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ARTS TIX, San Diego's premier ticket outlet has your hot tickets to great entertainment, both full-price and our famous half-price tickets; and remember ARTS TIX is the ONLY discount ticket organization that gives 100% back to the arts! Purchase your tickets at the ARTS TIX Booth in Horton Plaza, at ARTS TIX North (open Monday through Friday) or online with ARTS TIX online.

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Friday's Half-price Tickets!

Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show
San Diego Repertory Theatre
at Lyceum Stage Theatre (Downtown)

Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz. Directed and Choreographed by Patdro Harris (Crowns) Winner - 3 Tony Awards® & New York Drama Critic's Circle Award. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most astonishing explosions of creativity in modern American history. Musical genius was onstage most every night at venues like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom. Clubs on Lennox Avenue were ablaze with stride piano players stunning the world with the new beat of "swing." And Fats Waller was the king of the street. Thirty unforgettable songs make this sassy and sexy dance and song hit parade one of the most entertaining musicals of our time!
Friday 8:00pm - $28.00 Available Now

The Busy World is Hushed
Diversionary Theatre (University Heights)

A complex look at why religion, faith and the human heart can't always be reconciled.
Friday 8:00pm - $13.50 Available Now

Cadenza: Mozart's Last Year
Vantage Theatre
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (Balboa Park)

A new look at the most famous tragedy in music history by Artist in Residence, Robert Salerno. At the height of his creative powers, Mozart is stricken by a horrible fatal illness. Now, it is a race against time to complete the work that means everything to him. Ever the creative genius, he confronts death on his own terms, aided by several unusual characters and a trip into the eleventh dimension of Modern Physics.
Friday 8:00pm - $13.50 Available Now

Deathtrap
GB Productions
at North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe (North Park)

Two-thirds a thriller and one-third a devilishly clever comedy, this popular play deals with the devious machinations of a writer of thrillers whose recent offerings have been flops and who is prepared to go to any lengths to improve his fortunes. Twists, turns and sudden shocks are in such abundance that the audience is held spellbound until the very last moment.
Friday 8:00pm - $10.00 Available Now

How I Learned to Drive
OnStage Playhouse (Chula Vista)

Note: Contains adult situations.

The story of the forbidden, sexually charged relationship between a young girl named Li'l Bit and her Uncle Peck. The intimate interaction between the two characters is portrayed as a series of "driving lessons," long journeys along the back roads of rural Maryland during the 1960's, near the home of Li'l Bit's eccentric and tacitly enabling family.
Friday 8:00pm - $10.00 Available Now

Jacobs' Masterworks-Brahms: Violin Concerto
San Diego Symphony
at Copley Symphony Hall (Downtown)

Note: Tickets for Friday's performance go off sale by 5:00pm the day of the show; tickets for Sunday go off sale by 3pm on Saturday.
Season Opener! Brahms' mighty "First Violin Concerto" performed by one the world's foremost violinists, Gil Shaham. Also: Beethoven revels in the splendor and storminess of the countryside, with "Symphony No. 6, Pastoral" and Lehár opens with a dance, "Gold and Silver Waltz." There is a Pre-Concert Talk that begins 45 minutes prior to the performance.
Friday 8:00pm - $27.00, 23.00 Available Now

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Young Actors' Theatre
at Sherwood Auditorium, MCASD (La Jolla)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show. Tickets go off sale by 5pm for evening shows and by noon for matinees.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's first full-length musical seamlessly blends a number of musical styles in its storytelling, including parodies of French ballads with "Those Canaan Days," an Elvis-inspired rock & roll "Song of the King," the country-western flavored "One More Angel In Heaven," a 1920's ragtime influenced "Potiphar," Caribbean rhythms of "Benjamin Calypso" and even disco with "Go, Go, Go Joseph." Performed entirely by the most talented students in San Diego, this thrilling and exciting musical will be an evening to remember! Outrageous costumes, energetic choreography, incredible singing, and scenic designs that will take you back to ancient Egypt turn this spectacular musical into entertainment perfectly suited for the entire family.
Friday 7:00pm - $11.50 Available Now

Man of La Mancha
Lyric Opera San Diego
at Birch North Park Theatre (North Park)

