Posts Tagged ‘play’
‘A Christmas Story’ Sands the Rough Edges off of Jean Shepherd’s America
The town is a loser place (you can tell because the junior high school is named for Warren G. Harding). Nevertheless, Shepherd’s phrase that captures its character is succinct: “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid,” That phrase echoes over and over in San Diego Musical Theatre’s splashy and funny holiday show for the whole family, A Christmas Story…
Read MoreQuiet Dignity in Troubled Times at SD Rep
Jeanne Sakata’s play, Hold These Truths, documents Gordon Hirabayashi’s World War II civil disobedience and the principles that informed it…
Read MoreGood News: Intrepid is Back in Town
A solo show in a venue under the flight path and meant for dance performances: what an appropriate way to welcome Intrepid Theatre Company back to San Diego…
Read MoreMoxie’s ‘Handbagged’ Cast Makes a Must-See
Playwright Moira Buffini has written Handbagged about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Moxie Theatre is producing its West Coast premiere. The company has given this premiere a prestige production, and that strategy has paid off…
Read MoreRep’s ‘Bad Hombres’ Riffs on Moliere in Latinx Style
Herbert Siguenza’s current Rep world premiere starts with Moliere, stirs in Shakespeare and a taste of Oscar Wilde, and produces a farcial take on, of all things, the Sinaloan narco culture…
Read MoreCygnet’s ‘The Virgin Trial’ Makes Royal Succession a Brutal Game
A physically and psychologically brutal examination of power politics following the death of King Henry VIII, Cygnet’s production both thrills and chills…
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