Theatre

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San Diego Top Mother's Day Weekend Events: From Opera To Cartooning To Nature Mandalas To Brunch

May 7: By Julia Dixon Evans

Looking for a few ways to infuse art and culture into your pandemic weekend and Mother's Day?

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Without Walls Festival Goes Site Specific From Quarantine Starting May 14

May 5: By Beth Accomando

Theaters are struggling to create content online but La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival actually lends itself well to producing art from quarantine during a pandemic.

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La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival Explores Site-Specific Work From Quarantine

April 28: By Beth Accomando

La Jolla Playhouse's WOW, or Without Walls Festival, highlights site-specific work. Now that everyone is sheltering at home the festival has gone online. Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley explains how the theater is putting content online.

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Diversionary Theatre Moves Its Fundraising Gala Online

April 22: By Beth Accomando

Diversionary Theatre is the third oldest LGBTQ theatre in the U.S. But, as with other live theaters, it had to close its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be offering two events online.

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Old Globe Looks To Shakespeare For Inspiration To Surviving Coronavirus

April 20: By Beth Accomando

Theaters rely on doing live performances but the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to close their doors and find new ways to deliver content and find audiences. The Old Globe Theatre quickly moved three strands of its programming online.

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SD Rep's 'House Of Joy' Video Available On Vimeo Until April 12

April 3: By Beth Accomando

As with many theaters, San Diego Rep has had to close its doors because of health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic but the theater company is going online with its production of “House of Joy.”

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A New Type Of Theater Logs On With Moxie's Zoom Play Festival

March 26: By Julia Dixon Evans

San Diego's women-led Moxie Theatre's site-specific theater festival emerges for when there is no actual site.

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San Diego Arts And Artists Go Digital During Coronavirus Closures

March 18: By Brooke Ruth, Julia Dixon Evans, Maureen Cavanaugh

San Diego artists, art museums, galleries and performing arts groups are finding ways to still share their art while traditional spaces and gatherings are canceled.

Art In The Time Of COVID-19

March 12: By Julia Dixon Evans

Cancellations from San Diego Opera, the La Jolla Symphony and more, plus organizations that are embracing "the show must go on" in the face of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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'Fly' Brings The Peter Pan Story To The La Jolla Playhouse

March 11: By Julia Dixon Evans

A new musical from Tony Award winner Jeffrey Seller is inspired by J.M. Barrie's novel and tackles gender, masculinity and adulthood

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'gUnTOPIA' Designed To Be A Conversation Starter About Gun Violence

March 11: By Beth Accomando

The Roustabouts Theatre Co. just opened the world premiere of Will Cooper's dark comedy "gUnTOPIA," which takes aim at gun violence and hopes to be a conversation starter.

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San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: From Civic Art To A Modern Dionysus

Feb. 14: By Julia Dixon Evans, Maureen Cavanaugh

Valentine's Day and culture go hand-in-hand in San Diego this weekend, from Johann Strauss to Greek god modern gardeners. Plus, there's an exhibition of civic art at the San Diego Central Library and a free emo surf punk show.

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Diversionary Theatre Hosts World Premiere Of 'A Kind Of Weather'

Feb. 10: By Beth Accomando

Diversionary Theatre sought out playwright Sylvan Oswald and just hosted the world premiere of his new play "A Kind of Weather" this past weekend.

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Bringing A Cannibalistic Witch To Life For 'Hansel And Gretel'

Feb. 7: By Beth Accomando

San Diego Opera is bringing the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" to life through large scale puppets. Here's how they are creating magic onstage.