Posts by Cassiopeia Guthrie
History Comes Alive Onstage with Oceanside’s Billie! Backstage with Lady Day
One part exposé, one part jazz show, and one part history lesson, Billie! Backstage with Lady Day brings iconic performer Billie Holiday to life at Oceanside’s Brooks Theater
Read MoreSequins, stilettos, and stars overhead (and on stage) grace Moonlight’s final 2022 show, Kinky Boots
With music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper (yes, THAT Cyndi Lauper) and book by Harvey Fierstein, this show brings all of the zhuzh, vibrancy, and glitter you’d expect, with a healthy dose of sexy sass.
Read MoreIf you “let the people decide,” they’ll doubtless call Scripps Ranch’s The Outsider the winner
From the first beat of the pre-show announcement to the very last scene, get ready to laugh your way all the way out of the governor’s office with Scripps Ranch Theatre’s newest offering, The Outsider
Read MoreVisually stunning crowd-favorite The Lion King plays at the Civic through Sept. 11
Delicious pageantry, athletic choreography, robust costumes, life-size puppets… the visually stunning The Lion King has it all. Returning to the Civic through Sept. 11, this is a show you won’t want to miss.
Read MoreLess-than-simple pleasures are at play in Moxie’s The Pleasure Trials
What is pleasure exactly… and what are we willing to do or compromise to capture it? These questions – and more – are highlighted in Sarah Saltwick’s new play The Pleasure Trials
Read MoreHere There Are Blueberries explores the chilling layers of the perpetrators of Auschwitz
“I know I couldn’t have been a Mengele… or a Höcker… but could I have been a Helferinnen?” The audience leaves asking themselves that same question of complicity following La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere Here There Are Blueberries, running through August 21.
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