April 1:
“Lightning Crashes” at the Belly Up as Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk brings the sounds of the ’90s to the 21st century.
Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmermann makes her San Diego directing debut with The White Snake at the Old Globe Theatre during this imaginative staging of the Chinese fable (runs through April 26).
April 2:
More than 20 intricate and lifelike animal sculptures by world-renowned gemstone carvers, Gerd and Patrick Dreher, will be on exhibit at the Gemological Institute of America through October 2015.
Black Dolls, an exhibition of handmade African American dolls made between 1850 and 1940, is on display at the Mingei International Museum through summer 2015.
April 3:
ABBA takes theatregoers on a Greek island adventure in the hit musical Mamma Mia! at the Civic Theatre.
Ed Kowalczyk