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Incorporating Reality in Musical Theatre

By David Dixon | June 1, 2015 |

William Finn’s musical-comedies, such as Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Little Miss Sunshine, mix sardonic wit with unabashed heart. The Diversionary Theatre’s staging of the Off-Broadway show, A New Brain, contains those ingredients, plus it is autobiographical.

The World Sort-of Needs a Nilsson Revue

By Bill Eadie | May 31, 2015 |

The first question that demands to be asked about the San Diego REPertory Theatre world premiere of Everybody’s Talkin’: The Music of Harry Nilsson is, “Does the world need a Nilsson revue?” The second question is, “Is Alice Ripley’s voice ok?” The answer to both questions is “Yes, sort of…”

Jon Kimura Parker Makes Schumann Shine in La Jolla

By Ken Herman | May 31, 2015 |

Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major blisters relentlessly across the stage at dangerous and unforgivingly daunting tempos, a challenge that Mainly Mozart’s performers, led by pianist Jon Kimura Parker, undertook Saturday (May 30) in La Jolla without the slightest indication of strain or stress . . .

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