THEATRE REVIEWS
Dance Rules in “Bob Fosse’s Dancin'”
Not entirely plotless, “Bob Fosse’s Dancin'” proceeds via light story lines created by Cilento and writer Kirsten Childs. They’re a mixed bag. A scene in a swanky night club—to “Sing, Sing, Sing,” played exuberantly by the 14-member orchestra—is a delight. Costumers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung put the women in sparkly flapper dresses for Fosse’s signature Erté moves. Other sections, like “Big City Mime,” about a hick encountering the temptations of big bad New York, feel like jokes that go on and on, and they weren’t very funny to begin with.
Read MoreNo Business Like Show Business in North Coast Rep’s ‘Forbidden Broadway’
The most poignant number dealt with theatre as a business…
Read MoreMystery at OnStage Playhouse Leads to Dark Reveals
Sometimes, it is best to go into a theatre not knowing much about the show’s plot. While many critics have discussed productions of The Other Place, in depth, that arguably takes away from the journey that the audience goes on with the main character, Juliana Smithton (Tina Machele Brown).
Read MoreEmotions Run Deep in Cygnet’s Great Staging of ‘Water…’
Drug addiction and war are two things that are difficult for many people to recover from. These topics are explored through characters attempting to overcome their inner demons in Cygnet Theatre’s terrific and riveting production of Water by the Spoonful.
Read MoreAbsent Lead Disrupts ‘Into the Woods’ Opening Night
Words are of consummate import in anything by Stephen Sondheim, and if one can’t hear the words all is lost…
Read More“Bhangin’ It” Brings Big Vision, Exuberant Dance to La Jolla Playhouse
“Bhangin’ It,” the world premiere musical that opened Sunday night, ignites when it brings Indian dance and music styles to the La Jolla Playhouse stage. The story by Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza takes on important themes: Who has the right to represent a culture, and how pure does that representation have to be?
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