THEATRE REVIEWS
Fresh Talent Fuels a Strong Music Story
Some entertaining musicals over the past few years have focused, not on stars, but on the people behind them, those who helped make them successful. Motown: the Musical, for instance, was about Berry Gordy, while Million Dollar Quartet paid respect to Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records.
Read MoreBackyard’s ‘Experiment’ Succeeds in La Jolla
…a crackerjack director and cast present a production that is both challenging and enormously rewarding…
Read MoreAt Globe, Martin’s Take On A Bitter German Farce Helps These Mornings
Rise and shine these days to the absurdities of the world illuminated at the Old Globe Theatre by Steve Martin’s adaptation of an early 20th Century German farce which causes dropped panties to make as much sense as anything right now.
Read More‘The Book of Mormon’ Remains One of Funniest, Profane Musicals
“I believe” some may find “The Book of Mormon” too irreverent. But remember the heartwarming characters and message. F-bombs and C-word are excessive, still, it remains one of the funniest musicals, and the ending is romantically hopeful.
Read MoreEmotions Outrun Analysis in Loud Fridge’s ‘Straight’
Loud Fridge Theatre Group’s first production turns out to be both provocative and well-produced…
Read MoreRocking Out with Legends in Lamb’s Players’ Authentic ‘Million Dollar Quartet’
“We are transported to 1956, when Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley meet at Sam Phillip’s Sun Record Studios in Memphis, when the four men are still in their 20s…
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