

High energy 'Working Girl' opens with 80s flair at La Jolla Playhouse
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, Nov. 14, 2025 Attitude, drive and touseled 80s hair reach new heights in Cyndi Lauper, Theresa Rebeck, and Christopher Ashley's new screen-to-stage adaptation of Working Girl , currently enjoying its debut at the La Jolla Playhouse. Based on the 1988 star-studded film of the same name, the musical's callbacks to the source material begin immediately with the opening scene aboard the Staten Island Ferry as Tess (Joanna “JoJo” Levesque), her best friend C


La Jolla Playhouse's 'The Heart' a Stirring New Work
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, Sept. 23, 2025 It is rare that I enter the theatre without any context whatsoever. After all, I work, live, and...


Your Local Theater Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again opens at the La Jolla Playhouse
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, November 24, 2024 La Jolla Playhouse is jumping into the holiday hullaballoo with their newest production, the...


La Jolla Playhouse Opens Stunning Coming of Age Story ‘Sumo’
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, Oct. 2, 2023 “Art can be very beautiful when you’re reaching into the other with humility and compassion,”...


Disillusionment Meets Literary Allusion in ‘The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical’
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, September 17, 2023 Contraceptives, literate children, funding for the arts, radical mercy, and weed. The demands...


Brilliant La Jolla Playhouse Iteration of Hinton’s ‘The Outsiders’ Elevates the Classic Story
By Cassiopeia Guthrie, March 6, 2023 Fans of the S.E. Hinton’s coming of age novel The Outsiders will want to be sure to catch the newest...


Interview: a joyful approach to love in 'As You Like It' at La Jolla Playhouse
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, December 5, 2022 Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As you Like It has been celebrated and performed since its...


Risky pandemic-era art pays off in Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord at La Jolla Playhouse
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, October 7, 2022 I remember stitching masks at my home sewing machine, one after another. I tried pleats, the Olson...


Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) y la experiencia humana e inmigrante
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, September 7, 2022 “If you don’t have the language, how does anyone know you?” Rogelio beseeches the audience, and...