Posts Tagged ‘Off-Broadway’
Exposition is leaky, Johnson is excellent in good ‘Jewish Joke’
Sen. Joseph McCarthy died young, and his obsession with communist infiltration probably stoked that. The Roustabouts Theatre Co.’s good ‘A Jewish Joke’ reflects McCarthyism’s repercussions — but, like McCarthy, it’s missing a few of its marbles.
Read MoreWhy ‘Come from Away’ Didn’t Win the Tony and Other Insights from New York
In which the author speculates about the San Diego-bred musical, ‘Come from Away,’ and the nature of the Tony Awards…
Read More‘Ruthless’ Is (at Moxie)
It’s inspired silliness, with lots of cute theatre references thrown in. You’re gonna love it…
Read MoreFun Has Faded in ‘Nunsense’ at the Avo
Nunsense pokes fun at Catholicism and the nuns who herd children around with clickers and rulers, and is as stale as a communion wafer.
Read MoreTons of “Mischief” in Farcical Musical Comedy
Every theater aficionado loves a couple of shows that are obscure and not well known to the public. Director, Rick Simas, has revived a 1960’s ensemble musical at the North Coast Repertory Theatre that I’m fairly confident that only those intimately involved in the community have heard of, Man With a Load of Mischief.
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