La JoLLa Light
Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913
Vol. 99 Issue 29 • July 21, 2011
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Playhouse pulls a ‘super’ switcheroo Light Staff Des McAnuff is coming back to La Jolla — for one production. The former artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, who is now the artistic director at the Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, will bring its acclaimed production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” to the Mandell Weiss Theatre Nov. 18 through Dec.31. The production, featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew
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Lloyd Webber, will replace “Finding Neverland,” which was to have been produced by Los Angeles-based Weinstein Live Entertainment. “While our partner … elected not to go forward with the planned production at the Playhouse, it has given us the opportunity to share Des McAnuff’s stunning revival of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ with our audiences,” La Jolla Playhouse’s artistic director Christopher
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Local surfers Gary Seagraves and Taylor Butz just finished a documentary about the surfing culture and personalities at their favorite haunt: WindanSea. The 30-minute documentary “Nightmare on Neptune,” chronicles the La Jolla surf world and stars legends from its past and present. Read all about it in Lifestyles on B1.
By Dave SchwaB Staff Writer Rosemary Murrieta, a Del Mar Coldwell Banker residential broker who’s had extensive experience with nonprofits, has been selected as the new executive director by the board of the La Jolla Village Merchants Associarosemary tion (LJVSMA). Murrieta Terms of her contract were being finalized and it had not yet been signed at press time. A USC grad from the Marshall
School of Business, whose family founded the Riverside County city of Murrieta, she spent 11 years as a fundraiser for National Jewish Health. She also has worked as an event planner. Phil Coller, LJVMA president, said the new business improvement district’s (BID’s) board at its July 13 meeting approved a motion to negotiate a contract with Murrieta, which he expects to be finalized by the end of this week. Murrieta, said Coller, was chosen from a field of six finalists.
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