One of the great classics of the American musical stage comes to Lyric Opera San Diego for the first time. "The Impossible Dream," "Dulcinea," and "Little Bird, Little Bird" are just a few of the great musical moments from this award-winning show. Leon Natker leads the cast as Don Quixote, Knight of the Woeful Countenance.
Friday 7:30pm - $25.00 Available Now
 
Play It Again, Sam

Scripps Ranch Theatre (Scripps Ranch)

Note: Parental guidance suggested.
A laugh out loud comedy by Woody Allen about a shy, nerdy bachelor who acquires an unlikely spiritual guide to help him make his way through the world of dating.
Friday 8:00pm - $12.00 Available Now

The Turn of the Screw
Cygnet Theatre (College Area)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show.
Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to care for two recently orphaned children whom are haunted by their former governess and the sadistic valet. The young heroine is left to wonder; are the ghosts real, or are they the products of her fevered imagination? San Diego Premiere.
Friday 8:00pm - $14.50 Available Now

Where There's a Will... There's a Wake!

Mystery Café Dinner Theatre
at Imperial House Restaurant (Uptown)

Set in a 20's speakeasy with such notorious gangster era characters as Ignacious "Sonny" Shoeleone, the bright and handsome heir apparent to the family empire, unless his siblings have their way; Frankie "Two Times" O'Malley--a thug who repeats everything twice, maybe even murder? And Lotta " Boom-Boom" Kreskin, a chanteuse who predicts the future, which doesn't look bright for several characters in this zany plot filled with gangsters, games and dames. This show includes entree choices. See www.mysterycafe.net for details.
Friday 8:00pm - $34.75 Available Now

Friday's Full-price Tickets!
 
Seven Crimes
Sledgehammer Theatre
at Tenth Avenue Theatre (Downtown)

Sledgehammer Theatre opens their twenty-second season with "Seven Crimes," Sledgehammer's Halloween Spectacle! Graphic Celebration of Murder and Mayhem based on the Grand Guignol tragedies of 19th century Paris meets Sledgehammer's contemporary sensibilities. Costume contests, special events, guest murders! Crimes of passion, betrayal, insanity and lots of exquisitely staged gore help you celebrate the Halloween season in Grand Sledgehammer style.
Friday 8:00pm - Full $29.00, Stu/Sen/Mil $24.00 Available Now
Saturday's Half-price Tickets!

Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show
San Diego Repertory Theatre
at Lyceum Stage Theatre (Downtown)

Note: Tickets for the matinee go off sale by 12:30pm the day of the show.
Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz. Directed and Choreographed by Patdro Harris (Crowns. Winner - 3 Tony Awards® & New York Drama Critic's Circle Award. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most astonishing explosions of creativity in modern American history. Musical genius was onstage most every night at venues like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom. Clubs on Lennox Avenue were ablaze with stride piano players stunning the world with the new beat of "swing." And Fats Waller was the king of the street. Thirty unforgettable songs make this sassy and sexy dance and song hit parade one of the most entertaining musicals of our time!
Saturday 8:00pm - $29.50
  
Cadenza: Mozart's Last Year

Vantage Theatre
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (Balboa Park)

A new look at the most famous tragedy in music history by Artist in Residence, Robert Salerno. At the height of his creative powers, Mozart is stricken by a horrible fatal illness. Now, it is a race against time to complete the work that means everything to him. Ever the creative genius, he confronts death on his own terms, aided by several unusual characters and a trip into the eleventh dimension of Modern Physics.
Saturday 8:00pm - $13.50

Deathtrap
GB Productions
at North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe (North Park)

Two-thirds a thriller and one-third a devilishly clever comedy, this popular play deals with the devious machinations of a writer of thrillers whose recent offerings have been flops and who is prepared to go to any lengths to improve his fortunes. Twists, turns and sudden shocks are in such abundance that the audience is held spellbound until the very last moment.
Saturday 8:00pm - $10.00 Available Now

