san diego theatre briefs
SAN DIEGO THEATRE WEEK The San Diego Performing Arts League was
founded 30 years ago, in an attempt to unify San Diego’s many and varied arts organizations. One of the many victims of the economic downturn and San Diego’s vastly changing cultural land- scape over the last few years, the organization has finally found its footing
again...Literally. The shining example of that is the soon-to-be-open ArtsTix Box Office, located in the nearly complete Horton Plaza Park downtown. The other bright spot on their horizon, is in the newly organized San Diego Theatre Week, taking place from Monday, February 22 through Sunday, Febru- ary 28. The event highlights over three dozen performing arts organizations such as, Broad- way/San Diego, Diversionary Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and The Old Globe, a few of the many who have signed on for offerings that include special promotions, ticket discounts, concession offers and cast talkbacks. As D. Candis Paule is quoted as saying, “Just as Restaurant Week is a week for foodies to explore new culinary options while saving money, our vision is that audience members will take advantage of the opportunity to discover new theatre companies and unfor- gettable, arts experiences.” For tickets and more information, go to
sandiegotheatreweek.com.
GUARDS AT THE TAJ La Jolla Playhouse is bringing Pulitzer Prize finalist
Rajiv Joseph’s (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), black comedy, Guards at the Taj, from Tuesday, February 2 through Sunday, February 28. The play marks Associ- ate Artistic Director Jaime Castañeda’s directorial debut at the Playhouse, and of it says Playhouse Artistic Direc- tor Christopher Ashley. “Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj is a wickedly dark and comic play that tackles complex questions of power, beauty and injustice. Jaime’s first show at the Playhouse is not only a perfect cap to our 2015/2016 season, it’s also our opportunity to introduce Playhouse audiences to an extraordinary director work- ing with a playwright at the top of his game.”Guards at the Taj is the story of two average men swept up by the beauty, carnage and injustice surrounding one of the most famous wonders of the world. For tickets and more information, call 858.550.1010 or go
tolajollaplayhouse.org.
SUGAR The Coronado Playhouse is offering San Diego
THE METROMANIACS Lucky for us, one of theatre’s most supremely
THE BOOK OF MORMON The Civic Theatre in downtown San Diego is “bear-
ing witness” once again, from Tuesday, February 23 through Sunday, March 6. Come and join our two young missionaries, Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, as they journey to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong dedication to his faith, while his partner, Elder Cunningham, is a socially awkward but well meaning nerd whose tendency to embroider the truth soon lands him in trouble. Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and Cunningham learn that in a soci- ety plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, a successful mission may not be as easy as they expected. For tickets and more information, call 619.564.3000 or go
tobroadwaysd.com.
clever playwrights, David Ives (All in the Timing, Time Flies) is premiering his latest poetry-infused comedy, The Metromaniacs at The Old Globe theatre! The play, presented in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company and directed by one of America’s most renowned stage directors, Michael Kahn, runs through Sunday, March 6, is an uproarious new “translaptation” of a classic French farce, La Métromanie by Alexis Piron. It’s 18th-century Paris and poets are the rock stars of the day. Young people have gone métromanie— crazy for poetry—Damis is no exception and has his own serious case of verse-mania. He falls in love with his favorite poetess, not knowing that his idol is actually a middle-aged gentleman writing under a pen name! Be sure to also take in the two free public weekend poetry events coinciding with Metromaniacs on Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14 as part of The Globe’s Subject Matters series. For tickets and more information, call 619.234.5623 or go
totheoldglobe.org.
some Sugar... It’s not of the sweetener variety, however. The form it’s taking is in the award- winning musical staged in 1972, based on the classic film Some Like it Hot, shot at the San Diego landmark Hotel Del Coronado, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. You’ll rec- ognize the theme if you’ve seen the film; it’s the madcap musical adventure of two unemployed musicians, who witness Chicago’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1931. In order to escape town and to avoid being “rubbed-out,” they disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band leaving for an engagement in Miami Beach. It’s a madcap, zany musical with beautiful music, a toe-tapping score and beautiful women (okay, some might be questionable). Sugar is at the Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way through Sunday, March 6, with a Tequila Tasting pre- show mixer onThursday, February 4!
For tickets and more information, call 619.435.4856 or go
tocoronadoplayhouse.com.
FEBRUARY 2016 | RAGE monthly 53
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