Posts Tagged ‘Miss Saigon’
The Art of Politics Was Surely Welcome in the San Diego Theater Scene of 2019
Especially in the strictest sense, theater is nothing if not political. That’s important to remember given the state of world current events — and in 2019, San Diego theater proprietors served notice that they haven’t forgotten.
Read MoreTerrific Tech Effort Doesn’t Justify Displaced ‘Miss Saigon’ Revival
Some 58,000 Americans either died or disappeared in the nation’s thoroughly ill-advised effort to “liberate” Vietnam. Broadway San Diego is currently mounting “Miss Saigon,” a Tony-winning anecdote built around the whole grotesque affair — and while the technical effort is first-rate, the script takes on a multitude of sins with the passage of time.
Read MoreSan Diego Summer Choral Festival Vocalists Shine in Pacific Beach
Following the customs of the San Diego Summer Choral Festival, Artistic Director Patrick Walders presented his vocal faculty in a joint recital Thursday, August 3, at St. Andrew’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach . . .
Read MoreWhen Looking Different Was a Crime
In the earliest days of World War II, it became illegal on the West Coast to look Japanese and 120,000 people were locked up in concentration camps for the duration of the war. A new musical – ALLEGIANCE – at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre tells the story.
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