Posts Tagged ‘play’
Cygnet’s Assassins: Fine Production, Maddening Show
Many of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals are more admired than beloved. Assassins falls into that category, despite a well-paced and sung production at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town.
Read MoreMountaintop Engages But May Not Satisfy
What if you knew that this evening was your last on earth? What would you do? And, to complicate matters further, what if you were the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and you had this information? That’s the premise of Katori Hall’s play, The Mountaintop, now through March 31 at San Diego REP’s Lyceum Space. Full of twists and turns, this West Coast premiere may not entirely satisfy, but it will engage.
Read MoreTime Stands Still Sneaks Up on You
“Time stands still” is an oxymoron, something inherently contradictory. Time, of course, is always progressing, though in the eye of the beholder time can seem to stand still under extreme conditions.
How people react to extreme conditions is a major theme of Donald Margulies’ multilayered relationship play, performing through March 17 at North Coast Repertory Theatre. But, “relationship” as a topic for drama turns out to be an oxymoron as well.
Read MoreM’Lafi Thompson Gives a Bountiful Performance in Carlsbad
Sylvia M’lafi Thompson has been getting a lot of acclaim in the past few years for her work in San Diego productions such as Fences and Our Town. Her acting deserves to be praised once again, in the New Village Arts Theatre’s interpretation of The Trip to Bountiful.
Read MoreNobel Laureate’s Bluest Eye Is Lyrical to a Fault
Together, Moxie Theatre and Mo’olelo Performing Arts make a potent combination, resulting in a vibrant telling of a story by a living Nobel Laureate.
Read MoreCircle Circle dot dot Plays [in, with] Hillcrest
Circle Circle dot dot, a newish theatre collective that presents company-created material, has decided to try something site-specific. The result is San Diego. I Love You, which is being presented to the public this weekend and next. It’s a pleasant hour-long afternoon stroll through the varieties of young love in Hillcrest.
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