Canyon Crest Academy’s Creative Writing Club recently announced that this year’s Jonathan Maberry Inspiring Teens Award will be given to Aleta Barthell, long-time dramaturg and teacher for Playwrights Project, founder of Kids Act, and a regular speaker at the CCA Writers’ Conference
Canyon Crest Academy will host the dance production Flawed Machine from Jan. 31 - Feb. 8. The production features a cast of 28 dancers, all of whom are students at Canyon Crest Academy.
Country singer Patsy Cline’s untimely death at age 30 in a 1963 plane crash was a tragedy. But a new local production of the tribute musical “Always … Patsy Cline” is anything but.
Canyon Crest Academy grad Alice Cash, 27, founder of Golden Shards Productions, will direct a production of "8000M" (pronounced “8,000 Meters”) from Nov. 15 through Nov. 18 at the Moxie Theatre for the first time on the West Coast.
Taylor Williamson will bring his show to The Comedy Store in La Jolla once again on Nov. 23, 24 and 25.
Carlsbad High School students recently announced “Love is Blind,” the city’s first completely student written, directed and produced play, to be held Dec. 6-8 from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., with a matinee on Dec. 8 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Lily Tomlin opened her recent one-woman show at the Balboa Theatre by saying, “Growing up in Detroit, I always wished I’d be a big star so I could go on tour to San Diego,” and immediately endeared herself to the sold-out audience.
THEATER REVIEW: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be interested to see how well his characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are still doing so long after he first gave them life in his 1887 novel "A Study in Scarlet." Having had enough of the dynamic duo he featured in four novels and more than 50...
The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep opens Season 37 with a mystery comedy in one thrilling act, “The Gorilla.” Follow the fearless private detectives as they hunt the terrifying terror that stalks the shadows.
Keylock has held leadership positions in some of the country’s finest children’s chorus organizations, including Princeton Girlchoir and American Boychoir School.
Every newly married couple discovers that not long after the ceremony ends, the honeymoon will be over, and we’re not talking about that romantic six-night stay at the Plaza Hotel.
On Monday night, July 30, distinguished Judge H. Lee Sarokin hosted a reading for his latest hot-button-issue play at North Coast Repertory Theatre.
As tales of theatrical baptism go, Martyna Majok’s is pretty hard to top: She saw her first play, “Cabaret” on Broadway, with money she won playing pool while still a teenager.
North Coast Rep’s newest Theatre School play, The Secret Garden adapted by Pamela Sterling, comes to the stage on May 17 through May 20.
Performing the character Tom from The Glass Menagerie, senior Nick Moseley of The Bishop’s School earned third place in the LA Music Center’s annual Spotlight Awards.
Broadway/San Diego recently announced that the 5th annual Broadway/San Diego High School Musical Theatre Awards, sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, will take place on Sunday, May 27,at 6 p.m. at the Historic Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego on Sunday, May 27. It will include 20 leading...
In her nearly 16 years as La Jolla Playhouse general manager, Debby Buchholz has been part of some significant history — from the launch of the smash-hit musical “Jersey Boys” in 2004 to the current Broadway success of the Playhouse-bred “Come From Away.”
The award will be presented at North Coast Repertory Theatre’s Spotlight Gala on April 22.
If you could X-ray a play, the image you’d see of “American Mariachi” would show the bones of some familiar dramatic forms: the “let's put on a show!” story, the tradition-vs.-change tale, the saga of a reckoning between parent and child.
Matt Vinci of Carmel Valley is just 17, but in those years, he has moved eight times. The son of a Navy captain, he’s grown accustomed to saying goodbye to newfound friends whenever his dad gets new orders.
Carmel Valley dancer and choreographer Jacob Soble was named “Best Dancer” at San Diego Theater’s Young Choreographer’s Showcase.
Elijah Rock, crooner extraordinaire and sensational tap dancer, will entertain with classic hits from the Great American Songbook and more.
Canyon Crest Academy's Envision theatre program will explore right and wrong, and good versus evil, in its two productions in the upcoming season. "Antigone," presented as a drama, and "Jekyll and Hyde," performed as a musical, each aim to make actors and audiences question who and what they should...
North Coast Repertory Theatre will welcome back Randy Noojin as he takes the stage as America’s beloved folksinger/activist Pete Seeger Jan. 29. Seeger is a multimedia, solo show that uses Seeger’s signature songs including: If I Had a Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn, Where Have All the Flowers Gone,...
Linda Purl, a stage, movie and television veteran actress, stars Jan. 22-23 in a one-woman tour-de- force performance: The Year of Magical Thinking at North Coast Repertory Theatre
San Diegan Liz Nederlander Coden named her recently created website — yourshotinjanuary.org — with good reason. You will understand if you were among the many eager theatergoers who tried, but failed, to score tickets to the quickly sold-out touring musical “Hamilton” that plays in San Diego in...
Joining forces as a new dance studio and performing company, Del Mar Ballet and Royal Academy of Performing Arts are performing their first Nutcracker together at the California Center for Performing Arts in Escondido.
