Posts Tagged ‘play’
Love is Blind, but Passion is Mania
Under Kim Strassburger’s steady directorial hand, Ion’s production digs into Passion’s operatic score with relish and presents its characters as multi-layered and flawed but very human…
Read MoreNary a Misstep in Globe’s Water by the Spoonful
Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Water by the Spoonful, not only captures a rich and dynamic portrayal of seemingly overwhelming struggles in American life but it does so with beauty and grace. And, the Old Globe has mounted a production that matches the play’s elegance in dramatic construction, use of language, and insight into the human psyche…
Read MoreSDSU’s Pal Joey: An Opportunity to See a Rarity
San Diego State’s Master of Fine Arts program in musical theatre has a reputation for producing little known but interesting musicals and finding in them what’s interesting to contemporary audiences. The current production, Pal Joey, fits into that pattern but achieves mixed results…
Read MoreOne-Night-Only “Graduate” Proves Up-to-Date in Poway
Despite a few cultural shifts in the fifty years since the novel first appeared, The Graduate proves to be a potent memory jog for older adults and a humorous object lesson for those exposed to the story for the first time…
Read MoreLysistrata Jones Plays With a Classic at Orange County’s Chance Theatre
Chance, the Orange County small theatre juggernaut, has a new space. To kick off its new location, the company has secured the West Coast premiere of Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane’s musical, Lysistrata Jones. Its high-energy production proves an excellent match to Chance’s strengths and to its black-box space…
Read MoreCircle Mirror Transformation Proves a Good Fit at NVA
Annie Baker is a youngish playwright whose work focuses on the byways and mores of rural New England. Probably her most well-known play is Circle Mirror Transformation, an ensemble piece about a small group of people who are taking a six-week theatre workshop at the community center in a Vermont town. When I first read about this play, I immediately thought that New Village Arts in Carlsbad was the perfect local company to stage it. My wish has come true: NVA has mounted a bang-up San Diego premiere that runs through March 2.
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