Posts Tagged ‘Jordan Miller’
Rare Francesco Cavalli Opera Sighted on Stage in the Golden Triangle
Opera NEO’s last offering of its 2019 Summer Festival, Francesco Cavalli’s 1651 “La Calisto,” opened in a smart production Friday at the Four Flowers Theater at La Jolla Country Day School.
Read MoreLamb’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 MoreNo Words to Describe Lamb’s’ Stupendous ‘Les Miz’
France and the United States may not know it, but they enjoy a very special bond among nations. That’s why ‘Les Miserables’ touches American audiences so deeply — and the stupendous turn that Lamb’s Players Theatre gives the play is proof enough.
Read MoreCygnet’s fair ‘Maple and Vine’ stumbles over itself
Technology has made the 1950s seem like centuries ago, and a lot more may (or may not) have happened to human interconnectedness in the meantime. Cygnet Theatre’s “Maple and Vine” takes a look at the simpler era and the very personal reasons behind the characters’ fascination with it — but amid the nice production values and fine acting, the script fuels a debate in which the playwright doesn’t want to take part.
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