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Benjamin Lopez leads the cast in “Pain,” the hilarious song and dance spoof that makes fun of plies, Martha Graham, and conceited windbag choreographers. The group ends up dancing…
‘Cats,’ a seven-time 1983 Tony winner, leaves something to be desired amid its extraction from another medium. But popular demand for spectacle made it what it is — and the current San Diego Musical Theatre staging is an excellent case in point.
From its first performance in Milan’s church of San Marco in 1874, Guiseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass catapulted its listeners from the solemn cadence of the Roman Catholic liturgy to the raw emotional drama of the opera stage. So it was entirely appropriate for San Diego Opera to present a concert performance of this Requiem on the company’s usual opera stage on March 20 . . .
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