Posts by Mark Burgess
The Shrewdness of “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Old Globe
The Old Globe’s “Taming of the Shrew” is a roaring romantic good time – with actors, able comic actors all, amplifying whatever ribaldry and comedy Shakespeare left open in the text, but serving a sincere and moving portrait of the genuine joining of two souls.
Read More“I Hate Hamlet”: Of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy!
Love Shakespeare’s Hamlet? Hate it? Never seen or read it? If you enjoy live theater, go see “I Hate Hamlet”, prepare to laugh and maybe reflect a little on life.
Read More“Desert Rock Garden” Makes Personal the Japanese Internment Camps of World War Two
The military focused on a population of over 100,000 Japanese to parse out of the their lives and plant them in desert camps. Playwright and San Diego resident Roy Sekigahama skipped past the politics to focus on relationships.
Read MoreA Pandemic Flip of Art and Audience
What makes live performance or live exhibition different is the immediacy of the experience. Watching someone play a concerto, recite a sonnet, enact a dramatic scene – even view a painting up close – has magic that pre-recorded versions do not.
Read More5th Consecutive Year: SanDiegoStory.com Awarded Best Entertainment Website in San Diego
San Diego, CA October 29, 2019 – For the fifth year in a row, the San Diego Press Club awarded “Websites: Entertainment Site” to our very own SanDiegoStory.com. Judged by 11 other press clubs from around the country, this award comes with a very credible objectivity and focus on the quality of the work. The…
Read MoreTesting Facebook
Testing Mark BurgessWith a Creative Writing degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the University of San Diego and years of website experience, Mr. Burgess supports this site with technical and publishing expertise and pretty much really enjoys working with everyone associated with it. Read more…More Posts – Website – Twitter -…
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