The Making of Motown Records

From Jersey Boys to Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, there have been numerous recent jukebox musicals that have chronicled the lives of popular artists. What makes Motown: The Musical an anomaly, is that the production is a rare example where the book was written by the man largely responsible for the events on stage.

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Nature Surviving in San Diego

Less than a year has passed since Circle Circle dot dot became the residential theater company at the La Jolla Playhouse. The newest play from the group, Wrenegades: An Ecological Adventure, is the last show to premiere before their deal with the Playhouse ends.

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Incorporating Reality in Musical Theatre

William Finn’s musical-comedies, such as Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Little Miss Sunshine, mix sardonic wit with unabashed heart. The Diversionary Theatre’s staging of the Off-Broadway show, A New Brain, contains those ingredients, plus it is autobiographical.

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Come to the Cabaret in Escondido

Two years ago, the Welk Resort Theatre produced a hit staging of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb’s musical, Chicago. So of course it makes total sense that the director/choreographer of that version, Ray Limon, would now tackle one of Kander and Ebb’s other dark classics, Cabaret.

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