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The Tony nominated, controversial musical "The Scottsboro Boys" is just one of the surprises in the newly announced season at The Old Globe. The theater in Balboa Park will stage four world premieres starting this fall. The Union-Tribune's theater critic Jim Hebert joins us to talk about the Globe's announcement. -
The Old Globe Theatre's new season includes Burt Bacharach, a Tony-nominated musical, and an irreverent comedy based on a reality show contestant. -
The nominations for the 2011 Tony Awards were announced today, and a swell of pride could be felt in San Diego once again. "Book of Mormon" sweeps and runner-up nominee, "The Scottsboro Boys," comes to San Diego next April. -
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Anna Deavere Smith's latest one-woman play focuses on the health care industry. Smith conducted over 300 interviews for a performance in which she portrays doctors, patients, and a host of recognizable names like former Texas Governor Ann Richards and cycling champion Lance Armstrong. -
An American developer hoping to build a golf course in a small Scottish town runs up against long-held beliefs about the supernatural. Tony Award-winning playwright Arthur Kopit and director Christopher Ashley join us to talk about the new comic farce "A Dram of Drummhicit," which gets a world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse. -
I saw "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" last night at San Diego Repertory Theatre. Today I called the prop designer to find out how she built all those 19th century vibrators. -
The Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Of The Dark" is fraught with disaster. The show’s complicated aerial work has left actors suspended in air and resulted in at least one serious injury. Lamb's Players is doing a show in which actors fly, though on a much smaller – and safer – scale. -
At Cygnet Theatre in Old Town, the clothes make the cabaret. Costume designer Shirley Pierson gives us a peek at the costumes being assembled for "Cabaret," the famed musical set in the burlesque bar known as the Kit Kat Club. -
Christopher Ashley is not - despite rumors - taking over the direction of the Broadway disaster that is "Spider-Man: Turn Out The Lights." If you were Ashley, would you take on a ship that has sunk so far?
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