Rent – San Diego Story

Emotional Power of “Redwood’ Grows at the La Jolla Playhouse

By David Dixon | March 3, 2024 |

Idina Menzel (photos courtesy of Rich Soublet II).

Idina Menzel has such a distinct and powerful voice that it can be easy to forget that she is also an accomplished actor. Her acting, singing, and even climbing chops are on full display in the La Jolla Playhouse’s moving world premiere of the musical, Redwood.

Broadway SD’s ‘Rent’ Is Less a Musical Than a Concert — But Man, Those Tunes…

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 12, 2017 |

Tunes and text are supposed to play off each other as a Broadway musical unfolds. Frankly, the award-winning ‘Rent’ nails only half those components — but as the current Broadway San Diego entry proves, sometimes that’s enough.

San Diego Opera’s Favorite Villain Returns in ‘Tosca’

By Ken Herman | February 9, 2016 |

Bass baritone Greer Grimsley returns to San Diego Opera as Baron Scarpia in Puccini’s ‘Tosca,’ the company’s opening salvo in the 2016 season . . .