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Young Actors' Theatre
at Sherwood Auditorium, MCASD (La Jolla)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show. Tickets go off sale by 5pm for evening shows and by noon for matinees.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's first full-length musical seamlessly blends a number of musical styles in its storytelling, including parodies of French ballads with "Those Canaan Days," an Elvis-inspired rock & roll "Song of the King," the country-western flavored "One More Angel In Heaven," a 1920's ragtime influenced "Potiphar," Caribbean rhythms of "Benjamin Calypso" and even disco with "Go, Go, Go Joseph." Performed entirely by the most talented students in San Diego, this thrilling and exciting musical will be an evening to remember! Outrageous costumes, energetic choreography, incredible singing, and scenic designs that will take you back to ancient Egypt turn this spectacular musical into entertainment perfectly suited for the entire family.
Saturday 7:00pm - $11.50

Man of La Mancha
Lyric Opera San Diego
at Birch North Park Theatre (North Park)

One of the great classics of the American musical stage comes to Lyric Opera San Diego for the first time. "The Impossible Dream," "Dulcinea," and "Little Bird, Little Bird" are just a few of the great musical moments from this award-winning show. Leon Natker leads the cast as Don Quixote, Knight of the Woeful Countenance.
Saturday 7:30pm - $25.00 Available Now
 
Play It Again, Sam
Scripps Ranch Theatre (Scripps Ranch)

Note: Parental guidance suggested.
A laugh out loud comedy by Woody Allen about a shy, nerdy bachelor who acquires an unlikely spiritual guide to help him make his way through the world of dating.
Saturday 4:00pm - $12.00 Available Now
Saturday 8:00pm - $12.00

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Welk Resort Theatre (Escondido)

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes audiences on a singing, dancing, romancing musical ride back in time and drops them off smack dab in Manhattan in the midst of the Roaring Twenties.
Saturday 8:00pm - $28.00
 
Trolley Dances 2007

Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater
at Smart Corner, City College Trolley Station (Downtown)

Note: Tours begin at the new Smart Corner at the City College Trolley Station. Check in for your pass. Free to those using wheelchairs or children in strollers.
6 Sites, 5 Choreographers, 2 Weekends, 46 Dancers. San Diego's Best Annual Arts Event, San Diego Magazine, 2005. This year's Trolley Dances will begin at the City College trolley stop at Smart Corner. A one-of-a-kind ride to view site-specific dance installations along the San Diego Trolley Line in Downtown San Diego's diverse and revitalized East Village. (near Petco Park). Travel along the trolley line to the newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art at the Santa Fe Depot trolley stop. Choreographers include Yolande Snaith, John Diaz, Kyle Abraham, Jean Isaacs and Rande Dorn. Parking for $3 will be under the Smart Corner. Entrance on 11th Street. Tours begin at 11am and last for two hours, running every 45 minutes. The last tour is at 2:45pm.
Saturday - $16.50 Available Now

The Turn of the Screw

Cygnet Theatre (College Area)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show.
Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to care for two recently orphaned children whom are haunted by their former governess and the sadistic valet. The young heroine is left to wonder; are the ghosts real, or are they the products of her fevered imagination? San Diego Premiere.
Saturday 8:00pm - $14.50 Available Now

Where There's a Will... There's a Wake!
Mystery Café Dinner Theatre
at Imperial House Restaurant (Uptown)

Set in a 20's speakeasy with such notorious gangster era characters as Ignacious "Sonny" Shoeleone, the bright and handsome heir apparent to the family empire, unless his siblings have their way; Frankie "Two Times" O'Malley--a thug who repeats everything twice, maybe even murder? And Lotta " Boom-Boom" Kreskin, a chanteuse who predicts the future, which doesn't look bright for several characters in this zany plot filled with gangsters, games and dames. This show includes entree choices. See www.mysterycafe.net for details.
Saturday 8:00pm - $36.25

Saturday's Full-price Tickets!
 
Seven Crimes
Sledgehammer Theatre
at Tenth Avenue Theatre (Downtown)

Sledgehammer Theatre opens their twenty-second season with "Seven Crimes," Sledgehammer's Halloween Spectacle! Graphic Celebration of Murder and Mayhem based on the Grand Guignol tragedies of 19th century Paris meets Sledgehammer's contemporary sensibilities. Costume contests, special events, guest murders! Crimes of passion, betrayal, insanity and lots of exquisitely staged gore help you celebrate the Halloween season in Grand Sledgehammer style.
Saturday 8:00pm - Full $29.00, Stu/Sen/Mil $24.00 Available Now
Sunday's Half-price Tickets!
 
Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show

San Diego Repertory Theatre
at Lyceum Stage Theatre (Downtown)

Note: Tickets for the matinee go off sale by 12:30pm the day of the show.
Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz. Directed and Choreographed by Patdro Harris (Crowns. Winner - 3 Tony Awards® & New York Drama Critic's Circle Award. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most astonishing explosions of creativity in modern American history. Musical genius was onstage most every night at venues like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom. Clubs on Lennox Avenue were ablaze with stride piano players stunning the world with the new beat of "swing." And Fats Waller was the king of the street. Thirty unforgettable songs make this sassy and sexy dance and song hit parade one of the most entertaining musicals of our time!
Sunday 2:00pm - $28.00
Sunday 7:00pm - $24.00
 
The Busy World is Hushed
Diversionary Theatre (University Heights)

A complex look at why religion, faith and the human heart can't always be reconciled.
Sunday 7:00pm - $18.50 Available Now
 
Cadenza: Mozart's Last Year

Vantage Theatre
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (Balboa Park)

A new look at the most famous tragedy in music history by Artist in Residence, Robert Salerno. At the height of his creative powers, Mozart is stricken by a horrible fatal illness. Now, it is a race against time to complete the work that means everything to him. Ever the creative genius, he confronts death on his own terms, aided by several unusual characters and a trip into the eleventh dimension of Modern Physics.
Sunday 2:00pm - $13.50
Sunday 7:00pm - $13.50
 
Jacobs' Masterworks-Brahms: Violin Concerto

San Diego Symphony
at Copley Symphony Hall (Downtown)

Note: Tickets for Friday's performance go off sale by 5:00pm the day of the show; tickets for Sunday go off sale by 3pm on Saturday.
Season Opener! Brahms' mighty "First Violin Concerto" performed by one the world's foremost violinists, Gil Shaham. Also: Beethoven revels in the splendor and storminess of the countryside, with "Symphony No. 6, Pastoral" and Lehár opens with a dance, "Gold and Silver Waltz." There is a Pre-Concert Talk that begins 45 minutes prior to the performance.
Sunday 2:00pm - $27.00, 23.00 Available Now

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Young Actors' Theatre
at Sherwood Auditorium, MCASD (La Jolla)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show. Tickets go off sale by 5pm for evening shows and by noon for matinees.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's first full-length musical seamlessly blends a number of musical styles in its storytelling, including parodies of French ballads with "Those Canaan Days," an Elvis-inspired rock & roll "Song of the King," the country-western flavored "One More Angel In Heaven," a 1920's ragtime influenced "Potiphar," Caribbean rhythms of "Benjamin Calypso" and even disco with "Go, Go, Go Joseph." Performed entirely by the most talented students in San Diego, this thrilling and exciting musical will be an evening to remember! Outrageous costumes, energetic choreography, incredible singing, and scenic designs that will take you back to ancient Egypt turn this spectacular musical into entertainment perfectly suited for the entire family.
Sunday 2:00pm - $11.50

Trolley Dances 2007
Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater
at Smart Corner, City College Trolley Station (Downtown)

Note: Tours begin at the new Smart Corner at the City College Trolley Station. Check in for your pass. Free to those using wheelchairs or children in strollers.
6 Sites, 5 Choreographers, 2 Weekends, 46 Dancers. San Diego's Best Annual Arts Event, San Diego Magazine, 2005. This year's Trolley Dances will begin at the City College trolley stop at Smart Corner. A one-of-a-kind ride to view site-specific dance installations along the San Diego Trolley Line in Downtown San Diego's diverse and revitalized East Village. (near Petco Park). Travel along the trolley line to the newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art at the Santa Fe Depot trolley stop. Choreographers include Yolande Snaith, John Diaz, Kyle Abraham, Jean Isaacs and Rande Dorn. Parking for $3 will be under the Smart Corner. Entrance on 11th Street. Tours begin at 11am and last for two hours, running every 45 minutes. The last tour is at 2:45pm.
Sunday - $16.50
  
The Turn of the Screw

Cygnet Theatre (College Area)

Note: These are vouchers. Tickets can be picked up at the venue before the show.
Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to care for two recently orphaned children whom are haunted by their former governess and the sadistic valet. The young heroine is left to wonder; are the ghosts real, or are they the products of her fevered imagination? San Diego Premiere.
Sunday 2:00pm - $14.50 Available Now

Sunday's Full-price Tickets!

