"Life could be a dream," a doo-wop singer croons over the opening moments of "Perfect Arrangement" " and as the lights go up on the smiling faces and glossy environs of this stylish Intrepid…
The two most prominent characters in "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" don't have back stories so much as fore stories. Which must make this Steve Martin comedy, if you will, a fore play. (Hey, w…
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle last night honored artists and productions from 10 local companies at the latest edition of the annual Craig Noel Awards. The Old Globe Theatre, Cygnet T…
Joy Yandell knows all about the 9-to-5 grind. Or, in her case, more like 6 to 2 (a.m.), as this working mom juggles parenting and acting and her non-theater professional life. "It's a tornad…
As the La Jolla Playhouse-launched musical "Come From Away" prepares for its Broadway debut in less than two weeks, another Playhouse-developed work has just been announced for a Broadway ru…
The body-swapping mom and daughter of "Freaky Friday" may get into each other's heads more deeply than they ever dreamed. (Or dreaded.) But the heart of this La Jolla Playhouse musical remai…
In 1989, Christopher Ashley teamed with a couple of other young New York theater artists to stage "Buzzsaw Berkeley," a late-night musical spoof about a deranged choreographer with chainsaws…
Ah, that Matilda. So spoiled. She has the ultimate helicopter parents, in the sense that they'd love nothing better than to dump her out of one. Serves her right, the uppity little blighter,…
Downtown's Lyceum Theatre complex, home to San Diego Rep, is staging a grand reopening " and the public is invited to join the festivities. The event takes place Tuesday (Feb. 7), starting w…
AÂ story made famous by a 1981Â Henry Fonda/Katharine Hepburn film hits the stage as the season-opener for Vista's Broadway. Randall Hickman directs Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," t…
It may be set some 60 years ago, but "Perfect Arrangement" arrives with what seems perfect timing at Intrepid Theatre this week. Just weeks ago, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry iss…
Here's the (lightly edited) transcript of James Hebert's Union-Tribune interview with Steve Martin about the Old Globe Theatre revival of Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile." (Also check o…
San Diego's Old Globe Theatre has been picked to host a national gathering of artists and administrators dedicated to bringing Shakespeare to people behind bars. The 2018 Shakespeare in Pris…
Matt Harrington's theatrical homecoming has been a long time coming: It's been 18 years since the actor and Point Loma High grad won a prestigious national Shakespeare competition and then h…
A mysterious poet, cast adrift in space and time, wanders through the centuries, bearing witness to the endless cycle of human suffering. This poet, who first found voice in the Trojan War m…
It seems just a throwaway phrase, uttered at the top of "Bad Jews" with a shrug and a smile: "Feelings, right?" Ah yes, feelings " those cute little things that wind up biting people's faces…
Broadway/San Diego's just-unveiled 2017-18 season of touring shows includes several big musicals that will hit town for the first time. But the biggest news might be about a show that's alre…
Its Disney-movie pedigree and high comic concept don't exactly paint "Freaky Friday" as the stuff of solemn drama. And yet Bridget Carpenter says those who settle in for the musical-stage ve…
A classic musical comedy, a reprised Sondheim favorite and a freshly commissioned new work: All are part of Cygnet Theatre's 2017-18 season, the Old Town theater's impressive 15th. Besides t…
The next liaison is never far away in New Fortune Theatre's revival of that ode to romantic barbarity "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." The danger, though, seems a bit more scarce. Or, if not dang…
The central figure in "Beau Jest" is a young woman who proves to be making do with her present boyfriend until a better beau comes along. As hard as the six committed actors at Lamb's Player…
For three decades now, the San Diego-based Playwrights Project has been championing top young dramatists by producing their work in an annual festival. And in that time, no one has seen more…
With its pay phones and pagers and end-of-the-millennium angst, "Rent" can't help but feel at times like a '90s rewind. And yet the show, whose potent 20th-anniversary tour just landed at th…
Hershey Felder's past shows about famous composers have frequently been probing and poignant. Seldom, though, have they been deeply political. It's a different story, though, with "Our Great…
In "My Fair Lady," Henry Higgins is a wealthy and self-congratulatory buffoon who treats women "Â well, treats everybody "Â as toys and would stick a third foot in his mouth if he had on…