Posts by Mark Burgess
The Cast Shines in North Coast Repertory Theatre’s “A View from the Bridge”
Life isn’t simple and humans suffer it with varying degrees of success. The Rep’s small stage could barely contain the presence of this troop of actors in the staging of…
Read MoreThe Old Globe’s “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT. 2b”: More Than Elementary Entertainment
Making fun of and celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes…
Read MorePart Two: The Globe’s Edelstein makes Globe history and conjures comedy, tragedy and history with Henry 6 Part Two
The Globe and its Artistic Director Barry Edelstein with a cast and crew of 1,000 – complete the Globe’s presentation of the Shakespearean canon with Henry VI Part 2
Read MorePart One: The Globe’s Edelstein makes Globe history and conjures comedy, tragedy and history with Henry 6 Part One
Mixing excellently timed comic moments with death and mal intentioned court intrigue, adapter and director Barry Edelstein deploys traditional 15th century garb, some late 20th century technology and even California beach slang …
Read MoreWelton Jones: Curtain Call
Our colleague friend and chief cheerleader at SanDiegoStory.com, Welton Jones, passed away this last December 2022. He is co-founder of Critics LLC, publisher of sandiegostory.com, along with Ken Herman, Bill Eadie, Kris Eitland and Mark Burgess. He wrote our site history (in the menu above) and published over 137 reviews since we debuted in July 2012.
Read MoreCome Fall In Love at the Old Globe, Literally
An exuberant celebration of the culture of India, the rush of falling in love and a universal story of young love colliding with tradition.
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