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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a show where my opinion drastically changed over the course of the evening. This is exactly what happened during Moonlight Stage Productions presentation of Born Yesterday, which is a rare example of a play where the quality of the storytelling rises after intermission. In 1946, a ruthless and wealthy self-made businessman, Harry Brock (David Cochran Heath) travels to a luxury hotel in Washington DC with his unsophisticated, former chorus-girl, lover, Billie Dawn (Jessica John), subservient cousin, Eddie Brock (Paul Morgavo) and witty yes man attorney, Ed Devery (Jim Chovick). All of…
Many of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals are more admired than beloved. Assassins falls into that category, despite a well-paced and sung production at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town.
When Ferruccio Furlanetto enters the room, he presents the calm, distinguished appearance of a member of the diplomatic corps. Only when he speaks—in the thoughtfully measured cadences of his sonorous basso profundo—does he hint at his actual calling. The seasoned 63-year-old Italian bass is back with San Diego Opera to sing the lead role in Ildebrando Pizzetti’s Murder in the Cathedral, an obscure opera (to American audiences at least) based on the T.S. Eliot play of the same name. Although this role of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is one Furlanetto’s signature roles, it is more than mere coincidence that…
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