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Opera NEO’s Annual Aria Avalanche Buries Allied Gardens in Operatic Glory
We know that the Opera NEO Summer Workshop and Festival is truly under way when Artistic Director Peter Kozma stages his annual Aria Marathon. Sunday, July 14, each of the 28 singers from this year’s festival offered their favorite aria, accompanied by the accomplished festival staff pianists, at Palisades Presbyterian Church in Allied Gardens.
Read MoreNorth Coast Repertory Theatre’s Amazing Necromancy: Damon Runyon and Frank Loesser’s New Musical
Mark Saltzman has crafted “Another Roll of the Dice,” a new musical theater pastiche based on several Damon Runyon short stories and interlaced with a dozen previously unconnected Frank Loesser songs. Long on nostalgia and short on dramatic depth, it is nevertheless an effervescent entertainment.
Read MoreTerrific Tech Effort Doesn’t Justify Displaced ‘Miss Saigon’ Revival
Some 58,000 Americans either died or disappeared in the nation’s thoroughly ill-advised effort to “liberate” Vietnam. Broadway San Diego is currently mounting “Miss Saigon,” a Tony-winning anecdote built around the whole grotesque affair — and while the technical effort is first-rate, the script takes on a multitude of sins with the passage of time.
Read MoreIrreverence Rules in ‘Rock of Ages’
The 80’s are back in San Diego County! Lamb’s Players Theatre is currently presenting a revival of the 1980’s- themed musical revue, miXtape.
Read More80’s Revue Gets a New Home
The 1980s – the Reagan era with its personalities, politics, entertainment and pop culture – has always had a special place in the American psyche, and it has experienced a resurgence over the past few years. Its recent popularity has been driven, in part, by a combination of nostalgia and science fiction stories such as “Ready Player One” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
Read MoreMoonlight’s Season 39 Opener Almost Dwarfed by Season 40 Announcement
Moonlight Stage Productions opening of its 39th Season featured a production of The Producers. The solid production was almost overshadowed, though, by the simultaneous announcement of the company’s 40th season…
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