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Review: THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN at OnStage Playhouse


by ErinMarie Reiter - May 12, 2026

'The Velocity of Autumn' at OnStage Playhouse is a funny, heartwarming, and quietly heartbreaking production directed by Daren Scott that explores aging, identity, and the fear of losing the hard-earned version of yourself you spent a lifetime becoming....

Review: MJ THE MUSICAL Peels Back the Myth at San Diego Civic Theatre


by Lucía Serrano - May 07, 2026

I was 14 when Michael Jackson passed away, and I mourned him like I’ve never mourned a public figure since then. I was never really a fangirl of anyone, but Michael Jackson existed in a league of his own. That is exactly what the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical, with a book by Lynn Nottage, capt...

Review: LEND ME A SOPRANO at Scripps Ranch Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 26, 2026

If you’re in the mood for something light, silly, and a little bit chaotic with a musical flair, “Lend Me a Soprano” won’t disappoint....

Review: ALIEN GIRLS at The Old Globe


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 24, 2026

“Alien Girls” is a play about friendship—specifically female friendship—in all its messy, contradictory, deeply human glory....

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Lamb's Players Theatre


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 18, 2026

“The Play That Goes Wrong”, now playing at Lamb’s Players Theatre through June 7th does exactly what its title promises, with precision, mischief, and an undeniable sense of fun....

Review: THE NOTEBOOK at Broadway San Diego


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 16, 2026

“The Notebook” isn’t aiming for subtlety; it’s aiming straight for your heart. Judging by the collective sniffles, gasps, and tears around the theater, it hits its mark....

Review: FENCES at The Old Globe


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 15, 2026

With this excellent cast and directing, Fences' doesn’t just honor August Wilson’s language—it revels in it while bringing this classic story to life at The Old Globe through May 3rd....

Review: AIRNESS at Loud Fridge Theatre Group


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 12, 2026

'Airness' cranks the volume all the way up and dares you not to have a good time; It's a show that knows exactly what it is, big, bold, cheerfully ridiculous, and full of humor and heart....

Review: MATT & BEN at New Village Arts


by ErinMarie Reiter - April 10, 2026

“Matt & Ben” may be about two future Hollywood icons—but at New Village Arts, it’s the women who steal the spotlight, shape the story, and make the whole thing worth watching....

Review: San Diego Opera Performs Bizet's CARMEN at San Diego Civic Center


by Ron Bierman - April 03, 2026

Carmen is the world’s third most performed opera. Its tale of the doomed love affair between an innocent young soldier and a beguiling young woman unconstrained by conventional beliefs was seen in more than 6,000 productions on five continents last year. This performance was in the opera’s origi...

Past Shows

Alien Girls
Alien Girls
Apr 18 – May 10, 2026

Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her, but failing. When Carolyn's true feelings become public in the form...

Alien Girls
Apr 18 – May 10, 2026

Alien Girls is a world premiere by Amy Berryman, directed by Jaki Bradley. The story centers on Tiffany, who is navigating pregnancy while her best...

August Wilson’s Fences
Apr 4 – May 3, 2026

August Wilson’s Fences explores the complexities of fatherhood, identity, and legacy through the life of Troy Maxson, a former baseball star turned sanitation worker grappling...

August Wilson’s Fences
Apr 4 – May 3, 2026

August Wilson’s Fences explores the complexities of fatherhood, identity, and legacy through the life of Troy Maxson, a former baseball star turned sanitation worker grappling...

Bartleby
Feb 20 – Mar 15, 2026

Fiasco Theater Company presents a new adaptation of Herman Melville's Bartleby, exploring the absurdities of work and individuality set in an 1850s law firm. Directed...

Bartleby
Feb 20 – Mar 15, 2026

Fiasco Theater Company presents a new adaptation of Herman Melville's Bartleby, exploring the absurdities of work and individuality set in an 1850s law firm. Directed...

Fiasco Theater Company’s Bartleby
Feb 20 – Mar 15, 2026

Fiasco Theater Company’s Bartleby is a world premiere adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic tale, reimagined for the stage by Noah Brody and Paul L. Coffey....

Fiasco Theater Company’s Bartleby
Feb 20 – Mar 15, 2026

Fiasco Theater Company’s Bartleby is a world premiere adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic tale, reimagined for the stage by Noah Brody and Paul L. Coffey....

Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
Feb 7 – Mar 8, 2026

World premiereHenrik Ibsen’s Hedda GablerIn a new version by Erin Cressida WilsonDirected by Barry EdelsteinFilm, television, and stage star Katie Holmes (Broadway’s Our Town, Off Broadway’s The Wanderers) brings to...

Huzzah!
Huzzah!
Sep 13 – Oct 19, 2025

Two sisters, one a princess and one who works in insurance, must stop fighting to save their father’s Renaissance Faire from financial ruin (and the...

Deceived
Deceived
Aug 9 – Sep 7, 2025

Bella Manningham’s new husband seems the doting partner, but when she sees the gaslights dim and he claims they have not, she begins to suspect...

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
Jul 27 – Aug 24, 2025

Merriment and mayhem come to life in Shakespeare’s uproarious comedy, last produced at The Old Globe in 2015. Immediately after arriving in a new town,...

The Comedy of Errors
Jul 27 – Aug 24, 2025

The Old Globe presents William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, directed by Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez. This lively production features a cast of 22,...

The Janeiad
The Janeiad
Jun 21 – Jul 13, 2025

In The Odyssey, Penelope’s long wait is rewarded when her husband Odysseus returns home 20 years after leaving to fight in the Trojan War. Will the...

All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well
Jun 8 – Jul 6, 2025

By William ShakespeareDirected by Peter Francis JamesOne of Shakespeare’s wittiest comedies comes to life on the Globe’s outdoor stage. Helena is in love with the aristocrat Bertram,...

One of the Good Ones
One of the Good Ones
May 24 – Jun 22, 2025

A hilarious and heartwarming new comedy from acclaimed writer Gloria Calderón Kellett (Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning “One Day at a Time”). When Yoli brings her new...

House of India
House of India
May 10 – Jun 1, 2025

Ananya runs House of India, a once-successful restaurant in a strip mall outside of Cleveland. Her cook Jacob has an idea to bring in more...

Regency Girls
Regency Girls
Apr 2 – May 4, 2025

A raucous and daring new musical comedy from two-time Tony and Grammy nominee Amanda Green (Mr. Saturday Night, Hands On A Hardbody, Bring It On: The Musical),...

Empty Ride
Empty Ride
Feb 8 – Mar 2, 2025

A major new American play that first launched in the 2024 Powers New Voices Festival. Kisa, a painter in Paris, returns to her small Japanese...

Loving Come
Jan 12

The Old Globe hosts the 12th annual Powers New Voices Festival from January 10 to 12, 2025, showcasing ten new plays by emerging and established...

Powers New Voices Festival
Jan 10 – Jan 12, 2025

The Old Globe presents the 12th annual Powers New Voices Festival from January 10 to January 12, 2025, featuring a series of play readings that...

Tell Them I'm Still Young
Jan 12

The Old Globe hosts the Powers New Voices Festival, featuring a weekend of play readings from January 10 to 12, 2025. Among the line-up is...

Alien Girls
Jan 11

Alien Girls is one of the featured new play readings in the 12th annual Powers New Voices Festival at The Old Globe, taking place on...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Jan 11

The Old Globe presents the Powers New Voices Festival, showcasing new American play readings from January 10 to 12, 2025. One of the highlights is...

Celebrating Community Voices
Jan 10

The Old Globe kicks off 2025 with the 12th annual Powers New Voices Festival from January 10-12, featuring a diverse selection of new American plays....

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Nov 6 – Dec 31, 2024

Book and lyrics by Timothy MasonMusic by Mel MarvinOriginal production conceived and directed by Jack O’BrienAdditional lyrics by Theodor S. GeiselAdditional music by Albert HagueOriginal choreography by John DeLucaDirected by James VásquezDr....

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays
Dec 12 – Dec 22, 2024

By Jefferson Mays, Susan Lyons, and Michael ArdenDirected by Barry EdelsteinThis holiday season, Mays will return to The Old Globe after his San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award–winning performance...

As You Like It
Oct 29 – Nov 24, 2024

The Old Globe presents a Globe for All production of As You Like It, showcasing this Shakespearean comedy directed by Emil Weinstein. The story follows...

