Get close but not too close to Carrizo Gorge trestle
One of the highest wooden trestles in North America
The Canyoneers 1 p.m., July 19
San Diego Theater Scene
THEATER: Current and Upcoming Productions
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Carlsbad City Library
- 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad
- The Guys
Coronado Playhouse
- 1835 Strand Way, Coronado
- Little Shop of Horrors (starts September 8, 2017)
- Much Ado About Nothing (through August 12, 2017)
Cygnet Theatre
- 4040 Twiggs Street, Old Town
- Animal Crackers (through August 13, 2017)
- Spamalot (starts August 7, 2017)
Diversionary Theatre
- 4545 Park Boulevard, University Heights
- Ordinary Days (starts July 28, 2017)
- Songs From An Unmade Bed (starts July 28, 2017)
Horton Grand Theatre
- 444 Fourth Avenue, Downtown San Diego
- Pump Up the Volume: A 90's Palooza (starts July 28, 2017)
Ion Theatre Company BLKBOX Theatre
- 3704 Sixth Avenue, Hillcrest
- Into the Light
- The Ballad of Emmett Till (through July 29, 2017)
Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows
- 2223 El Cajon Boulevard, University Heights
- Live Lip Sync Face-Off!
Lamb's Players Theatre
- 1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado
- Big Fish (through July 30, 2017)
- Write Out Loud: Ripples From Walden Pond (starts July 23, 2017)
Lamplighters Community Theatre
- 5915 Severin Drive, La Mesa
- Women in Jeopardy! (through July 30, 2017)
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
- 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
- RAW Series: Chess
- RAW Series: Tick, Tick...Boom!
Lyceum Theatre
- 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown San Diego
- Legally Blonde The Musical (starts August 3, 2017)
Mandell Weiss Forum
- 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, UCSD
- At the Old Place (through July 30, 2017)
Moonlight Amphitheatre in Brengle Terrace Park
- 1200 Vale Terrace, Vista
- Sunset Boulevard (starts August 16, 2017)
- The Little Mermaid (through August 5, 2017)
Moxie Theatre
- 6663 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite N, Rolando
- Brooklyn the Musical (through July 30, 2017)
New Village Arts Theatre
- 2787 B State Street, Carlsbad
- Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (through August 27, 2017)
North Coast Repertory Theatre
- 987-D Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach
- A.R. Gurney's Love Letters
- At This Evening's Performance (through August 6, 2017)
- Tomfoolery (starts August 17, 2017)
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
- 2031 El Cajon Boulevard, North Park
- Wedding Belles (through July 23, 2017)
Ocean Beach Playhouse
- 4944 Newport Avenue, Ocean Beach
- Avenue Q (through September 17, 2017)
The Old Globe Theatre
- 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
- Guys and Dolls (through August 13, 2017)
- Hamlet (starts August 12, 2017)
Old Spaghetti Factory
- 275 Fifth Avenue, Downtown San Diego
- Of Sound Mind and Dead Body
Onstage Playhouse
- 291 Third Avenue, Chula Vista
- Spring Awakening (through August 12, 2017)
Potiker Theatre at UCSD
- 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla
- Kill Local (starts August 6, 2017)
PowPAC
- 13250 Poway Road, Poway
- Perfect Wedding (through August 20, 2017)
Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
- 6845 University Avenue, Rolando
- Ain't Always Been Saved
Red Spade Theater
- 2539 Congress Street suite B, Old Town
- Open Minds (through July 22, 2017)
San Diego Civic Theatre
- 1100 Third Avenue, Downtown San Diego
- The Book Of Mormon (starts July 25, 2017)
San Diego Junior Theatre
- 1650 El Prado #208, Balboa Park
- Pippin (starts July 28, 2017)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
- 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
- Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (starts July 30, 2017)
Star Theatre
- 402 North Coast Highway, Oceanside
- West Side Story (through July 30, 2017)
Tenth Avenue Arts Center
- 930 Tenth Avenue, East Village
- Shakespeare on the Roof: The Taming of the Shrew (starts July 28, 2017)
- The Cat Lady Play (starts August 4, 2017)
Welk Resort Theatre
- 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (starts September 1, 2017)
- The Drowsy Chaperone (starts August 4, 2017)
- The Music Man (through July 30, 2017)
Westminster Presbyterian Church
- 3598 Talbot Street, Point Loma
- Seussical (through July 30, 2017)
The Women's Museum of California
- 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, #103, Liberty Station
- Speaking Out: Why I Stand (through July 23, 2017)
Auditions
Auditions listed below. You can narrow your search by neighborhood, keyword, or date.
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Coronado Playhouse
- 1835 Strand Way, Coronado
- Fly by Night
Cygnet Rehearsal Hall
- 2555 State Street, Suite 104, Downtown San Diego
- The Last Wife
Lake San Marcos Conference Center
- 1035 La Bonita Drive, San Marcos
- Curious Savage
Mira Mesa Community Park
- 8575 New Salem Street, Mira Mesa
- Mira Mesa's Got Talent
Ocean Beach Playhouse
- 4944 Newport Avenue, Ocean Beach
- Youth Theatre Summer Camp
Onstage Playhouse
- 291 Third Avenue, Chula Vista
- A Piece of My Heart
Patio Playhouse Theatre
- 116 S. Kalmia Street, None
- The Phantom Tollbooth
UCSD: University of California San Diego
- 9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD
- Under Construction: An American Masque
Theater Reviews
At the Old Place makes Chekhov seem operatic
La Jolla Playhouse's string of premieres
The La Jolla Playhouse is doing whole seasons with only world premieres. From musicals (artistic director Christopher Ashley won a Tony Award for his direction of the Playhouse’s Come From Away) to drama (Rebecca Taichman ...
Guys and Dolls — high-brow and low-brow
Old Globe takes over from colleges and high schools
Frank Loesser (1910–1969) grew up in such a refined household, he had to rebel. His family spoke elegant sentences, and his older brother was a classical pianist. So Loesser chose the wilder side. He cultivated ...
Breath of kings
No gaudy excesses or cartooned foppery in this King Richard
"Not all the water in the rough rude sea/ Can wash the balm from an anointed king./ The breath of worldly men cannot depose/ The deputy elected by the Lord.” Richard of Bordeaux became King ...
Songs appear like far-off islands in Escape to Margaritaville
Rachel slams the same door on Tully that he’s been slamming on his conquests.
Times change. When Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” came out in 1977, the singer couldn’t find his salt shaker for said beverage. One might have thought, Poor dude, it won’t be the same. Today, the health-conscious would ...
Opposing views of American history, from Jim Crow to the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights
The Delaney Sisters don’t like to be called “African-Americans.”
New Village Arts’ Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years is one of that company’s best shows in its 16 seasons. Sarah L. “Sadie” and Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany don’t like to be called ...
Antireviews
Young studs and dowager duchesses
Why are we still dismayed by trophy spouses?
If you’re feeling charitable: Loves and Hours opens with a May-December marriage. If you’re feeling more cynical: rich, egotistical old man, Harold (Paul Maley) gets himself a smokin’ hot gold digger of a trophy wife, ...
Infantile America
Sexy Baby Voice under fire
Early on in O.B. Playhouse’s production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Tara Sampson, playing one of many, interchangeable female characters in this musical revue of love and dating, leans heavy on the ...
The Old Man and the Old Moon, distracted by its own cleverness
A mash-up of Paul Bunyan, Jonah and the Whale, The Odyssey, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” So spoke William Butler Yeats. I’m going to repurpose this poem to discuss PigPen Theatre ...