The Little Prince runs from Nov. 30 – Dec. 3. Performances Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. North Coast Repertory Theatre
North Coast Rep will begin Season 36 with one of Neil Simon’s enduring comedic masterpieces, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.”
When Phillip Magin observed animosity and disagreements among political parties in the recent election, he was inspired to try to make the groups come together through art. The 18-year-old Del Mar playwright, who graduates from Canyon Crest Academy this month, will present a self-written and self-produced...
North Coast Repertory Theatre continues Season 35 with “Travels with My Aunt,” a 2015 New York Times Critic’s Pick that was hailed as “a triumph of theatrical style.” Giles Havergal adapted the Graham Greene novel about eccentric Aunt Augusta who swoops in and shakes up the life of her staid bourgeois...
Theater students at Canyon Crest Academy are getting ready to trade sneakers for cowboy boots and modern songs for 1980s classics in their upcoming performance of Footloose. The musical — modeled after the 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon — follows the story of Ren, a newcomer to a highly religious,...
And here we go again. North Coast Repertory Theatre announced Thursday morning, Feb. 16, that it has signed an exclusive negotiating agreement aimed at developing a new performing-arts facility in Encinitas. NCRT now becomes at least the fifth theater company to propose building a new home on the...
The Canyon Crest Academy Foundation invites the community to be its guests for its annual gala, “Rendezvous in Paris,” on Saturday, Feb. 25. Attendees can expect to be dazzled by performances from Tony-award nominated performer Susan Egan, Broadway’s original Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” and...
Carmel Valley resident Jacob Soble, 16, has been dancing since he was 6 years old and now the award-winning dancer can add the title of choreographer to his growing resume. The Canyon Crest Academy junior is enrolled in the dance program at Mira Costa College where he is pursuing his dance instructor’s...
The Del Mar Heights PTA presents Disney’s Aladdin Jr., a musical adventure filled with magic, mayhem and the power of love. When the street urchin, Aladdin, vies for the attention of the beautiful princess Jasmine, he uses a genie’s magic power to become a prince in order to marry her. The production...
A festive holiday musical is headed for Solana Beach that will surely be fun for all families. After all, it’s a family that will be performing popular holiday songs on stage. Starring a mother and her two daughters, “The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade Holiday Show” is set to take the stage Dec....
Three years ago, Nik Keswani (otherwise known by his moniker “Big Nik”) was just another high school student living in Del Mar and attending Torrey Pines High School. Born with dwarfism, Keswani has faced a variety of health setbacks throughout his life, finding himself in and out of upwards of...
The Envision Theatre at Canyon Crest Academy will present the William Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet for a five-night run in the Proscenium Theater, beginning Oct 28 at 7 p.m. This will be the debut performance of the work at CCA. Director Steve Lipinsky says ”I am honored to work in such...
In the tradition of Shakespeare in the Park, Playwrights Project presented Live Theatre at Home in the backyard of Carmel Valley resident Lynne Bath recently. Bath, a board member of Playwrights Project, hosted an evening of informal theatre in which three well-known local actors performed material...
Conner's Cause for Children will present “Fall Into Laughter,” the 5th Annual Conner's Cause for Children benefit luncheon, boutique shopping and comedy performance. “Fall into Laughter” will take place on Oct. 9 at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club in Solana Beach, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Stand-up comediennes...
When his play “Lady Windermere’$ FAM” premieres at the San Diego International Fringe Festival this month, it will be another notch on Phillip Magin’s already impressive résumé. The 17-year-old, who just finished his junior year at Canyon Crest Academy, has been acting since he was 9 and recently...
‘Hedda Gabler’ marks artistic director’s 100th production
Once a month, salsa dancer Marilyn Klisser spices up Salsa Nights at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar’s “sultry” nightclub Club M. No partners are required for Salsa Night, which starts at 6:45 p.m. with a beginner class followed by social dancing from 7:45 p.m. on with a live salsa band. “If you can...
Long before becoming world-renowned as the iconic George Costanza on “Seinfeld,” Jason Alexander was a Tony Award-winning Broadway song and dance man. His City Lights evening with the San Diego Symphony brings a humorous re-telling of his journey to the Broadway stage which features a program of...
Jordi Bertran’s character may not have a name, but his latest role has left a lasting impression on and off the stage. The 14-year-old from Del Mar appears as “A Boy,” a small but important part in a close, five-person ensemble cast. Written by Samuel Beckett, the tragicomedy, “Waiting for Godot,”...
Play opens Feb. 19 at La Jolla Commons Theatre
“Ragtime,” the classic musical that this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is headed to the Spreckels Theater in a production full of San Diego Theater regulars and North County natives. Directed by Paul David Bryant who was a part of the original Broadway production, the show tells the...
“McGuire” returns to the North Coast Repertory Theater on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, a play about Al McGuire the basketball coach, TV analyst and sportscaster Dick Enberg’s most admired friend and teacher. Enberg could share stories for hours about the “fascinating, complex, unique and vibrant” McGuire,...
What started as a holiday tradition for Taylor Coleman and her family has since become an annual acting gig for the young Carmel Valley actress. For the third year, Taylor is starring as Cindy-Lou Who in The Old Globe’s 18th annual production of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” Based...