Posts Tagged ‘Old Globe Theatre’
Dance Rules in “Bob Fosse’s Dancin'”
Not entirely plotless, “Bob Fosse’s Dancin'” proceeds via light story lines created by Cilento and writer Kirsten Childs. They’re a mixed bag. A scene in a swanky night club—to “Sing, Sing, Sing,” played exuberantly by the 14-member orchestra—is a delight. Costumers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung put the women in sparkly flapper dresses for Fosse’s signature Erté moves. Other sections, like “Big City Mime,” about a hick encountering the temptations of big bad New York, feel like jokes that go on and on, and they weren’t very funny to begin with.
Read MoreBill Irwin Squints Into the World of Zoom for the Old Globe Theatre
Beloved actor/clown Bill Irwin and college Christopher Fitzgerald take tentative steps into the world of quarantined theatre with ‘In-Zoom.’ Sweet.
Read MoreGods Know We Need Lots More Help; Old Globe Theatre Does Its Best
Olympian gods are always potentially helpful, at least, even when the problems have piled up as they have presently. And some people just don’t want help, Madeleine George laments at Old Globe.
Read MoreGlobe’s ‘Benny & Joon’ Spreads Warmth, Love and Some Slapstick
Is it possible that family responsibility can become such a narcotic true of the new music; ‘Benny & Joon.’hat lives are ruined? Maybe, but help is on the way in the Old Globe Theatre’s premie
Read MorePeace! It’s Worth All the Talk at Old Globe ‘Camp David’
Three men talking as the world waits. At Camp David, the U.S. Presidents’ getaway in Maryland, Jimmy Carter invited Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin to three days of discussing peace in the Middle-East. So, 13 days later…
Read MoreTennis Vs. Life in Old Globe’s ‘The Last Match’
Can the arena stage at the Old Globe hold the finals of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships? Sure, when the main focus is inside the heads of those involved, as displayed sharply in Anna Ziegler’s play ‘The Last Match,’ staged brilliantly by Gaye Taylor Upchurch.
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