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Posts Tagged ‘Phil Johnson’

The Truth Comes Out in Roustabouts Powerfully Acted ‘Book of Leaves’

By David Dixon | October 1, 2021 | 0

Secrets that family members keep is a reoccurring theme that is often used in entertainment. The Roustabouts Theatre Co.’s filmed reading of the drama, Book of Leaves, is tense to watch, as secrets are revealed between the onstage clan.

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Backyard Renaissance Mounts an Irresistible ‘Zoo Story’ at Diversionary

By Ken Herman | July 16, 2018 | 0

San Diego’s Backyard Renaissance Theatre opened an irresistible revival of Edward Albee’s iconic play “The Zoo Story” Saturday, July 14, at Diversionary Theatre in University Heights featuring Francis Gercke as the shiftless young man Jerry and Phil Johnson as the complacent Manhattan publishing exec Peter.

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Exposition is leaky, Johnson is excellent in good ‘Jewish Joke’

By Martin Jones Westlin | March 20, 2018 | 0

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.

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‘Red Hot Lovers’: Too Adult for TV, Too Timid for Today

By Bill Eadie | September 10, 2017 | 0

North Coast Repertory Theatre’s production does the play justice but also exposes some of its flaws….

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Former La Jolla Resident Thinks Inside the Box

By Martin Jones Westlin | November 7, 2016 | 0

How do you manage to — uh — contain yourself amid the magic of theater and all it means? Former La Jolla resident Dominique Salerno found the solution. You write and perform your own show from a space no bigger than two breadboxes.

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Cygnet’s Great ‘Pageant’ Caught in a Time Warp

By Martin Jones Westlin | July 26, 2014 | 0

Beauty contests are sitting ducks for the high-camp treatment that casts and directors give them. That’s what makes Cygnet Theatre’s Pageant such a funny play; the show’s ensemble culture and hilarious writing take it from there.

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