Posts Tagged ‘drama’
Cygnet’s Shakespeare’s R&J Rife With Adolescent Energy
Cygnet Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s R&J is enacted with testosterone-laden energy by George Yé’s superb cast…
Read MoreEdward Albee Comic Drama is Quirky and Clever
Though Edward Albee’s “Seascape” is a Pulitzer Prize winning play (1975) it is nowhere near as well known as his most popular classic, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf.”
Read MoreOrange County’s Chance Trusts the Text With Laramie Plays
“Trust the process” is the theme of many successful projects. In the case of Chance Theater’s productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, that theme might be revised to read, “Trust the process; trust the text.”
Read MoreSalvador Dali is Lukewarm Where It Needs Hot
In ” References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” playwright José Rivera has imagined that logic and emotion are at war. The war reference is both literal and figurative, and it makes for a not-entirely satisfying evening.
Read MoreGo for the Jazz in Federal Jazz Project
San Diego REP director Sam Woodhouse has taken a world premiere play that could only be performed in San Diego and done his best to dress it up and make it interesting. Even if you don’t love jazz, the music will move you. Let it.
Read MoreDamien Tells an Old Tale
Damien, playing through May 5 at Lamb’s Players Theatre’s Coronado facility, reaches back to the company’s roots. Written by Aldyth Morris, the plot follows a number of conventions of Christian drama (and, truth be told, drama of all sorts): set up the hero as cantankerous, high-minded, and always fighting the establishment, and let the story play out in a way that insures the audience will realize that it is the hero’s faith that makes him a hero.
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