THEATRE REVIEWS
‘Lydia’ Provokes and Charms at ion
To be effective Lydia requires an exquisite ensemble performance, and it gets one from ion’s cast…
Read MoreMusical Genius All in the Family in Fair ‘The Other Mozart’
The evidence is sketchy, but it looks like two of the world’s greatest composers may have met in one of Vienna’s greatest artistic mind-melds. The year was 1787, and a star-struck Ludwig van Beethoven was quaking in his boots; his idol Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had kindly requested an impromptu mini-concert, exchanging a lesson…
Read MorePoint Loma Goes Pro with (abridged) Parody
The three principals are all famous historical theatre figures: William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky. Why these three is not entirely clear, especially because by Act 2 they’re all playing multiple characters at breakneck speed….
Read MoreBattle for Peace in Israel
The 23rd Annual Lipnsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival features several solo shows. Plays like Maestro, A Jewish Joke and The Blessing of a Broken Heart involve real and fictitious Jewish people and their unique tales.
Read MorePerfection Is the Dream in Old Globe’s ‘tokyo fish story’
The simplicity of sushi – fish, rice and vinegar – is deceptive when pondering a life dedicated to getting it just right.
Read MoreLanguage, Portraiture Don’t Always Match in NCR’s Decent ‘Hedda Gabler’
Amid her sham marriage and her obsession with what’s not hers, Hedda Gabler Tesman is an Everyman for the world’s pathologically unfulfilled. Henrik Ibsen’s iconic character gets an airing in North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘ Hedda Gabler’ — but a new translation seeks to redefine Hedda’s periphery rather than explore her depths.
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