Posts Tagged ‘Coronado’
Lamb’s’ ‘Miracle Worker’ Is Good, But Story Is Better Suited to Film
There are some things and people whose global esteem competes with live theater for proper attentions — and Helen Keller’s life is one of those. As good as Lamb’s Players Theatre’s live ‘The Miracle Worker’ may be, the cinema is by definition the better medium for such a play.
Read MoreOz Returns to Coronado
For the last few years, the San Diego theatre community has been having The Wizard of Oz fever. Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre featured a hit adaptation of the classic film in 2013, Wicked played at the Civic Theatre last winter, and in 2016 a live interpretation of the movie with additional music from Andrew Lloyd Webber is also going to run at the Civic.
Read MoreHumor and Cruelty on the Rocks in Lamb’s Familiar ‘Foreigner’
Drawing on ancient themes about love and deceit, good and evil, The Foreigner is a gut-busting farce that could make your dour Aunt Lil guffaw. But it has darkened over the years. Society is more sensitive now. One can’t ignore the stereotypes, cruelty, and violence. Did I mention the Klu Klux Klan?
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