DOUBLE DOSE OF NEIL SIMON TONIGHT
Two San Diego theaters will open plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon this evening. Scripps Ranch Theatre is staging Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” pictured, a semi-autobiographical family drama set in 1942 Yonkers, N.Y. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through June 11. LeglerBenbough Theatre, Alliant International University, 9783 Avenue of Nations, San Diego. $15-$42. (858) 395-0573, scrippsranchtheatre.org. Point Loma Playhouse presents “Rose & Walsh,” Simon’s final play, a romantic comedy about the enduring love story of two aging celebrated writers. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Through June 4. Point Loma Assembly, 3035 Talbot St., San Diego. $22. (619) 800-5497, pointlomaplayhouse.com
“Pandemusical Diaries”:
Loud Fridge Theatre Group presents William BJ Robinson’s solo musical play inspired by his isolation during the first year of the COVID-19 shutdown. The show premiered at the 2022 San Diego International Fringe Festival. 7 p.m. today and Saturday;
2 p.m. Sunday. Westminster Theatre, 3598 Talbot St., San Diego. $20 at the door. loudfridgecom/tpd
“Hay Fever”: For its 27th annual Free Classics Series, Coronado Playhouse presents this witty Noël Coward comedy about a vacationing couple’s holiday disrupted by unwanted guests. Opens tonight and runs through June 4. Showtimes
8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way, Coronado. Free, but reservations required. (619) 435-4856, coronadoplayhouse.org
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Grossmont College Theatre Arts presents William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy set in an enchanted fairy-filled forest.
7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays. Through May 27. Stagehouse Theatre, 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon. $10-$16. (619) 644-7234, stagehousetheatre.com
“The Children of Willesden Lane”:
The Shoah Foundation presents actorpianist Mona Golabek in her solo play that uses music to tell her mother’s story of survival as a teen Austrian Jewish refugee.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Epstein Family amphitheater, UC San Diego. Free, but registration required at https://bit.ly/3MAoRsC
“Murder on the Links”: North Coast Repertory Theatre presents the final weekend of Steven Dietz’s stage adaptation of an Agatha Christie murder mystery novel.
8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday;
2 p.m. Sunday. 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $54-$65. (858) 481-1055, northcoastrep.org