As You Like It
As You Like It
Oct 29 – Nov 24, 2024

Banished from the court by her distrustful uncle, the Duke, Rosalind and her cousin Celia journey to the magical Forest of Arden to escape from...

Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Nov 16 – Nov 24, 2024

By William ShakespeareDirected by Sam WhiteWith no male heir and the weight of the nation on his shoulders, King Henry VIII seeks to divorce his wife Katherine...

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Sep 7 – Oct 20, 2024

Get ready for a glamorous and enthralling journey in this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s masterpiece. On a train traveling through Europe, a wealthy American tycoon...

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
Sep 20 – Oct 20, 2024

West Coast premiereBy Gordon Greenberg and Steve RosenDirected by Gordon GreenbergCelebrate Halloween with a new side-splitting adventure based on Bram Stoker’s classic tale that’s sure to induce blood-curdling screams—of...

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
Jul 27 – Aug 18, 2024

By Kate HamillDirected by James VásquezA fast-paced and wildly entertaining new play that reimagines the most iconic detective team of all time. In present-day Baker Street, steampunk...

Duel Reality
Duel Reality
Jul 6 – Aug 4, 2024

The triumphant return of the company that brought Globe audiences last summer’s smash hit Passengers. Love, honor, and betrayal come to life through a blend of...

Fat Ham
Fat Ham
May 25 – Jun 23, 2024

The 2022 Pulitzer-winning, Tony-nominated sensation Fat Ham is a fresh and funny take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet that The New York Times called “a flat-out hilarious comedy.” During a Southern family cookout,...

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Apr 17 – May 29, 2022
The Gardens of Anuncia
Sep 10 – Oct 17, 2021
Hair
Aug 10 – Sep 26, 2021
The Gods of Comedy
The Gods of Comedy
May 11 – Jun 16, 2019

"Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery thats sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously...

Be a Good Little Widow
May 11 – Jun 9, 2013

Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - Bekah Brunstetter; dir: Hal Brooks....

Other Desert Cities
Apr 27 – Jun 2, 2013

Old Globe Theatre: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Richard Seer....

A Doll's House
Mar 23 – Apr 21, 2013

Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - adapt: Kirsten Brandt, Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey from Henrik Ibsen; dir: Kirsten Brandt....

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Mar 8 – Apr 14, 2013

Old Globe Theatre: - book: Robert L. Freedman; lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak; music: Steven Lutvak; dir: Darko Tresnjak....

The Brothers Size
Jan 26 – Feb 24, 2013

Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Tea Alagic....

Pygmalion
Jan 12 – Feb 17, 2013

Old Globe Theatre: - George Bernard Shaw; dir: Nicholas Martin....

The Scottsboro Boys
Apr 29 – Jun 10, 2012

From the creators of Chicago, Cabaret and Kiss of the Spider Woman comes the critically acclaimed THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS! This daring and wildly entertaining new...

A Room with a View
Mar 2 – Apr 8, 2012

Biting social satire and passionate romance are set in motion when Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views,...

The Recommendation
Jan 21 – Feb 26, 2012

Jonathan CarenWindy City Playhouse...

Dividing the Estate
Jan 14 – Feb 12, 2012

Videos


The Most Happy Fella in San Diego The Most Happy Fella
North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in San Diego The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sunshine Brooks Theater (5/29-6/14)
Beau Jest in San Diego Beau Jest
North Coast Repertory Theatre (4/22-5/24)
Hail Mary, None of the Grace in San Diego Hail Mary, None of the Grace
No Limits (5/15-5/23)
Desperado Premier Tribute to the Eagles in San Diego Desperado Premier Tribute to the Eagles
California Center for the Arts Escondido (5/16-5/16)
Three Days Grace, I Prevail & The Funeral Portrait in San Diego Three Days Grace, I Prevail & The Funeral Portrait
Viejas Arena (11/20-11/20)
National Comedy Theatre in San Diego National Comedy Theatre
National Comedy Theatre (5/02-12/28)
Water for Elephants in San Diego Water for Elephants
San Diego Civic Theatre (8/18-8/23)
The Lion King in San Diego The Lion King
Civic Theatre- San Diego (2/18-3/07)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC in San Diego THE SOUND OF MUSIC
San Diego Civic Theatre (5/26-5/31)