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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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A wealthy African American family gathers at their vacation home in Martha's Vineyard and like at any family gathering, drama and comedy ensue. We'll talk with Lydia Diamond about her play "Stick Fly" opening at Mo'olelo. A professor of black studies joins the conversation to discuss issues facing the black bourgeoisie in America. -
The Tony Award-winning team behind "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" bring their latest project, a musical based on the film "Little Miss Sunshine", to the La Jolla Playhouse. We'll talk with playwright and director James Lapine and two of the actors, including the young actress playing Olive. -
"Superior Donuts" may not be profound stuff, but it is a funny, touching play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Encinitas actor and Old Globe veteran Robert Foxworth talks about his role as the owner of an uptown Chicago donut shop. -
An audience of mostly women gathered at the 10th Avenue Theater last night to hear a staged reading of letters written to Michelle Obama by African American women from all over the world. The letters were selected from the book "Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady." -
Over 100 African-American women have written letters to Michelle Obama on the occasion of her historic entry into the White House. Those letters are gathered in a book called "Go, Tell Michelle." A staged reading of "Go, Tell Michelle" takes place tonight in San Diego. We'll talk with the book's editors. -
Cygnet Theatre's first world premiere was written by local playwright and screenwriter Stephen Metcalfe. The Tragedy of Commons is about a 60-something blogger who fights to preserve his home's ocean view. We'll talk with Metcalfe and Francis Gercke about developing and staging the play set in San Diego.
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