THEATRE REVIEWS
Hershey Bars: Felder Shines in Mildly One-Sided ‘Maestro’
We haven’t seen the likes of Leonard Bernstein’s modern impact on music before him or since — Lenny could do it all, and he had no qualms about heralding music’s place in the human experience. ‘Maestro,’ currently on tap at San Diego Repertory Theatre, is local favorite Hershey Felder’s nod to the big man — even amid its topheavy qualities, it’s certainly a piece for the mind and heart.
Read MoreBeautiful Color and Atonal Songs in “Sunday”
Seurat was a peculiar artist and so is Sondheim’s atonal music…
Read MoreRelationship Comedies in University Heights
2016 is the first year that the Diversionary Theatre has taken part in the San Diego Fringe Festival. Several ensemble comedies are playing throughout the weekend at the Blackbox Theatre.
Read MoreMacbeth in the Field Hospital
It’s allowed to forget the ancient course on quoting from ‘Macbeth”, aka ‘the Scottish Play,’ when one is actually involved with a production. What a luxury, then, to relax and contemplate BrianKulck’s transplant into military hospital.
Read MoreHistory & Fantasy Collide at Fringe Fest 2016
Four out of four in a row were outstanding: “1918,” “Mythos,” “Cocooned in Kazan,” “Once I dreamed I was a Dinosaur Swimming Backwards…”
Read MoreCultural Performances at the Fringe’s Monday
Art often viscerally connects everyday experience with a broader culture, sometimes representing the culture to outsiders. Three of the four performances Monday at the San Diego International Fringe Festival honed to this theme, and the fourth invited the audience to succumb to the pleasures of the fantastical…
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