Charles Busch has become quite the household name in the LGBTQ community over the years but he’s also well known in the theatrical community as well. Many remember his outrageous drag characters in films like Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach Party, OZ and Addams Family Values, but he’s also garnered accolades for his non-drag role…
LA JOLLA, Calif. – Due to overwhelming demand, La Jolla Playhouse is adding a seventh week of performances for Disney’s Freaky Friday. The show will extend its run through March 19. This is the second and final extension as this production must travel to engagements in Cleveland and Houston. Hailed by The Washington Post as…
Miss You Like Hell, the new musical written by Quiara Alegría Hudes (In The Heights, Water by the Spoonful) with music and lyrics by Erin McKeown opened at the La Jolla Playhouse Oct. 25 and has now been extended through Dec. 4. The show tells the story of a mother and her daughter and the…
LA JOLLA, Calif. — La Jolla Playhouse has announced that Native Voices at the Autry will continue their stint as the Playhouse’s Resident Theater Company for a second year, continuing through the 2017/2018 season. As part of the residency, the Playhouse will host Native Voices’ sixth annual Short Play Festival, entitled Take Back the Land,…
LA JOLLA, Calif. – La Jolla Playhouse announces its 2016 Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour production: Alice Chan, co-written by Robert Lee and Tony Award-winning actor and 2014/2015 Playhouse Artist-in-Residence BD Wong, who will also direct the play. The piece will tour schools throughout San Diego County February 1 – April 1, 2016. Commissioned by…
A remarkable multisensory experience that blends dance, storytelling and multimedia Healing Wars, a new performance piece being offered at the La Jolla Playhouse, through their Without Walls program is a powerful show the combines dance, music, acting and multimedia, and unfolds through the specter of past and present wars. Creator Liz Lerman has been inspired…
The latest presentation in the La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls (WoW) series, THE GRIFT at the Lafayette Hotel is a world-premiere, immersive theater piece which takes audiences on a participatory journey through the extraordinary rooms and spaces of this expansive, 1940s-era landmark. They are introduced to Ben, who, under mysterious circumstances, lived his entire life…
2014 marks the fifth consecutive year that Tijuana based theater company Tijuana Hace Teatro (Tijuana Does Theatre) conducts the project Escuela de Espectadores (Audience School) where a group of people is invited to see theater throughout one year in Tijuana. Once a month a meeting takes place in order to discuss the plays seen during…
thursday, feb. 20 The Ring of Power – Wagner vs. Tolkien: The Story Behind the Ring The battle between good and evil bursts forth on the stage, as Nuvi Mehta delves into the myths underlying Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Musical signatures of good and evil blaze through…
’Tis the season to make theater plans for the New Year! It’s no secret that most San Diego theater companies are midway through their current season. Many of those companies have chosen a closing season line up that will get you out of the house and into their cozy theater seats. Starting with some of…
