Brian Ronan – San Diego Story

Carole King’s Life and Times Fuel a ‘Beautiful’ Musical

By Martin Jones Westlin | August 4, 2016 |

One of the greatest songwriters this country has ever produced is part phantom. Seen and unseen, Carole King started writing hits for several acts when she was 17 — and the good and bad to her story is mounted for all to see in Broadway San Diego’s excellent “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”

Broadway/SD’s ‘Book of Mormon’ Is Funny, But It Misses the Point

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 26, 2016 |

Mormonism, for better or worse, has a place in American consciousness, and it always will. Americans don’t know much about it — and amid Broadway/San Diego’s ‘The Book of Mormon,’ they’ll learn even less.