LGBT Weekly talks to Barry Anderson who plays legendary record producer Bob Crewe The San Diego born Broadway smash Jersey Boys is set to play at the Civic Theatre from May 9-14. The show, written in 2005, tells the story of four guys who make their way in the music business to become one of…
In November 1959, a show opened on Broadway that would go on to win five Tony Awards including Best Actress and Best Musical. In 1965 it was made into a major motion picture starring Julie Andrews and won five Academy Awards. Since then it has been revived on Broadway and in London numerous times and…
The lavish new production of The Sound of Music will make its San Diego premiere Nov. 15-20 at the San Diego Civic Theatre as part of Broadway San Diego’s 2016-2017 season. According to director Jack O’Brien, “The Sound of Music has been in our ears for decades, as it deserves to be. But it might…
What can be said about Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast that is now on the road with a scheduled San Diego engagement that you may not know already? Did you know it’s the fifth top grossing animated film in Disney history and it’s the seventh top grossing Broadway musical? It was also nominated for…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the composer’s take on the tale of the fictional libertine and seducer Don Juan, is San Diego Opera’s second mainstage opera of the 2014-2015 season when it opens Saturday, Feb. 14 for four performances (Feb. 14, 17, 20 and 22). Don Giovanni is a tale of…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera has announced the return of Opera on the Concourse, a series of free lunchtime concerts held for the public on the San Diego Civic Concourse with the stars of San Diego Opera’s season. Discontinued in 2007, San Diego Opera announced the return of this beloved program as a…
SAN DIEGO –A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for Wicked, which is returning to The San Diego Civic Theatre with performances from Nov. 12-Dec. 7. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the San Diego Civic Theatre box office will have their…
At this point just about everyone knows about the Tony Award winning Broadway smash Jersey Boys. If you don’t, that’s OK because you will probably know the singing group it’s based on, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of…
What do you get when you combine Tony Award winning actor and writer Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy/Hairspray) with pop sensation Cyndi Lauper? The answer? Broadway history. Fierstein and Lauper joined forces back in 2006 with director Jerry Mitchell to create the Broadway musical smash hit Kinky Boots, based on the 2005 film of the…
SAN DIEGO – Broadway/San Diego and The Book Of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, today announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins May 27 at The San Diego Civic Theatre and plays a limited two week engagement through June 8. In San Diego, the production will conduct…
