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Guide to Halloween and fall activities, haunted houses, Oktoberfest and other spooky festivities throughout San Diego CountyThis Andrew Lloyd Webber dance-centric musical, inspired by T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” returns next week for its 12th visit to the San Diego Civic Theatre.
Since its 1981 premiere in London’s West End, the musical about a group of junkyard cats gathering for an annual ball has been seen by more than 75 million people in more than 30 countries and 15 languages. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Sept. 30; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct 1; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2. San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., San Diego. $35.50 and up. Kristina Wong, costumed for her solo play “Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,” plays Sept. 20-Oct. 16 at La Jolla Playhouse.Performance artist Kristina Wong presents her Pulitzer Prize finalist solo play about her real-life experience marshalling an army of 800 volunteers to sew nearly 400,000 face masks during the pandemic. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays. 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Through Oct. 16. Potiker Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, UC San Diego Theater District, La Jolla. $25 to $80. 550-1010.Palomar Performing Arts will present the first fully staged production of nonbinary playwright Natalie Ann Valentine’s new play about a gender-fluid barista who begins experiencing their past, present and future while flying on a one-way trip to Mars, as the Earth falls into climate collapse. Opens Friday and runs through Oct. 9. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays. 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Howard Brubeck Theatre, Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Ave., San Marcos. $10-$15. 744-1150, Ext. 3997.“Kinky Boots”: Moonlight Stage Productions closes its summer season with the final weekend of performances of this film-inspired musical about an English shoe factory that strikes it rich making platform boots for drag queens. 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Moonlight Amphitheatre, Brengle Terrace Park, 1250 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista. $8 to $56. 724-2110.This weekend event opens Thursday and bills itself as the largest gathering of Southern California Steampunks, sponsored by the San Diego Speculative Fiction Society Inc. Besides craft workshops, special presentations, vendors and a Maker Room, the theme of “Haunted Holidays” will be reflected in seances, a miniature haunted house, a Dia de Los Muertos, and other Gothic fun. Guest appearances Friday and Saturday by Lady Mechanika’s creator and artist, Joe Benitez and Marcia Chen. Other events include steam-powered karaoke, teapot racing, a Saturday night ball and a Sunday morning swap meet. 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, and 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, 8757 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego. Tickets from $15 to $70; discounts for educators, military, seniors and students.Enjoy live music, German food and beer at this Munich-inspired festival. Get a biergarten pass for $5 and bring your kids for free. There will also be games including beer stein races, a keg haul and tug-o-war. A “Craft Faire” will feature local artisans and vendors and the “German Kinder Karneval” will feature a Ferris wheel, inflatables, a scavenger hunt and more. All pets are welcome.LaMesaOktoberfest.orgMúsica en la Plaza features Mariachi Garibaldi, which will perform a tribute to famed Mexican singer Vicente “Chente” Fernandez, who sold more than 65 million albums of rancheras and other Mexican classics. A food truck will be onsite and beverages available in the Lobby bar. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Lyric Court, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Free, but reserve tickets atTurnkey Theatre presents Paula Vogel’s memory play about a family’s fateful Christmas Eve gathering, told using Japanese Noh and Buraku puppet and mask theater traditions. 7:30 p.m. Friday. 2 p.m. Sunday. Don Powell Stage, Dramatic Arts Building, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego.North Coast Repertory Theatre presents the final weekend of this world premiere of Richard Strand’s play about a couple whose lives are changed in a positive way after they take a wrong turn on the way to their 20th wedding anniversary getaway. 8 p.m. Friday. 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $54-$65. 481-1055.Enjoy live music, bingo, a beer garden, activities for children, food, dancing and more at this Oktoberfest event.stelizabethjulian.org/oktoberfest-2022San Diego Musical Theatre present this off-Broadway doowop horror spoof about a skid row flower shop clerk who discovers a unique houseplant that thrives on human blood. Opens Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 30. Showtimes 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. The SDMT Stage, 4650 Mercury St., San Diego. $40-$75. 560-5740,
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