Posts Tagged ‘play’
‘Pippin’ Razzle-Dazzle Partially Satisfies at the Civic
It may be fine that what sells the show is its razzle-dazzle and not its meat, but you may find yourself only partially sated as you walk away…
Read More‘Parlour Song’ Debuts, Along With its Company
Parlour Song is the first outing for Backyard Renaissance. If the next production, announced for April 2016, is as good it should be very good, indeed…
Read MoreNew Fortune’s ‘Birthday Party’ Puzzles and Enlightens
What if you have a play consisting entirely of unreliable narrators?
Read MoreLove is, Ultimately, All in Intrepid’s ‘Quality of Life’
The Quality of Life will tug at you, tug at you, and then tug at you some more…
Read MoreAn Affinity for ‘Betrayal’
A play that succeeds in telling its tale backwards…
Read MoreThe World Sort-of Needs a Nilsson Revue
The first question that demands to be asked about the San Diego REPertory Theatre world premiere of Everybody’s Talkin’: The Music of Harry Nilsson is, “Does the world need a Nilsson revue?” The second question is, “Is Alice Ripley’s voice ok?” The answer to both questions is “Yes, sort of…”
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