San Diego arts roundup: Celebrating the music of a jazz legend

Also this week, Classic Arts Entertainment’s “Nutcracker,” the “Merrily We Roll Along” movie, Leland Sklar and more ...
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In 1981, Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily' was a flop -- now it's a hit

A filmed version of the live production of Merrily We Roll Along will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a 2024 interview with revival director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff.

Stephen Schwartz on His Two New ‘Wicked: For Good’ Songs and What They Say About America, Plus Spinoff Prospects: ‘I Might Be Participating in Other Visits to Oz’

Before moving on to the future, anyway, much of our conversation focused on just how much the songs of “Wicked” — the ...

The mind behind ‘Knives Out’ keeps pumping out capers. Here’s his secret.

Rian Johnson might strike you as a rock guy. “Knives Out,” his first Benoit Blanc whodunit, shared its title with a Radiohead ...