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What the World Needs Now

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Rob Fisher, music director and piano, is joined by vocalists Ross Lekites and Bianca Marroquin to proclaim what "there’s just too little of...love, sweet love."

Henry 6 Part One: Flowers and France

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

The plays chronicle two ruling families of medieval England, the Yorks and the Lancasters, as they fight each other in a civil war known as the Wars of the Roses. […]

Henry 6 Part Two: Riot and Reckoning

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

The plays chronicle two ruling families of medieval England, the Yorks and the Lancasters, as they fight each other in a civil war known as the Wars of the Roses. […]

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Part memoir, part manifesto about the rise of a superstar, inspired by Sasha Velour’s own origin story and the history of Drag.

VELOUR: A DRAG SPECTACULAR

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Created by groundbreaking drag artist Sasha Velour and legendary theatre artist Moisés Kaufman, Velour: A Drag Spectacular is a sweeping, coming-of-age tale that intertwines the radical history of drag and […]

Primary Trust

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Kenneth, a 36-year-old bookstore worker in a small upstate New York town, spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar with his best friend Bert. When he’s […]

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

Tony Award-nominated playwright Ken Ludwig reimagines Agatha Christie's Orient on the Express. Enter world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, who must navigate a train full of suspects and solve the murder before […]

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Cygnet Theatre 4040 Twiggs St., San Diego, United States

A satirical tribute to the science fiction and B-list horror movies of the 20th century, the show centers around two naïve lovers, Brad and Janet. Stripped of inhibitions – and […]

The Importance of Being Earnest

Lamb's Players Theatre 1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado, United States

Lamb’s Players Theatre produces Oscar Wilde’s brilliant comic masterpiece about two men who assume the identity of a fictional man named Ernest and the journey, the love and the challenges […]

Amos Lee & Indigo Girls

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

AEG/Goldenvoice presents Amos Lee and Indigo Girls live for an evening of hits and singalongs.

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

Famed vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and her motley crew chase Count Dracula around the English countryside in a madcap race to save his innocent victims

Classic Albums Live Performs Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours at The Rady Shell

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Classical Albums Live performs Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, their eleventh studio album released in 1977, note for note, cut for cut. Enjoy live performances of their immortal classics like "The Chain," […]

Experience Hendrix

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

The Experience Hendrix Tour evokes the era when artists treated each performance as a unique interaction with their audience. Jimi Hendrix called this his ‘Electric Church.’ The Experience Hendrix Tour […]

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical

Ocean Side Theatre 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, United States

The West Coast Premiere of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical  written by Jonathan Hogue and directed by Kevin “Blax” Burroughs offers a hilarious, fun-filled romp into the supernatural world of […]

Resurrection

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Soprano Angela Meade and Mahler interpreter Anna Larsson join forces with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra for three performances of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the centerpieces of the holiday season in San Diego. A whimsical musical based on the classic Dr. Seuss book, Dr. […]

Your Local Theater Presents …

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Anna Ouyang Moench’s comedic and moving new play is a love letter to actors, artists and dreamers of all professions who make sacrifices large and small in service of their […]

Tres Minutos

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Inspired by a real program that reunites families separated by immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico Border, but only for three minutes, Tres minutos by composer Nicolás Lell Benavides and librettist […]

A Tribute to Ella, Billie and Sarah

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

SDSO pays tribute to three of the most iconic divas in all of jazz—Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

Leslie Odom, Jr.—The Christmas Tour

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Multi-faceted performer recognized for his work on Broadway (Hamilton), television and film, Leslie Odom, Jr. is a Tony, Grammy and Emmy award nominee. He brings a night of holiday hits […]

Manny and the Wise Queens

Ocean Side Theatre 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA, United States

The first full staging of Manny and the Wise Queens by Idris Goodwin Gift-bearing travelers find themselves in the attic of Manny, a depressed recent high school graduate, who has […]

Two Concertos: Barnatan Plays Shostakovich

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Music Director Rafael Payare leads pianist Inon Barnatan in a program that highlights the humorous side of classical music in works by Richard Strauss and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

This holiday season, Mays will return to The Old Globe after his San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award–winning performance in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder in 2013. He […]

VOCTAVE – It Feels Like Christmas

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

This holiday spectacular features holiday favorites from Voctave’s chart-topping a cappella album. This a cappella sensation has had over 160 million social media views of their videos and has appeared […]

ELF™ in Concert

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

The charm and magic of John Debney’s magical score from the Christmas film, Elf, is performed by a live symphony orchestra set to the movie played on big screen in […]

Cocktail Hour

The Ritz , 301 E. Grand Ave., Escondido, CA, United States

Celebrate New Year’s Eve in style with The Rat Pack at the Ritz on Grand.

The Heart Sellers

North Coast Rep 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr Suite D, Solana Beach, CA, United States

The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh makes its San Diego premiere at North Coast Repertory. It is a portrayal of intelligent, curious and creative immigrant women navigating the challenges of […]

Busoni’s Violin Concerto

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Daniele Rustioni makes her San Diego Symphony debut to lead a program of Italian-themed works beginning with Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture. Violinist Francesca Dego also makes her Symphony debut performing […]

Orchestral Evolution: Childs’ Premiere and Beethoven’s Eroica

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

The program begins with the World Premiere of LA-born, Grammy award winning composer Billy Child’s Concerto for Orchestra and ends with Beethoven’s Eroica symphony. Pianist Alexander Malofeev also takes the […]

Symphonic Journeys: Strauss, Walton, Brahms

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Music Director Rafael Payare conducts the Symphony in Strauss’ powerful tone poem along with William Walton’s beautifully lyrical and nostalgic Viola Concerto with Chi-Yuan Chen on viola. The concert ends […]

Empty Ride

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

A major new American play that first launched in the 2024 Powers New Voices Festival. Kisa, a painter in Paris, returns to her small Japanese hometown after the 2011 tsunami […]

MTT’s Street Songs and Winter Daydreams

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Beloved American conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas makes his SDSO debut in this special program that opens with his own Street Song for Symphonic Brass. Rising star pianist Parker […]

3 Summers of Lincoln

La Jolla Playhouse 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

It is the summer of 1862 and President Lincoln must find a way to end the Civil War. This new musical tells the inspirational story in our nation's history. Mandell […]

What the Constitution Means to Me

North Coast Rep 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr Suite D, Solana Beach, CA, United States

This emotionally charged theatrical event explores the U.S. Constitution’s significance in contemporary America and the impact is has on individuals and society as a whole. This Tony-nominated and Pulitzer Prize […]

Vänskä Conducts Sibelius and Beethoven

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä is a leading authority on the music of Jean Sibelius, having recorded all seven of the composer’s symphonies. On this program, he leads the Symphony first […]

Mother Goose, Symphonic Dances and More

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Conductor Matthias Pintscher begins the concert with the beautiful glittering colors of Ravel’s Mother Goose, And Alexi Kenney makes his Symphony debut with his interpretation of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. […]

The Wonders We Carry Inside

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz curates an evening of music honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present.

Koh Plays Mendelssohn

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Grammy award-winning Jennifer Koh unites with young Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli’s animated direction for a night of classical music that is sure to inspire and challenge the status quo.

Jan Lisiecki in Recital: “Preludes”

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Jan Lisiecki performs a program of preludes on the Jacobs Music Center stage, treating the audience to dozens of succinct, characterful works by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski and […]

The Princess Bride in Concert

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Now for the first time, composer Mark Knopfler’s unforgettable score has been specially arranged for San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Missing this cinematic concert experience would be inconceivable!  

From the Depths: Lu Leads Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Conductor Tianyi Lu opens her concert with the self-standing first movement of Gareth Farr’s From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs. The distinguished soloist will be the English pianist […]

True West

Divisionary Theatre 4545 Park Blvd., San Diego, United States

Step into the raw and riveting world of Sam Shepard’s True West where the blistering heat of the California desert mirrors the searing tensions between estranged brothers, Austin and Lee. […]

Alisa Weilerstein: Fragments 3

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

In FRAGMENTS 3, the third installment of this groundbreaking performance series for solo cello performed by Alisa Weilerstein, new works are woven together with Johann Sebastian Bach’s third cello suite, […]

Peril in the Alps

North Coast Rep 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr Suite D, Solana Beach, CA, United States

Peril in the Alps is a world premiere Hercule Poirot comic mystery based in part on “Poirot Investigates” by Agatha Christie. The twin sister of Captain Hasting’s wife, Dulcie, has […]

When the Saints Go Marching In

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

The spirit of good times roll in with Mardi Gras spirit with music made famous by Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. Byron Stripling, Sydney McSweeney and […]

La Traviata

San Diego Civic Theatre 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, United States

Verdi’s timeless masterpiece, and one of the most beloved operas of all time, transports you to 19th-century Paris where Violetta Valéry, a courtesan, falls in love with the young nobleman […]

Weilerstein and Payare Perform Chin and Bruckner

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

South Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto is taken up by San Diego Symphony’s own Alisa Weilerstein and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, described as a cathedral in sound, is led […]

House of India

The Old Globe 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, United States

A once-successful restauranteur has bills piling up and she must choose: hold on to her late husband’s vision or compromise in the name of progress. This heartwarming world premiere comedy […]

Elegant to Epic: Saint-Saëns and Shostakovich

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Considered one of the finest pianists of today, Jean-Yves Thibaudet takes the Jacobs Music Center stage to perform his acclaimed interpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns' final piano concerto. Then Rafael Payare […]

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