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Playwright Bruce Norris takes Avenue Q’s snarky bromide that everyone’s a little bit racist to its logical conclusion in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park, now playing through February 10 at San Diego REP’s Lyceum Stage. I have a bone to pick with how Mr. Norris manipulates the story, but I have no bones about recommending this solid-at-every-level production.
The Old Globe Theatre has mounted a stately production of George Bernard Shaw’s best comedy – Pygmalion – on the occasion of the play’s centenary. (It was first performed, in German, at Vienna for reasons both complicated and uninteresting.) Most of the Globe’s strengths are in evidence. Alexander Dodge’s set is gorgeous and witty, packed with tactile clutter and boasting a handsome parquet floor, which revolves (usually) when needed. The Robert Morgan costumes are precisely right, Philip S. Rosenberg has frosted everything with appropriate illumination and Mark Bennett has provided crisp musical punctuation with custom-made noodlings in the style…
Considering the huge turnout for its weekend run at Diversionary, the “Hot Guys Dancing” series will likely continue, perhaps to coincide with the Gay Pride Festival in July. Michael Mizerany is already discussing the next production with Diversionary managers. Mizerany is a busy man to watch. He announced this week that after 15 seasons with Malashock Dance, four as artistic director, he is leaving his position. He will continue to teach at the school and assist John Malashock during the Chagall rehearsals this spring. “Currently, I am resetting John’s piece FATHOM for the 25th Anniversary,” he said, “So I will…
Every clue suggested we were in for a wild homoerotic evening of dance: The sweaty imagery of the title, “Hot Guys Dancing,” the GLBT territory of the venue, Diversionary Cabaret, and the fiercely physical reputation of its director, Michael Mizerany. But Mizerany took a creative risk and turned the title on its head. The dances that appeared on the little black stage in “Hot Guys Dancing” celebrated acceptance and ordinary guys, an unexpected departure from the sexy acrobatics or Liza antics we’ve seen before. For the series debut Jan. 11-13, Mizerany assembled dances with substance that covered compelling themes and…
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