Marcela Lorca News Today

An original play about family, food and love is making its in-person debut at the Old Globe this weekend. “Stir” is a story that takes us back to the universal experience of the pandemic — to look at the challenges and beauty that came from it.

We have details on San Diego County’s budget for the next fiscal year. It will be bigger than this year’s spending plan. In other news, UC San Diego students continue their encampment in support of Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas War. Plus, an original play about family, food and love is making its in-person debut at the Old Globe this weekend.

This weekend in local arts and culture: Poetic Justice's self-portraiture and poetry exhibit; free museums; a play about cooking; AAPI fashion; Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ theater; ballet meets the stock market crash and more.

Melinda Lopez and Joel Perez co-wrote the play over Zoom during COVID lockdown, which is a central part of the show's plot

In a sign of an industry on the rebound, Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles is getting ready to announce a return of programming at the Mark Taper Forum, where production was paused last year while the organization went through a budget crunch. Additionally, following the casting of a Black actress in the role of Juliet, an upcoming West End production of Romeo and Juliet from the Jamie Lloyd Company started dealing with racist backlash online - we’ll show you how the company responded.

Plus: Private money to fund elections now banned in Wisconsin; Ten Thousand Things Theater artistic director steps down; and more.

Josh Rhodes will return to Asolo Repertory Theatre to direct "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Musical favorites as well as regional and world premiere works are included in the Florida company's upcoming season.

Plus: The Elaine Dame Trio at Crooners; a concert of staged opera scenes and arias at the Landmark Center; and Owámni: Falling Water Festival; Low Cut Connie at First Avenue; and more

As part of the theaters 30th year, it will bring back its writing workshop for underserved people.