Posts Tagged ‘Carlsbad’
Samantha Ginn Shines in NVA’s OK ‘Sylvia’
Samantha Ginn can do no wrong in ‘Sylvia,’ the latest entry from Carlsbad’s New Village Arts, and her castmates come up awfully strong as well. This is a pretty funny show that nevertheless tends to falter in lockstep with playwright A.R. Gurney.
Read MoreNVA’s Fair ‘Stage Kiss’ Has a Hard Time Coming Up for Air
Farce is pretty cool when it doesn’t look like farce, and that’s pretty much the case in the first act of New Village Arts’ West Coast premiere of ‘Stage Kiss.’ The mystery is that there’s not much play to illuminate it.
Read MoreGood ‘Nutcracker’ Nothing to Be Scared Of
A fallen hero’s sword is an object of grief for the man’s mother — but little could she have known that the weapon was one key to no less than preserving Christmas for the world. If you want more, you’ll just have to go see New Village Arts’ turn at ‘The Nutcracker’ and watch the Rats get theirs.
Read MoreEast-West Fusion in Carlsbad
The Carlsbad Music Festival’s combination of Mexican popular music and traditional Chinese pipa performance furnishes an unequivocal sign that the elitist, “who cares if you don’t listen,” approach to new music is fading. Tuesday (May 13) at Carlsbad’s St. Michael’s-by-the-Sea Church, pipa virtuosa Wu Man and the four musicians of Son de San Diego offered a unique fusion of oriental and occidental music . . .
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