La Jolla Playhouse Blog

As some of you may know, our world premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde is opening on November 10th. Our cast and crew have been working hard to bring the notorious outlaw couple’s story to the stage and we wanted to give you a little sneak peek at what is currently going on behind the scenes [...]

The British love to say they’re sorry. There is an extended gag in one scene of The 39 Steps where three British men stuck in a train compartment together cheerily apologize to one another anytime one of them attempts to enter or exit their claustrophobic confines. Does this longing for contrition on the part of [...]

The action of Restoration takes place over the course of a year, during which time art restorer Giulia performs a gentle cleaning on Michelangelo’s sculpture of David. Though the actual restoration strove to be “invisible” to visitors, our intrepid props department wanted Giulia’s work to be subtle yet noticeable to an audience. Which means that [...]

Anytime you produce a world premiere, it’s complicated. In addition to the typical work of getting a play ready for audiences (figuring out the actors’ blocking; line memorization; implementing the lighting, costume, scenic and sound designs to create a cohesive whole), there’s the extra wrinkle of the play being a work-in-progress; of having a playwright [...]

After two weeks of rehearsal in New York City, the Unusual Acts of Devotion company said goodbye to the city that inspired Terrence McNally’s play and traveled to La Jolla to enter a new phase of rehearsal.  At last we were all together in one rehearsal space in our very own Play Development Center with [...]

It’s a week later and Doris Roberts arrived today.  Finally, we are a full company!
We had a meet and greet with bagels (yes, New York bagels) and coffee. Michael Rosenberg, our new Managing Director, visited today and stayed for the first read-through.
It was amazing to listen to Doris read the part of Mrs. Darnell, the [...]

We began rehearsals two Mondays ago for Unusual Acts of Devotion in downtown New York City , which seems totally appropriate because the city is a major character in Terrence McNally’s newest play. I ran into him at the elevator before the first rehearsal he told me how excited he is about his rewrites and [...]

Welcome to BEHIND THE RED CURTAIN, the La Jolla Playhouse Blog!
Here, you will get a sneak peek at the behind-the-scenes action that takes place during the rehearsal process and performances of our many exciting projects. We’ll post rehearsal photos, video interviews with our shows’ creative teams, design renderings, entertaining anecdotes and anything else we happen [...]