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Rancho Santa Fe ‘Follies’ composer Jeff Brown picks up musical pen again for Village Church Community Theater’s production of ‘Hellen Keller’

Jeff Brown

The Village Church Community Theater recently announced that Jeff Brown, currently serving as church organist at the Village Church, has joined them in writing the music and lyrics for their upcoming production of “Helen Keller.”

Barry Edelstein joins Old Globe as artistic director

The Old Globe’s Managing Director Michael G. Murphy (left) welcomes new Artistic Director Barry Edelstein.  Photo/Doug Gates

Barry Edelstein recently arrived at The Old Globe Theatre as its new artistic director, bringing with him a vast resume of professional accolades

Masterful drama explores slavery’s effects on families

San Diego native Laurance Brown stars as Citizen Barlow.

Through his series of 10 plays, each set in a different decade, playwright August Wilson took a long look at life for the African American.

‘The Brothers Size’ will heat up the stage at the Old Globe

Composer/percussionist Jonathan Melville Pratt (far left) and director Tea Alagic (center) with the cast of ‘The Brothers Size’: (from left) Antwayn Hopper, Okieriete Onaodowan and Gilbert Owuor. Photo/Henry DiRocco

One of the hottest names in theater these days is playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, a graduate of Yale School of Drama

‘Daughter of the Regiment’ opens opera season Jan. 26

San Diego Opera’s 48th International Season opens with the comedy, “The Daughter of the Regiment.”

‘Chasing the Song’ is high note in LJ Playhouse’s DNA New Work Series

It may well be “Chasing the Song,” a new musical exploring the world of pop music in the early 1960s, by award-winning book writer/lyricist Joe DiPietro and composer David Bryan.

San Diego REP takes on race, real estate

Sandy Campbell, Monique Gaffney, Jason Heil and Matt Orduña star in ‘Clybourne Park,’ the San Diego REP’s new comedy.  Photo/Darren Scott

The San Diego REPertory Theater will present “Clybourne Park,” the award-winning comedy about race and real estate in America

Fulbright scholarships available for local students to study at Globe Theater in London

The American Institute For Foreign Study announced that its Theater Program has been selected by the Fulbright Commission as one of their prestigious Summer Institutes

Eliza’s makeover in ‘Pygmalion’ mirrors Reality TV

Charlotte Parry (Eliza Doolittle) and Robert Sean Leonard (Prof. Henry Higgins) star in The Old Globe’s 100th anniversary production of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion.’  Photo/Henry DiRocco

The Old Globe Theatre starts the year — and its 100th anniversary production — with George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”

May/December romance plays out in ‘Educating Rita’

Rita (Meghan Andrews) gets inspiration from her tutor Frank (Bjørn Johnson) in ‘Educating Rita’ at the North Coast Repertory Theatre.  Photo/Ken Jacques

The story of a university lecturer who takes on a young woman to tutor becomes a journey of revelation for both of them

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  • Goodwill Store on Girard Avenue to open June 27
    Bargain-hunters will find locally donated items, as well as high-end merchandise brought in from other stores, at the Goodwill shop opening 10 a.m. June 27 at 7631 Girard Ave. As of June 28, the store hours will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The donation center (at the rear of the building) will continue to operat […]
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    The UC San Diego Police Department released a composite sketch of the suspect involved in a sexual battery that occurred on Campus Point Drive just south of Voigt Drive. The suspect is described as a shaved or bald headed white male in his late 20s to early 30s, and standing 6’1” tall with an athletic build, wearing a white shirt with blue jeans. […]
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