A Polished Musical Turn at the Old Globe With Jane Austen

Jane Austen’s powers of enchanting the ordinary haven’t faded over two centuries and increasingly attract the attention of the music theatre. Paul Gordon, who offered the Old Globe an adorable ‘Emma’ just five years ago is back now, via Chicago, with an equally buoyant ‘Sense and Sensibility.’

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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.

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