THEATRE REVIEWS
Rep’s ‘Sex with Strangers’: So What’s the Big Whoop?
What do two attractive, sexually healthy strangers do in a snowbound cabin with no electricity? They take their new relationship to the next level — and when the hard decisions eventuate, a faulty San Diego Repertory Theatre’s ‘Sex with Strangers’ says they can’t see the play through.
Read MoreLanguage And Its Exuberances Pepper NCR’s Excellent ‘Illusion’
French baroque playwright Pierre Corneille’s ‘L’Illusion Comique’ was written in 1636 as a nod to theater’s intrinsic beauty. Tony Kushner’s eye and ear saw the inherent tribute to performance art — and North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘The Illusion’ has preserved it with an excellent entry.
Read MoreCreating Art for Loved Ones
Plenty of people and celebrities have starred in live events based on their lives. Everyone from Billy Crystal and John Leguizamo to Mike Tyson were involved with plays where they portrayed themselves.
Read MoreLack of Affectation Hobbles Lukewarm ‘White Chicks’
Husband problems dog wives the world over, even when that world is as finite as the distance between Texas and Westchester County. Point Loma Playhouse is running its own take on the concept via John Ford Noonan’s ‘A Coupla White Chicks Sittin’ Around Talkin” — and try as it might, it doesn’t carry any solutions.
Read MoreTalented Cast Makes ‘9 to 5’ Worth a Visit
San Diego Musical Theatre’s ‘9 to 5’ is well produced but not likely to generate a lot of excitement…
Read More500th Time Is a Charm with Talent to aMuse’s ‘HOPE’
Millions of miles can’t separate good and evil, especially as both elements thrash it out in the secrecy of deep space. Talent to aMuse has mounted its current ‘HOPE’ to that effect — and it succeeds as writer/director O.P. Hadlock marks his 500th show.
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