Posts Tagged ‘gay’
Actors Bryan Banville & Luke Harvey Jacobs ‘Tolerate’ Each Other in Diversionary’s Hilarious ‘Irma Vep’
A gay play that entertains its audiences with both its wit and its perspicacity…
Read MoreThe Rep’s ‘Fun Home’ a Chamber Musical Delight
There’s the feeling that the Rep and Fun Home should be an excellent match. That feeling was confirmed on opening night…
Read MoreHow to Describe ‘Sons of the Prophet?’ Wonderful
It’s hard to describe Stephen Karam’s play, Sons of the Prophet, performing through February 15 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town. “Comedy-drama” is too mild. “Dark farce” comes closer, but doesn’t capture the true looney-tunes aspect of several of the characters. I think I’ll settle for “wonderful” and let it go at that…
Read MoreCracking the Closet Gets an A for Effort
bare: a pop opera has been called a “cult favorite.” First performed in Los Angeles in 2000, the show made its New York debut off-Broadway in 2004 and was presented in a revised version during the 2012-13 off-Broadway season. Diversionary Theatre has mounted its largest and most complex production to date in bringing the original version to San Diego. The result makes an A for effort, if not always for achievement…
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.”
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