THEATRE REVIEWS
Somewhere, the Phantom’s Still At The Opera
So they say ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ has grossed over $6 billion worldwide, beating even blockbuster movies. And it’s still going strong in London and New York. But there apparently is still business in U.S. touring, even for a trimmed down version with a chandelier less than menacing.
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 MoreCygnet Theatre’s Coward Shows: One Down, One to Go
Noel Coward once said that he didn’t look at himself through anybody’s eyes but his own. That’s the mark of an absolutely transcendent farceur — and with a few exceptions, Cygnet Theatre Company proudly presents him as he is in a double bill.
Read More‘Mañana’ Gets a Vigorous Premiere at the REP
Elizabeth Irwin’s play, My Mañana Comes, now being given a vigorously good West Coast premiere at San Diego REPertory Theatre, likes to wear its heart on its sleeve. Until it doesn’t. And, therein lies the rub…
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 MoreVreeland and Ruehl at the Old Globe, A Study in Scarlet
Broke, fired and 70, the legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland must choose between obscurity and a job in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mercedes Ruehl prowls like a panther through the story at the Old Globe…
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