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Damien, playing through May 5 at Lamb’s Players Theatre’s Coronado facility, reaches back to the company’s roots. Written by Aldyth Morris, the plot follows a number of conventions of Christian drama (and, truth be told, drama of all sorts): set up the hero as cantankerous, high-minded, and always fighting the establishment, and let the story play out in a way that insures the audience will realize that it is the hero’s faith that makes him a hero.
When it comes to adaptations of classic stories, spectators and critics try to judge the interpretation on its own terms. Sometimes, a particular version seems to rely so heavily on the original source material, that the experience feels like a pale imitation of a classic tale, instead of a fresh take. Fortunately, this is not the case with New Village Arts Theatre’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the early 1960’s, Randle P. McMurphy (Jeffery Jones) goes to jail after being convicted of battery and illegal gambling. He is also charged, though not convicted, of statutory…
The four films shown at “Dance for Camera” at SDSU on Saturday ranged from accomplished and charming to problematic. Even the less successful work was interesting, though, and guess what? There’s a dance film scene happening locally.
Grey Gardens is a strangely beautiful musical about people who are both strangely beautiful and more than eccentric. In a way, it’s the perfect musical for ion Theatre, which is presenting its Southern California premiere through April 20.
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