THEATRE REVIEWS
Evan Hansen Gropes For the Truth
One moment, he’s invisible. The next, he’s an internet star. And it’s all a lie.
Read More2019: Good Year for Small Theatre Companies
When I was younger, I generally saw musicals and plays in San Diego at The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre and San Diego Civic Theatre. My, how times have changed!
Read MoreA Decade of Theatre in San Diego
January 1, 2020, marks the start of a new decade. Looking back, I notice that I have been reviewing theatre in San Diego for more than ten years. It seems appropriate to consult what I’ve written and see, what has changed about San Diego theatre. So, instead of summarizing 2019, I’m returning to 2010 and working my way forward to the present.
Read MoreWonderfully Hilarious Visit to Santaland
Diversionary Theatre’s excellent “Legacy Revival Production” of The Santaland Diaries is a dark comedy for adults that takes shots at, while honoring, the Christmas season in equal measure. Adapted by Joe Mantello from a David Sedaris semi-autobiographical essay, an unemployed thirty something gay actor in the 1990’s, briefly referred to as David (Wil Bethmann), decides to become a seasonal department store elf at Macy’s.
Read More‘A Christmas Story’ Sands the Rough Edges off of Jean Shepherd’s America
The town is a loser place (you can tell because the junior high school is named for Warren G. Harding). Nevertheless, Shepherd’s phrase that captures its character is succinct: “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid,” That phrase echoes over and over in San Diego Musical Theatre’s splashy and funny holiday show for the whole family, A Christmas Story…
Read MoreScrooge Shows Up For the Holidays, Just Next Door to Globe’s Grinch
It’s Christmastime, there’s an empty stage at the Old Globe… Can Scrooge be far behind?
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