The Busy World is Hushed

Diversionary Theatre (University Heights)

A complex look at why religion, faith and the human heart can't always be reconciled.
Sunday 2:00pm - Full $33.00, Stu/Sen/Mil $29.00 Available Now  
  
Seven Crimes

Sledgehammer Theatre
at Tenth Avenue Theatre (Downtown)

Sledgehammer Theatre opens their twenty-second season with "Seven Crimes," Sledgehammer's Halloween Spectacle! Graphic Celebration of Murder and Mayhem based on the Grand Guignol tragedies of 19th century Paris meets Sledgehammer's contemporary sensibilities. Costume contests, special events, guest murders! Crimes of passion, betrayal, insanity and lots of exquisitely staged gore help you celebrate the Halloween season in Grand Sledgehammer style.
Sunday 7:00pm - Full $23.50, Stu/Sen/Mil $18.50, 25 and under $13.50 Available Now
Monday's Special Event!

La Jolla Symphony Young Artists Competition Winners
Athenaeum Mini-Concerts
at the Athenaeum (La Jolla)

Monday Noon - Free!

ADVANCE SALES!

Special Tickets and Offers!

Anchors Aweigh
Center Stage Players
at American Legion Hall (La Mesa)
Cygnet Theatre Company Flex Pack
Cygnet Theatre Company
North Coast Rep Passport
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Repeat Offender Pass
Sledgehammer Theatre
Sushi Membership
Sushi Performance and Visual Art

Advance Half-price Ticket Offers!

Hornblower Star of India Spectator Cruise
Hornblower Cruises & Events (Downtown)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Southwestern College School of Arts and Communication
at Mayan Hall Theatre (Chula Vista)
Side by Side by Sondheim
Coronado Playhouse (Coronado)
St. Nicholas
Cygnet Theatre (College Area)
The Turn of the Screw
Cygnet Theatre (College Area)
 
Advance Full-price Ticket Offers!

The Busy World is Hushed
Diversionary Theatre (University Heights)
Cabernet Series
The Chamber Music Ensemble Camarada
at Private Residence
Cadenza: Mozart's Last Year
Vantage Theatre
at Centro Cultural de la Raza (Balboa Park)
Disney's High School Musical
J*Company Youth Theatre
at David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre (La Jolla)
Fridays at St. Paul's Series
The Chamber Music Ensemble Camarada
at St. Paul's Cathedral (Uptown)
Gallery Series
The Chamber Music Ensemble Camarada
at Patrick Moore Gallery (Little Italy)
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Young Actors' Theatre
at Sherwood Auditorium, MCASD (La Jolla)
L'Enfance du Christ
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
at Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD (La Jolla)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Patio Playhouse Community Theatre (Escondido)
Medea
6th @ PENN Theatre (Hillcrest)
Mojalet & Rhythm Talk
Mojalet Dance Collective
at Poway Center for the Performing Arts (Poway)
Mojalet & Rhythm Talk
Mojalet Dance Collective
at Truax Theatre, El Camino High School (Oceanside)
Play It Again, Sam
Scripps Ranch Theatre (Scripps Ranch)
Seven Crimes
Sledgehammer Theatre
at Tenth Avenue Theatre (Downtown)
6th Annual Celebrity Sonnets
San Diego Shakespeare Society
at Old Globe Theatre (Balboa Park)
Spotlight Series 2008 -- The Masters
Mainly Mozart
at Neurosciences Institute (Torrey Pines)
Spotlight Series 2008 -- The Masters
Mainly Mozart
at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (Carlsbad)
Starting with light...
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
at Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD (La Jolla)
Sundays at Six Series
The Chamber Music Ensemble Camarada
at Neurosciences Institute (Torrey Pines)
Trolley Dances 2007
Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater
at Smart Corner, City College Trolley Station (Downtown)
Where There's a Will... There's a Wake!
Mystery Café Dinner Theatre
at Imperial House Restaurant (Uptown)
MUSICDANCETHEATRELIFE! Explore the richness and diversity of San Diego's performing arts scene! For the most comprehensive guide available to our area's outstanding variety of live performances, visit www.sandiegoperforms.com.
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