Posts by Bill Eadie
‘Red Hot Lovers’: Too Adult for TV, Too Timid for Today
North Coast Repertory Theatre’s production does the play justice but also exposes some of its flaws….
Read MoreIon’s ‘The North Plan’ a Bromide for the ‘Alt-Left’
Jason Wells’ play, The North Plan debuted in 2012, but, in Ion Theatre’s production it seems to have been written just last week…
Read MoreSingers Wanted for InnerMission’s ‘Ordinary Days’
‘Ordinary Days’ is written as a 90-minute, no intermission, sung-through musical. Note: “sung-through.” Almost no dialogue. And, at best these are actors who sing, rather than singers who act…
Read MoreWhy ‘Come from Away’ Didn’t Win the Tony and Other Insights from New York
In which the author speculates about the San Diego-bred musical, ‘Come from Away,’ and the nature of the Tony Awards…
Read MoreTwo Solo Shows and a ‘Little Prince’ Adaptation at the Fringe
As the Fringe goes along, word starts to spread about some shows in particular. Two of the ones I saw Thursday and Friday came from recommendations, and the third looked like it might be worthwhile (and it was)…
Read MoreHandicapping the Fringe
Just when the San Diego International Fringe Festival seems like it’s becoming predictable it slides off in yet another direction, confounding expectations…
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