Posts Tagged ‘musical’
Love is Blind, but Passion is Mania
Under Kim Strassburger’s steady directorial hand, Ion’s production digs into Passion’s operatic score with relish and presents its characters as multi-layered and flawed but very human…
Read MoreStephen Sondheim at His Crudest
When walking into a Stephen Sondheim musical, audiences usually expect class, complex harmonies that are witty and a story full of gloomy darkness. Premiere Productions staging of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum! is…
Read MoreSDSU’s Pal Joey: An Opportunity to See a Rarity
San Diego State’s Master of Fine Arts program in musical theatre has a reputation for producing little known but interesting musicals and finding in them what’s interesting to contemporary audiences. The current production, Pal Joey, fits into that pattern but achieves mixed results…
Read MoreLysistrata Jones Plays With a Classic at Orange County’s Chance Theatre
Chance, the Orange County small theatre juggernaut, has a new space. To kick off its new location, the company has secured the West Coast premiere of Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane’s musical, Lysistrata Jones. Its high-energy production proves an excellent match to Chance’s strengths and to its black-box space…
Read MoreNew Location Retains Magic of “Fiddler”
Last year, Fiddler on the Roof was produced at the Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado, and was a gigantic hit. For those who missed it, the production is now playing at The Lyceum Theatre.
Read MoreA Solidly Entertaining Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a solid, highly enjoyable show that features the work of the original Broadway creative team. It performs at the Civic Theatre through Sunday under the auspices of Broadway/San Diego
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