to America. Delirious and sleep-deprived, he is visited by a cast of crazy and diverse figures from U.S. history. Created and developed by L.A.’s theatre...

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Arrowhead in San Diego Arrowhead
Diversionary Theatre (11/12-12/06)
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