THEATRE REVIEWS
Falling in Love During World War II
For summer 2016, the San Diego theatre company, Different Stages, selected two comedies that incorporate humor and pathos. Earlier this season at Lamplighter’s Community Theatre, Jerry Pilato directed a friendship dramedy, The Dixie Swim Club.
Read MoreIt May Be ‘Junk’ To Us But LJ Playhouse Turns It Into Treasure
When a corporation grows old and loses energy, a popular plan is to take it over with money borrowed against its liquidation profits, then strip it for profit. That’s the business of high-risk or “junk” bonds and it can make people rich, if they don’t care about what’s ethical, legal or decent. In a tough, well-mounted new drama at the La Jolla Playhouse, Ayad Akhtar elaborates.
When a corporation grows old and slows down, one plan is to take it over borrowing its stock against the value that can be stripped from its wreckage.
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Carole King’s Life and Times Fuel a ‘Beautiful’ Musical
One of the greatest songwriters this country has ever produced is part phantom. Seen and unseen, Carole King started writing hits for several acts when she was 17 — and the good and bad to her story is mounted for all to see in Broadway San Diego’s excellent “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”
Read More‘Gypsy’s’ an Almost at Cygnet
There’s so much to like about Cygnet Theatre’s production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable that I’m almost tempted to give it an unqualified rave.
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Read MoreA Catered Affair Marks New Fortune’s Funny, Dark ‘Troilus and Cressida’
New Fortune Theatre Company won’t rest on its laurels, as it’s announced plans for its next production. Meanwhile, its mixed-bag ‘Troilus and Cressida’ on July 25 not only funded the piece but also made us very glad that the forecast show is in New Fortune’s hands.
Read MoreThe Play’s the Thing in CCdd’s Clever ‘Best Goodbye’
Hip-hop fare has its blatant poetic streak, which in its own rite makes it a storyteller’s genre. San Diego-based playwright Gill Sotu understands this in no uncertain terms — his ‘The Best Goodbye’ is loaded with anecdotes big and small, and a savvy cast from Circle Circle dot dot takes the show from there.
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