Posts Tagged ‘Broadway San Diego’
Sensational ‘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.’
Read MoreStunning Dance Bests Story in Good ‘American in Paris’
‘An American in Paris’ was such a great movie musical that a bunch of people decided it might do well on Broadway. The love quadrangle story is mediocre at best in this Broadway San Diego entry — but oh, the dancing. . .
Read MoreBroadway SD’s ‘Jersey Boys’ Delivers Just Like Old Times
For some professionals, making music is more trouble than it’s worth amid the pressures of the business. For the Four Seasons, those pressures created two very different entities, as Broadway San Diego’s very good ‘Jersey Boys’ reflects.
Read MoreBroadway SD’s ‘Rent’ Is Less a Musical Than a Concert — But Man, Those Tunes…
Tunes and text are supposed to play off each other as a Broadway musical unfolds. Frankly, the award-winning ‘Rent’ nails only half those components — but as the current Broadway San Diego entry proves, sometimes that’s enough.
Read More