thursday, april 2
The Sleeping Beauty
Experience Balboa Park’s Centennial Celebration as the Casa del Prado Theater stage gets transformed into the kingdom of Princess Aurora, a beautiful princess cursed to 100 years of slumber, only to be awakened by true love’s kiss.
Casa Del Prado Theater, 1800 Village Place in Balboa Park, 6 p.m., tickets from $6, 619-233-3060, sdcyb.org/
friday, april 3
Mamma Mia!
This is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Super Trouper,” “Take A Chance on Me” and “The Winner Takes It All,” with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it’s your first visit or your fourteenth see the show that has the whole world coming back for more.
Broadway San Diego, San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave. in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $35.25, 619-570-1100, broadwaysd.com/mamma-mia.htm
saturday, april 4
DSB
DSB has been highly revered as the “next best thing” to Journey. They have captured the lush and signature sound of renowned vocalist Steve Perry and Journey in their prime. Complete with a band of world-class musicians, DSB remains true to Journey’s musical legacy and delivers the nostalgic concert experience that will keep you believin’! With special guests with The PettyBreakers.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $10, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
sunday, april 5
Buyer & Cellar
What’s a renowned diva to do with decades of memories that light the corners of her mind? And where to put the acres of memorabilia bursting the seams of her Malibu estate? Out-of-work actor Alex More can’t pass up the oddest of odd jobs – an offer to play shopkeeper for one tough customer who doesn’t let anyone rain on her parade. Soon it begins to take a toll on his patience, his love life and his view of people (who need people). Contains strong language.
The Old Globe, Sheryl & Harvey White Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, 7 p.m., tickets from $29, 619-234-5623, theoldglobe.org
monday, april 6
Divine Desire
This exhibition showcases engravings produced in the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in northern Europe and Italy. These sophisticated works of art, produced by the leading artists of the period, are assembled primarily from The San Diego Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection, together with several important loans from significant Southern California collections. Themes revolve around the romantic entanglements of the gods of classical antiquity and how such imagery relates to a Reformation/Counter-Reformation Europe.
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., adult admission $12, 619-232-7931, sdmart.org/
tuesday, april 7
Backwater Blues Band
The Backwater Blues Band was established in 1996 and is one of the premier San Diego bands that has performed everywhere up and down the coast. From the Adams Avenue Street Fair to world class events and festivals, the band members go way back to some of San Diego’s best musicians. Music style is a broad spectrum of blues, funk, soul, R&B rockin’ blues, swing and original blues.
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive San Diego, 7 p.m., $5 cover, 619-224-3577, humphreysbackstagelive.com
wednesday, april 8
Rembrandt: A Decade of Brilliance (1648 – 1658)
An exploration of 10 years of the artist’s graphic output, years during which Rembrandt produced some of his best-known prints and his experimentation with graphic media was at its height. This exhibition will give viewers the opportunity to examine Rembrandt’s creative process, displaying different states –or versions – of the same prints side-by-side to demonstrate the ways the artist employed line and tone to dramatically different effect.
University of San Diego, Hoehn Family Galleries in Founders Hall, 5998 Alcalá Park in San Diego, 12-5 p.m., 619-260-7516, sandiego.edu/galleries/exhibitions/
