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Video: Cyndi Lauper Talks WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2025
Go behind the scenes of Working Girl, the new musical adaptation of the iconic 1988 film. The show features an original score by the legendary and Tony Award-winning, Cyndi Lauper. Watch new behind the scenes video of the legend herself discussing the new project.
Video: A CHRISTMAS STORY at San Diego Musical Theatre
by Joshua Wright - December 10, 2025
Check out all new clips of A Christmas Story at San Diego Musical Theatre! Get your tickets for SDMT's 'A Christmas Story' now. The musical is now running through December 29.
International Exhibition THE ART OF BANKSY WITHOUT LIMITS to Make Its San Diego Debut
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2025
On the heels of its success across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia - captivating more than 3 million visitors - the acclaimed exhibition The Art of Banksy Without Limits will make its San Diego debut at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Activity Center.
Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards; Diversionary Theatre Leads Favorite Theatre!
by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025
The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Silent Movie Mondays at Balboa Theatre to Feature OLD SCROOGE and A DOG'S LIFE
by BWW News Desk - December 08, 2025
Celebrate the season at Silent Movie Mondays at Balboa Theatre with a special double feature of Old Scrooge, starring Seymour Hicks, and A Dog's Life starring Charlie Chaplin.
Interview: Erica Marie Weisz of MISTLETOE MELODIES WITH ERICA MARIE! at Scripps Ranch Theatre And New Village Arts
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 05, 2025
Interview with Erica Marie Weisz about her new one-woman show “Mistletoe Melodies with Erica Marie!” is a brand-new, stripped-down holiday gem—just Erica, a piano, and a sleigh-full of warmth.
Cue the Magic: Pop Culture, Storytelling, and Theatre an interview with Kiri Callaghan
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 05, 2025
Interview with USA Today bestselling author, voice-over artist, actor, and self-identified world-hopper, Kiri Callaghan, on her new book 'The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic & Murder.'
Video: Ebenezer Scrooge's BIG San Diego Christmas Show
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2025
The Old Globe has released new video footage of Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show. The cast for Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show includes James Joseph O’Neil as Actor 5 (Ebenezer Scrooge).
CRSSD Festival Reveals Lineup For Spring 2026 Edition
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2025
Renowned as one of North America's premier destinations for boundary-pushing electronic music, CRSSD curates a rare intersection of global icons, emerging innovators, and coastal California energy.
Review: BEAUTY'S DAUGHTER at OnWord Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 04, 2025
Warm, honest, and grounded in powerful acting,  ”Beauty’s Daughter” closed OnWord’s first season with real purpose and promise.
FROZEN JR. Comes to San Diego Junior Theatre in January
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2025
San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, will kick off the new year with Disney’s Frozen JR. at the historic Casa del Prado Theatre in Balboa Park.
Review: THE WAVERLY GALLERY at Backyard Renaissance
by ErinMarie Reiter - December 03, 2025
Backyard Renaissance delivers an exquisite reminder: we do not choose when the people we adore begin to fade, but we do get to decide how fiercely we hold them while they do.
First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards; 13 THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025
The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Write Out Loud To Present Two Holiday Experiences In December 2025
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2025
Write Out Loud will present two holiday programs in December 2025: HAUNTINGS OF THE HOLIDAY on December 13–14 and GIVING SEASON on December 15.
JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY to Return to McCallum in Palm Desert
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2025
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, the iconic Manhattan variety extravaganza, will return to the McCallum Theatre with an evening of musical brilliance, Broadway pizzazz, and the kind of showbiz surprises only Cast Party can deliver.
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Laura Benanti to Headline McCallum Theatre Gala
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2025
Broadway icon and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will take the stage at the McCallum Theatre for the Annual Gala 2025, joined by Laura Benanti.
Review: TO MY GIRLS at Diversionary Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 23, 2025
“To My Girls” has an excellent cast and direction, and what begins as a sun-drenched escape quickly turns into a messy, deeply funny excavation of chosen family, generational baggage, and the versions of ourselves we perform for the people who know us best.
ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2025
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups. The Top 15 includes...
Review: MASTER CLASS at Roustabouts And Scripps Ranch Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 22, 2025
'Master Class,' running through December 14 in a co-production between The Roustabouts Theatre Company and Scripps Ranch Theatre, revisits Maria Callas in the final chapter of her performing life; when her voice had faded, yet her fervor for her art had not.
Video: Opening Night with the Cast of WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2025
The cast of the new show WORKING GIRL, based on the 1988 movie, talks about the world premiere musical at La Jolla Playhouse on its opening night in a new video.
Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 15 Revealed
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2025
Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!
Review: WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 20, 2025
Based on the beloved 1988 film but modernized around the edges, “Working Girl” at the La Jolla Playhouse has big expectations and even bigger hair, but never quite hits the mark.
Interview: Berto Fernández And Giovanny Diaz De Leon of ¡CÓMO EL GRINCH ROBÓ LA NAVIDAD! at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 20, 2025
An Interview with Berto Fernández and Giovanny Diaz de Leon, who bring Old Max and Young Max to life ¡Cómo el Grinch robó la Navidad!' a world premiere Spanish language concert adaptation, “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” at The Old Globe.
Review: THE STRANGERS at Chalk Circle Collective
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 20, 2025
“The Strangers” is the kind of production that invites discussion; some will love its chaos, others may resist it, but Chalk Circle Collective handles its complexity with ambition and clarity.
Voting Open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards
by BWW Awards - November 18, 2025
Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards. The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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