Posts Tagged ‘La Jolla Playhouse’
Here There Are Blueberries explores the chilling layers of the perpetrators of Auschwitz
“I know I couldn’t have been a Mengele… or a Höcker… but could I have been a Helferinnen?” The audience leaves asking themselves that same question of complicity following La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere Here There Are Blueberries, running through August 21.
Read More“Bhangin’ It” Brings Big Vision, Exuberant Dance to La Jolla Playhouse
“Bhangin’ It,” the world premiere musical that opened Sunday night, ignites when it brings Indian dance and music styles to the La Jolla Playhouse stage. The story by Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza takes on important themes: Who has the right to represent a culture, and how pure does that representation have to be?
Read MoreBill’s 2021 Theatre List: A Top Seven Plus Some Honorable Mentions
I couldn’t come up with a “top ten” this year, but I’ve got seven…listed chronologically.
Read MoreAdventures in Zoom Theatre: ‘Carol,’ ‘Chess,’ and ‘Musical Mondays’
December wouldn’t be the holiday month without concerts, and these three productions did their best to put audiences into the holiday spirit…
Read MoreSan Diego Theatres Continue to Cope During the Pandemic – Here’s an Update as the ‘Fall Season’ Begins
As what would have been the fall season comes upon us, the local companies are keeping up their work…
Read MoreA Decade of Theatre in San Diego
January 1, 2020, marks the start of a new decade. Looking back, I notice that I have been reviewing theatre in San Diego for more than ten years. It seems appropriate to consult what I’ve written and see, what has changed about San Diego theatre. So, instead of summarizing 2019, I’m returning to 2010 and working my way forward to the present.
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