New Village Arts Presents World Premiere Adaptation of “Around the World In 80 Days
TR Robertson — Executive Artistic Director and NVA Founder Kristianne Kurner had an idea as she was on a “break” from NVA several months ago. She wanted to use the music of The Shantyannes, a musical group she saw many years ago, in some sort of musical production. Her brainstorm was to take the adaptation of […]
Read More →Old Globe Announces One-Week Extension of San Diego Christmas Show
San Diego, CA — (November, 2019)—Due to popular demand, The Old Globe announced today a one-week-only extension—through Sunday, December 29—of the West Coast premiere of Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, a hilarious family-friendly Scrooge parody set in San Diego. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, it is written by Gordon Greenberg (the Globe’s The Heart of Rock & Roll and Working, London’s Guys and Dolls and Barnum) and Steve Rosen (The Other […]
Read More →Impro Theatre’s Dickens UnScripted
Impro Theatre’sDickens UnScripted December 16-17, 2019 at 7:30pm Los Angeles Times calls Impro Theatre “Amazing!” One of the funniest evenings as the troupe spins an entire play into comedy gold right before your eyes. Starting with an audience suggestion, the troupe creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest writers. Join us this holiday season for […]
Read More →Coming Soon to NVA: Around The World in 80 Days
Eight Actors. Sixty Characters. Eighty Days.Packed with action, excitement, humor, and romance, and featuring original music by The Shantyannes (San Diego’s only pirate folk-rock band), this is a nonstop musical adventure the entire family will love! “Bursting with imagination, this exuberant whistle-stop tour through Verne is a lot of fun and a trip worth making!” –The Stage “Fun […]
Read More →“The Sunshine Boys” Shines at North Coast Rep Theatre
TR Robertson -Neil Simon was one of the most prolific American playwrights, screenwriters and authors ever to have written for the stage and screen. He wrote more than 30 plays and just as many screenplays and received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. “The Sunshine Boys”, currently on stage at the North […]
Read More →Holidays At North Coast Rep Dickens UnScripted
Los Angeles Times calls Impro Theatre “Amazing!” One of the funniest evenings as the troupe spins an entire play into comedy gold right before your eyes. Starting with an audience suggestion, the troupe creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest writers. Join us this holiday season for a hilarious comedy inspired by the works of […]
Read More →Cygnet’s “The Last Five Years”
Takes Audience on a Musical Journey Thru the Frailty of Marriage. TR Robertson — Relationships and Marriage is sometimes a hard, puzzling and difficult road to travel for many couples, made even more difficult when work and artistic endeavors enter into the relationships. Love does not conquer all may be the theme of Jason Robert Brown’s […]
Read More →Holiday Tradition Continues With Cygnet Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol”
Including first annual sensory friendly performance! SAN DIEGO, CA – A Christmas Carol returns to Cygnet Theatre for its sixth season of cheer. It has become a true holiday favorite, with San Diegans making Scrooge, the Spirits, and the Cratchit family part of their holiday tradition. And for the first time, Cygnet Theatre is pleased to add […]
Read More →Around The Word In 80 Days” At New Village Arts
Carlsbad, CA — October, 2019 – New Village Arts is thrilled to announce the upcoming production of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, written by Laura Eason, from the novel by Jules Verne. Directed by NVA Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner, this production will feature original music from San Diego’s own Pirate-themed folk-rock band, The […]
Read More →Welk Resort Theatre – Welkome Home For The Holidays!
Escondido, CA – November 22, 2019 – Welkome Home for the Holidays! is a musical celebration showcasing the things we love about the most wonderful time of the year. . Swinging sounds of the season and Broadway blend with newer holiday influences, making this the perfect entertainment for the whole family. You might even spot […]
Read More →Opening This Week- Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys”
The late Neil Simon continues to reign as America’s favorite playwright. His ability to create memorable characters who wrestle with universal problems associated with love, loss, work, family and aging, has endeared him to legions of fans. THE SUNSHINE BOYS showcases his brilliant ear for side-splitting dialogue and his sharp eye for physical comedy. Yet, beneath the raucous laughter are two vulnerable people struggling to […]
Read More →First Show of Oceanside Theatre’s 9th Season is the Moving Play “Foxfire”
TR Robertson — The touching, moving story of one families fight to retain their home high on the mountain top of a rural George mountain is wonderfully staged for Oceanside Theatre’s first play of their 9th Season at the Brooks Theatre on Coast Highway. The play, “Foxfire”, is a play taken from the books by Susan […]
Read More →Travels With TR – Food & Wine Tour of Sicily and Southern Italy – Part VI
The Trip comes to an end with Visits to Herculaneum and a Stay in Positano TR Robertson — Our final day in Naples and the conclusion of our organized Sicily and Italy Food & Wine Tour included a trip to the city of Herculaneum, the ancient Roman city which was one of several buried in […]
Read More →Patio Playhouse Community Theater presents Sense and Sensibility
Two very different sisters yearn for love and fear the loss of their lifestyle in an unpredictable and fast-paced adaptation of the Jane Austen classic. Escondido, CA October, 2019– Patio Playhouse Community Theater presents Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen. First premiering in 2014, Hamill’s version of Sense […]
Read More →Travels With TR – Food & Wine Tour of Sicily and Southern Italy – Part V
On to the Amalfi Coast and Naples TR Robertson — We left Benevento on Day 11 and began our bus drive through Campania heading into the province of Avellino and the territory of Irpinia. Many of the villages and towns had gone through over 20 years of reconstruction from 1980 to 2000, due to a […]
Read More →World Premiere of Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” Rocks the Old Globe Stage
TR Robertson – As the audience filed into the Old Globe Theatre it was obvious that everyone was in for a Rock and Roll adventure. What everyone was anticipating was the World Premiere performance of Cameron Crowe’s musical adaptation of his highly successful movie “Almost Famous”. Crowe is an Academy Award winning writer and a San […]
Read More →“The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy”
“The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy” is Still a Ghoulish Delight at Welk Theatre TR Robertson — The Addams Family has been a part of the American cultural scene since first appearing in the New Yorker magazine cartoons, drawn and written by Charles Addams, in the 1950’s. This strange, somewhat dark, cartoon would […]
Read More →Travels With TR – Food & Wine Tour of Sicily and Southern Italy – Part IV
Adventures in Southern Italy Continue TR Robertson– As Day 9 of our Sicily and Italy trip began, we boarded our bus, leaving Matera, heading for the Campania Region and the town of Benevento. This region has amazing features many visitors don’t know much about as most tend to concentrate on the more well-known sites like […]
Read More →The Sunshine Boys at North Coast Repertory Theatre
Laughter and tears fill the bill at North Coast Repertory Theatre shines the light on the Sunshine Boys a Neil Simon Classic. Performances Beginning Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Running Through Sunday, November 17, 2019. Directed by Jeffrey B. Moss Solana Beach, CA – THE SUNSHINE BOYS deftly showcases the late Neil Simon’s brilliant ear for […]
Read More →San Diego Musical Theatre A Christmas Story At Horton Grand Theatre
Santa won’t be coming to town for a few more months, but the magic of Christmas is already in the air! San Diego Musical Theatre is thrilled to announce the final show of the 2019 season, A Christmas Story . From the songwriting team of Pasek & Paul, behind the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan […]
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