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City Ballet Spins Perfect Storm with ‘Seasons’ & ‘Carmen’
…gifted dancers invited us to escape the fatigue of work and politics, while listening to Vivaldi and Bizet…
Read MoreConning Citizens of a ‘Stubborn’ Town
On paper, a story about a scheming con man doesn’t sound like a Broadway hit for the ages and for all ages. Yet The Music Man continues to be a beloved singing and dancing comedy, mainly due to Meredith Willson’s cheerful book and rousing songs.
Read MoreBartók’s Third Piano Concerto Returns to San Diego Symphony After 45-year Absence
This weekend, the dashing young German conductor-composer Matthias Pintscher and the Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein visitted the San Diego Symphony for Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto. Pintscher led the orchestra in vivid performances of Anton Webern’s early tone poem “Im Sommerwind” . . .
Read MoreDiversionary’s ‘Ballast’ Probes Relationship Stability and Change
Ballast is not only the title but the central metaphor of a thoughtful, eloquent, world premiere play by Georgette Kelly, now playing at Diversionary Theatre…
Read MoreBroadway SD’s ‘Jersey Boys’ Delivers Just Like Old Times
For some professionals, making music is more trouble than it’s worth amid the pressures of the business. For the Four Seasons, those pressures created two very different entities, as Broadway San Diego’s very good ‘Jersey Boys’ reflects.
Read MoreLavina Rich’s Push Process / Dances ‘American As…’Politics & Pie
“I was focused on themes of feminism and solidarity when the presidential election hit us…we all had different reactions. The dance asks questions: What if you don’t agree with your other sisters? What does it mean to be an American? What is a feminist?”
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