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Malashock Dance Shares Rare View of Choreographic Process for Symphony Festival
We had a rare and rewarding view of the choreographic process. For many, it was an unknown dance experience–witnessing the choreographer, with his dancers, creating new movement on the fly…
Read MoreSDMT’s ‘Crazy’ Gets 12th Season Off to a Fast Start
Playwright Ken Ludwig hit gold in 1989 with his first Broadway play, Lend Me a Tenor, and he hit more gold with Crazy For You, his second Broadway production, three years later. In fact, Mr. Ludwig is so prolific that he’s got two shows currently running at the same time in San Diego (North Coast Rep’s Moon Over Buffalo, and San Diego Musical Theatre’s Crazy For You) along with a world premiere play, The Gods of Comedy, opening in May at The Old Globe. Mr. Ludwig’s popularity is well-earned, as amply demonstrated in SDMT’s production of Crazy For You…
Read MoreAs Cultures Merge, Hope Blooms in Old Globe’s ‘Familiar’
The complications of a mixed-heritage marriage are both more involved and more enriching than might be expected in Danai Gurira’s ‘Familiar’ at the Old Globe.
Read MoreSDRep’s ‘Aubergine’ Pits Poetic Against Mundane
Julia Cho’s Aubergine, at San Diego Repertory Theatre through February 17, explores the cultural practices associated with dying, especially when multiple cultures are involved. The exploration sits astride the two cultures well and makes for a mostly satisfying couple of hours in the Lyceum Space…
Read MoreA Truly Special Life
Saying that Becoming Dr. Ruth is a play about sex that you can take your grandmother to might sound like a bold statement. However, thanks to an effervescent lead performance from Robin LaValley and sensitive writing from Mark St. Germain, the Broadway Vista Theatre’s production really is that kind of a show.
Read MoreMatthew Aucoin and the San Diego Symphony Lift Up Music’s Future in Both Past and Present Modes
As the San Diego Symphony’s ambitious, engaging festival “Hearing the Future” takes its victory lap, Festival Curator Matthew Aucoin led the orchestra in an exuberant concert in Copley Symphony Hall Friday, January 25. His refreshing approach to program design completely ignored the traditional overture-concerto-symphony formula: each half of the concert offered seven shorter works or…
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