Joanna "JoJo" Levesque (Tess) and ensemble cast in "Working Girl" at La Jolla Playhouse (Photo by Rich Soublet II) The 1980s seem to be having a moment today. High-waisted jeans, oversized blazers and “Stranger Things”’ quantum leap from Netflix to Broadway are just some of the ways the pre-internet decade is infiltrating our digitally saturated consciousness. Enter the exuberant “Working Girl” — La Jolla Playhouse’s world-premiere musical based on the 1988 film by Kevin Wade

From left: Philip McNiven, Rick Batalla, Matt Walker and Chelle Denton in the Troubadour Theater Company’s production of “Die Heart: The Director’s Cut” at The Colony Theatre (Photo by Ashley Erikson) Like the return of double-breasted suits with shoulder pads, Polaroid cameras and boom boxes, the 1980s are back on stage, too, as the Troubadour Theater Company (affectionally known as the Troubies) brings us the latest iteration of one of its famous mashups of well-known stori

Cast of first national tour of "Stereophonic" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to produce a 1970s-era hit record, “Stereophonic” is the play that will take you there.   Written by David Adjmi and directed by Daniel Aukin, “Stereophonic” opened on Broadway in 2024 and received more Tony Award nominations than any other play to date, winning several, including Best Play.  Now at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre t