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SD Rep’s ‘Mother Road’ Provides an Auspicious Return to Live Theatre
Octavio Solis has written Mother Road, now playing at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, as a reversal on John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Where Steinbeck’s novel portrays the Joad family leaving Oklahoma for the hope of a better life, Mother Road takes the trip in reverse…
Read MoreLamb’s Cynthia Gerber is a ‘Belle’ as Emily Dickinson
It takes an experienced performer to hold the stage for the 100-minute run time, maintain audience interest, and still capture the profound sadness that Ms. Dickinson experienced during her life. Cynthia Gerber is such a performer…
Read More‘One in Two’ Keeps It Honest at Diversionary
Donja Love’s play, One in Two, intends to be disturbing – and it is…
Read MoreGood and Evil Get Confused in Moxie’s ‘The Mineola Twins’
Paula Vogel’s play, The Mineola Twins, imagines that identical twins can grow up different in one way: one’s stance on social and political issues is liberal, and the other’s is conservative…
Read MoreRoustabouts’ Traumatic Story Redeemed by Stellar Acting
A traumatic trip ends at its intended destination. How happily it ends is evident many years later but not at play’s end. Ms. John’s stellar acting, as well as understanding the refugee experience, makes the trauma worth experiencing.
Read MoreBill Irwin Squints Into the World of Zoom for the Old Globe Theatre
Beloved actor/clown Bill Irwin and college Christopher Fitzgerald take tentative steps into the world of quarantined theatre with ‘In-Zoom.’ Sweet.
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