Posts Tagged ‘Broadway San Diego’
Terrific 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 MoreBroadway SD’s So-So ‘Fiddler’ Is on the Wrong Side of Its Own History
It’s been in the national conscience for decades, along with its vigorously implied indictment of anti-Semitism — but even so, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is subject to the foibles traceable to misinterpretation. The current Broadway San Diego entry serves as a point of fact.
Read MoreBetty Buckley and Dancing Waiters Brighten ‘Hello Dolly!’ at Civic
Buckley is magnetic in monologues: “As my late husband Ephraim Levi, used to say, money—pardon the expression—is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around, encouraging young things to grow.” And hats off to the dancing waiters…who give this ‘ol gem extra gallop…
Read MoreSensational ‘Wicked’ Is At Once Teacher and Cultural Marker
‘Wicked,’ whose rise to untold fame began 15 years ago, harbors life lessons that date to the advent of theater itself. Currently, the colossal Broadway San Diego production serves as an outstanding example.
Read More‘Motown’ Has the Horses, But Story Is Sitting in the Barn
‘Motown the Musical,’ Berry Gordy’s look at the rise of his colossal music empire, makes for a fairly decent concert. The Broadway San Diego entry, however, is far from the monument to history it requires.
Read MoreTheater Shows True Colors in an Outstanding ‘Mermaid’
In musical theater, getting everybody on the same page is tantamount to hunting for a needle within a needle in a silo of hay. That’s all the more reason to enjoy Broadway San Diego’s outstanding ‘Disney’s the Little Mermaid.’
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