Posts by Kris Eitland
Cuddly as a Cactus, Calloway Gives ‘The Grinch’ New Swagger
Watch for his hiccup-stroll across the stage in those too-tight shoes. He’s a giant in road-kill green fur…
Read MoreSqueezing Mozart, Debussy, and Hart into a Leotard
Pianist Rodney Girvin will play live on stage, which is a challenge and thrill…and pianists add their own interpretation, which is magic…
Read MoreHaunting, Cathartic ‘Healing Wars’ Hits Home
We pass a frantic man tied up in an attic. It was his family’s attempt to keep him out of the Civil War…
Read MoreDance Hybrid ‘In Your Arms’ Charms with Comic Vignettes
Click-clacking sounds of fingers on a keyboard trigger a surreal Parisian hallucination with a twirling pink ballerina, mime, and street artist. Eyes turn to the stage edge. “Oh my God, that’s…
Read MoreArts Radar: When it rains, it pours
You’ll need to study the website and camp in the woods at UC San Diego to catch everything at WoW…
Read MoreMany Firsts in PGK’s ‘The First Time’
Men and women on the rounded stage leaped in plaid skirts akin to naughty school girls. Lively is an understatement. The comic collision of traditional folk and modern dance became a Riverdance parody.
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