THEATRE REVIEWS
Globe’s ‘Benny & Joon’ Spreads Warmth, Love and Some Slapstick
Is it possible that family responsibility can become such a narcotic true of the new music; ‘Benny & Joon.’hat lives are ruined? Maybe, but help is on the way in the Old Globe Theatre’s premie
Read More‘In the Heights’ is Stunning Multi-Cultural Leap for Moonlight
Moonlight’s “In the Heights” is a stunner. The show’s message of inclusion is especially powerful given current debates about immigration, and it has universal appeal…
Read More‘Roz and Ray’ Uneasily Mixes Social Justice with Complicated Relationships
Even though the Rep gives Ms. Hartman’s work a fine production, her play is weakened by indecision about whether it is a social justice story or a personal story…
Read MoreKorea Through a Digital Din at La Jolla Playhouse
Korea is particularly fascinating these days, electronic media dominates us all and young love still has a shot. These are some of the concepts confronted by Hansol Jung in her ‘Wild Goose Dreams,’ in its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse.
Read MoreFinding Light in a Hopeless World
Some people view various forms of entertainment as escapism. Many movies and shows can make people forget about problems in the outside world.
Read More‘Red Hot Lovers’: Too Adult for TV, Too Timid for Today
North Coast Repertory Theatre’s production does the play justice but also exposes some of its flaws….
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