Posts Tagged ‘Civic Theatre’
Electric ‘Hedwig’ We Hear You Loud, Not Clear
Hedheads know the story and songs by heart, and won’t care about the muddy sound, but new audiences will suffer in this production.
Read MoreCriminal ‘Sound of Music’ Has Way with Broadway SD
Broadway San Diego’s ‘The Sound of Music’ is the latest installment in the show’s criminally overrated stature. Just because something’s called a classic, after all, doesn’t mean everybody pulled his weight in making it one.
Read MoreRafiki Rules the Serengeti As ‘Lion King’ Loses Some Edge
We come from dust, and that’s about where we’re headed — and Africa’s Serengeti is a classic case in point in Disney’s mount of the iconic ‘The Lion King.’ San Diego first saw the show 11 years ago to wild acclaim, but the overwrought current installment is accompanied by some dust of its own.
Read MoreBroadway/SD’s ‘Book of Mormon’ Is Funny, But It Misses the Point
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.
Read MoreSymphony’s Festive ‘Te Deum’ to Relieve Holiday Tedium
On Friday the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Chorale presented the Berlioz ‘Te Deum,’ a rarely heard monumental work for chorus, orchestra, organ and tenor soloist . . .
Read MoreA Tale of Two Orchestras
Thursday’s concert by the Israel Philharmonic with conductor Zubin Mehta suffered from a split personality disorder . . .
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