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At LJ Playhouse, a Low-Profile Family of Local Assassins Makes a Mistake

By Welton Jones | August 7, 2017 |

What could go wrong in a small local business that kills people for hire and keeps the profits in the community? Well, there is the ‘oops’ potential, as Mat Smart shows in his new play ‘Kill Local,’ now premiering at the La Jolla Playhouse.

SummerFest Concert Spotlights Gems from Eastern Europe at UC San Diego

By Ken Herman | August 6, 2017 |

Saturday’s, August 5, SummerFest program at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall offered four stellar pianists, the exciting Miró Quartet, and the wonderful Russian soprano Lyubov Petrova . . .

Opera NEO’s Francesco Cavalli Revival Makes Quite a Splash in San Diego

By Ken Herman | August 5, 2017 |

On Friday, August 4, 2017, San Diego’s Opera NEO opened its production of Francesco Cavalli’s “Il Giasone” from 1649 at the Palisades Presbyterian Church . . .

The Chemistry Gets Steamy in Michael Mizerany’s “ManTrap”

By Janice Steinberg | August 5, 2017 |

What does it mean to be a man? It’s a big question, and Michael Mizerany explores it with depth, wit, and steamy sensuality in “ManTrap,” running this weekend at Diversionary Theatre.