Posts by Bill Eadie
‘One in Two’ Keeps It Honest at Diversionary
Donja Love’s play, One in Two, intends to be disturbing – and it is…
Read MoreGood and Evil Get Confused in Moxie’s ‘The Mineola Twins’
Paula Vogel’s play, The Mineola Twins, imagines that identical twins can grow up different in one way: one’s stance on social and political issues is liberal, and the other’s is conservative…
Read More‘The Garden’ Begins Abbreviated Season at La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse has enjoyed an ongoing relationship with Charlayne Woodard, both as an actor and as a playwright. Her new play, as both playwright and actor,…is a layered beauty hiding in a deceptively simple premise.
Read MoreInspired by but Not About: The Old Globe’s ‘Gardens of Anuncia’
Michael John LaChiusa’s musical is not about Graciela Daniele per se. Rather, it sketches a small-scale vision of big themes.
Read MoreWelcome Live Theatre with Cygnet’s Delayed ‘La Cage’
In March 2020, Cygnet Theatre, reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, closed down its scheduled production of the musical version of La Cage Aux Folles. It’s been eighteen months before local theatre companies felt comfortable asking audiences to attend indoor theatre again…It’s been worth the wait.
Read MoreNorth Coast Rep Adds Audience with ‘Dancing Lessons’
North Coast Repertory is welcoming audiences back to indoor theatre, with a Mark St. Germain’s two-hander, ‘Dancing Lessons’. It’s a good choice for a new start.
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