Posts Tagged ‘La Jolla Playhouse’
I’d Follow Kamchàtka Anywhere
The Pied Piper’s tune was so irresistible that rats followed it to their deaths, and the children of Hamelin skipped after the Piper into a mountain tomb. Kamchàtka exercises a similarly spellbinding – though, thankfully, not fatal – allure. Eight members of the Barcelona-based theater troupe are here for La Jolla Playhouse’s WithOut Walls (WoW) Festival. Last night, where Kamchàtka led, I followed. And the journey raised juicy questions about dissolving the fourth or possibly the fifth wall and turning theater into life.
Read MoreHigh on decibels, low on laughs, Moonlight takes risk with The Who’s TOMMY
Unlike the warm and fuzzy Wizard of Oz that broke all attendance records at Moonlight this summer, the rock opera Tommy about a “deaf, dumb, and blind” pinball wizard is an adult show and smacks of grim realities.
Read MoreAt La Jolla Playhouse: A Family So Toxic That Deafness Can Be a Relief
The silent world of the deaf is explored in in several of its variations by Nina Raine’s play Tribes, now at the La Jolla Playhouse. If this hero can survive in this train wreck of a family, there’s hope for us all.
Read MoreLa Jolla His Girl Friday Looks Great Despite Script Clunks
What a hoot it might be to see the La Jolla Playhouse do The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s delicious newspaper valentine, with the company presently assembled for something called His Girl Friday. There would have to be some slight tweaking of the décor to move a decade back from 1939 and a couple of important casting fixes. Otherwise, though, this large, deep and fully engaged troupe, guided by the buoyant direction of Christopher Ashley, might well deliver a richly satisfying version of an American classic…
Read MoreTheatre Communications Group to Hold Its 2014 National Conference Here
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) announced today that its 2014 national conference will be held June 19-21 in San Diego. Theatre company artistic and managerial staff members, board members, individual theatre artists, and students from across the country are the prime audience for the gathering, which will be centered at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel, near Petco Park and the convention center.
Read MoreAccomplice a Walking Mystery
Accomplice turns the audience into the cast, and if your cast mates are engaged and engaging you’ll have a great time.
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