Review Roundup: Los Angeles Opera's MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 24, 2015
The Los Angeles Opera opened THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. From the breathless opening notes of the overture to the touching final curtain, Mozart's comic masterpiece under the baton of James Conlon brilliantly bucks the conventions of his time to deliver an ageless message of love and forgiveness.
Dallas Opera's DIE TOTE STADT Opens 3/21
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 5, 2014
The Dallas Opera is proud to present the third production of the company's 2013-2014 “By Love Transformed” Season, Erich Wolfgang Korngold's late-Viennese style masterpiece, DIE TOTE STADT (“The Dead City”) which received an unprecedented two-city world premiere in 1920.
San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Reveal 2013 Craig Noel Award Nominees
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 2, 2014
Dominating the nominations in the musical category is the current Broadway sensation 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,' which made its world premiere in February 2013 at San Diego's The Old Globe (a co-production with Hartford Stage). The musical racked up 11 nominations, including nods for New Musical, its versatile star Jefferson Mays (a UC San Diego alumnus) and its director Darko Tresnjak (former co-artistic director and Shakespeare Festival director at The Old Globe).
2013 Shakespeare Festival Cast & Creative Team Announced
by Kelsey Denette - May 2, 2013
The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. Festival Artistic Director Adrian Noble returns to San Diego for his fourth and final year of Festival programming. The internationally acclaimed director will helm productions of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Tom Stoppard's classic farce, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Laurence Olivier Award-nominated director Ian Talbot will make his Old Globe debut with the enduring Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 2013 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 2 - Sept. 29. Subscription tickets from $66 to $270. Single tickets start at $29. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
The Old Globe Receives 10 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards
by BWW News Desk - Feb 5, 2013
The Old Globe received 10 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards honoring excellence in 2012 San Diego County theater, the most wins of any theater company, at a ceremony held at the Museum of Modern Art San Diego on Feb. 4. The world premiere of Allegiance - A New American Musical garnered three awards, for Outstanding New Musical, Orchestrations and Featured Performance in a Musical for Michael K. Lee. The Scottsboro Boys also earned three awards, including Outstanding Resident Musical as well as Direction of a Musical and Choreography for Susan Stroman. Jonathan Caren's The Recommendation was named Outstanding New Play. The Globe's productions of Nobody Loves You, Inherit the Wind and As You Like It each received one award.
STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents AS YOU LIKE IT - Performance Highlights!
by Stage Tube - Jun 25, 2012
The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, is underway. Its production of AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Adrian Noble, is playing through September 30. Check out performance highlights in the video below!
STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents RICHARD III - Performance Highlights!
by Jessica Lewis - Jun 20, 2012
The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival is underway with its production of Shakespeare's RICHARD III, starring Jay Whittaker in the title role, running now through September 29, 2012, at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Video highlights featuring Whittaker, Dana Green, Robin Moseley, Jeremy Fisher and more, have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Old Globe's AS YOU LIKE IT
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 13, 2012
The Old Globe is all set for the 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Check out production photos from AS YOU LIKE IT below!
Photo Flash: The Old Globe Presents Jay Whittaker as Shakespeare's RICHARD III
by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2012
The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival is underway, with its production of Shakespeare's Richard III, starring Jay Whittaker in the title role, running now through September 29, 2012, at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Check out photos from the production, featuring Whittaker, Dana Green, Robin Moseley, Jeremy Fisher and more, below!
Photo Flash: Old Globe's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 3, 2011
The Old Globe's 2011 Shakespeare Festival will include Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS as well as Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The festival will take place at the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in San Diego. On their first day of rehearsal, April 19, the cast and creative team of the festival created a video to introduce themselves.
Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for Old Globe Shakespeare Festival
by Kelsey Denette - May 5, 2011
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for The Old Globe's 2011 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Adrian Noble returns as the Artistic Director of the 2011 Festival and will direct Shakespeare's The Tempest and Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Ron Daniels also returns and will direct Much Ado About Nothing.
STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents AS YOU LIKE IT - Performance Highlights!
by Stage Tube - 2012-06-25 18:10:47
STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents RICHARD III - Performance Highlights!
by Jessica Lewis - 2012-06-20 14:45:52
