A particularly Spielbergian stage show
Thumpasaurus, Parquet Courts, Andrew McMahon, New Kids on the Block
Jay Allen Sanford 11:30 a.m., Oct. 18
San Diego Theater Scene
THEATER: Current and Upcoming Productions
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Adobe Chapel
- 3963 Conde Street, Old Town
- Write Out Loud: Poefest (through October 28, 2018)
Beyond Babel Theatre
- 2625 Imperial Avenue , Grant Hill
- Beyond Babel (through November 18, 2018)
CSU San Marcos
- 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos
- Women at War (starts November 7, 2018)
Coronado High School
- 650 D Avenue, Coronado
- The Music Man (starts October 26, 2018)
Coronado Playhouse
- 1835 Strand Way, Coronado
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starts November 16, 2018)
- Macbeth (through October 28, 2018)
Courtyard San Diego Downtown
- 530 Broadway, Downtown San Diego
- The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show (through December 22, 2018)
Cygnet Theatre
- 4040 Twiggs Street, Old Town
- HIR (through October 28, 2018)
David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre
- 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
- Disney's Newsies Jr. (starts January 12, 2019)
Diversionary Theatre
- 4545 Park Boulevard, University Heights
- Melancholy Play (starts November 10, 2018)
- This Beautiful City (starts November 8, 2018)
Horton Grand Theatre
- 444 Fourth Avenue, Downtown San Diego
- Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play (starts November 24, 2018)
- Young Frankenstein (through October 28, 2018)
La Jolla Community Center
- 6811 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla
- The Laramie Project
La Jolla Playhouse
- 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, UCSD
- Hundred Days (through October 21, 2018)
- Queens (through July 29, 2018)
La Jolla Riford Library
- 7555 Draper Avenue, La Jolla
- The Cake
Lamb's Players Theatre
- 1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado
- Persuasion (through November 18, 2018)
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
- 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla
- 1776 Presented by JCompany Youth Theatre (starts May 11, 2019)
- Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame (through November 4, 2018)
- Madagascar Jr. (starts March 10, 2019)
Mission Hills United Church of Christ
- 4070 Jackdaw Street, Mission Hills
- Dr. Dolittle Jr. (starts November 2, 2018)
Moonlight Amphitheatre in Brengle Terrace Park
- 1200 Vale Terrace, Vista
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast (through October 20, 2018)
Moxie Theatre
- 6663 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite N, Rolando
- Fade (through November 11, 2018)
North Coast Repertory Theatre
- 987-D Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach
- Holmes and Dr. Watson (through November 18, 2018)
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
- 2031 El Cajon Boulevard, North Park
- North Park Playwright Festival (through October 28, 2018)
Northminster Presbyterian Church
- 4324 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Clairemont
- Please Pass the Gravy (starts November 16, 2018)
Ocean Beach Playhouse
- 4944 Newport Avenue, Ocean Beach
- The Rocky Horror Show (through October 28, 2018)
The Old Globe Theatre
- 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
- Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (starts November 8, 2018)
- The Heart of Rock & Roll (through October 21, 2018)
Point Loma High School
- 2335 Chatsworth Boulevard, Point Loma
- Clue: On Stage (starts December 7, 2018)
Point Loma Playhouse
- 3035 Talbot Street, Point Loma
- Musical Theatre Showcase (starts November 3, 2018)
PowPAC
- 13250 Poway Road, Poway
- A Christmas Carol (starts November 2, 2018)
San Diego City College
- 1313 Park Boulevard, East Village
- Metamorphosis (starts October 26, 2018)
San Diego Repertory Theatre
- 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown San Diego
- Actually (through November 4, 2018)
Saville Theatre at San Diego City College
- 14th and C Street, City College
- Metamorphoses (starts October 26, 2018)
Scripps Ranch Theatre
- 9783 Avenue of Nations, Scripps Ranch
- She Loves Me (starts November 9, 2018)
Seaport Village
- 849 W. Harbor Drive, Downtown San Diego
- Who Dunnit? Seaport Village (through December 31, 2018)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
- 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
- Julius Caesar (through October 28, 2018)
- Looking for Christmas: The New Clint Black Musical (starts November 20, 2018)
Sunshine Brooks Theatre
- 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside
- Deathtrap (through October 21, 2018)
USD: University of San Diego
- 5998 Alcalà Park, USD
- Terre des Hommes
Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
- 2115 Park Boulevard, Balboa Park
- Macbeth Open Reading
Welk Resort Theatre
- 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido
- Mamma Mia! (through February 24, 2019)
- Welk Illusions
Theater Reviews
Trauma so intense
If she ever falls in love, her mate will die in a hundred days.
In “Hungry Heart,” Bruce Springstein sings: “We fell in love, I knew it had to end.” Wait! Hold up there, Boss. Zero to 60 and back, like that? What about love is love and not ...
Call it the Hamilton Effect
Contemporary slang and F-bombs feel too linguistically liberated
“I am a revolution!” shouts Mary Woolley in Bryna Turner’s Bull in a China Shop, based on the famous teacher, activist, and President of Mount Holyoke College. She wants to convert the college from a ...
The Heart of Rock & Roll goes flat line
“They have not only crammed the songs into a formulaic story, they have Broadway-ized the music.”
The Heart of Rock & Roll goes flat line
What is this, a rough draft?
It skips back and forth in time and parses out bits of conflicting information.
What is this, a rough draft?
Self-absorbed black hole of a tyrant
“When he comes back, will I be ready?”
Self-absorbed black hole of a tyrant
Antireviews
Andrew Lloyd Webber ruined everything
The running joke among theatre-goers was that the emperor wasn’t wearing any clothes
I naively went to a musical about a Jane Austen novel with the hope that I would be hearing at least a little music from the period. You know, the kind of music Jane would ...
When monsters tapdance
Would we chalk it up as a funny gag, or would that monster prove itself through artistic expression?
Humanity reserves a special reverence for the act of creation. Most oral or written religious traditions start with a creation myth to explain how the world and humankind came to be. These origin stories provide ...
Chaos, order, Huey Lewis
The Heart of Rock & Roll is a new musical at The Old Globe. It runs through October 21. The title is borrowed from the famous Huey Lewis and the News song, but this is ...
