THEATRE REVIEWS
Baird, John Light the Sky in New Fortune’s Thin ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’
The French Revolution, and the years before it, inundated the world with news of dire consequences in a particularly failed monarchy. Christopher Hampton’s ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’ had every opportunity to exploit the revolution in the interest of character development — and somehow, Hampton abandoned its every notion in this nonetheless well-mounted drama.
Read More‘Beau Jest’ a Pleasant Winter’s Diversion at Lamb’s
James Sherman’s Beau Jest is a lightweight trifle that would border on the offensive were it not for smooth ensemble work by an expert cast…
Read MoreLoverly Score, Ascot Gavotte Highlight ‘My Fair Lady’ at Welk
The songs in “My Fair Lady” are brilliant because they sound lovely and critique a rigid class system…
Read MoreBroadway SD’s ‘Rent’ Is Less a Musical Than a Concert — But Man, Those Tunes…
Tunes and text are supposed to play off each other as a Broadway musical unfolds. Frankly, the award-winning ‘Rent’ nails only half those components — but as the current Broadway San Diego entry proves, sometimes that’s enough.
Read MoreDystopia and Utopia: Theatre Reflects the Times
A sampling of plays and musicals, many of them from a recent London theatre trip, provides fodder for analysis…
Read MoreBravos and Boos for 2016
We asked each of our writers to cast their thoughts as “bravos” and “boos.” As you’ll see, some of them found it easier to do than others. Be that as it may, we proudly present essays by Ken Herman, Kris Eitland, Bill Eadie, David Dixon, Martin Jones Westlin, and Welton Jones.
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