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‘Slowgirl’ at Onstage Playhouse Focuses on Family Dynamics Amid Legal and Other Troubles

By Bill Eadie | March 11, 2023 |

The space requirements for Slowgirl seem an ideal fit for the intimate Onstage Playhouse in Chula Vista. Would that the storytelling had also been such a good fit.

Critic at Large: A Sondheim Weekend in San Diego

By Bill Eadie | March 7, 2023 |

I explore two San Diego productions of musicals by Stephen Sondheim, one just opening and the other at its closing performance.

Diversionary’s ‘High Table’ Contrasts Traditional and Contemporary Mores

By Bill Eadie | February 27, 2023 |

My tendency is to try to make sense of the culture being portrayed, though through the lens of the culture with which I’m familiar. Doing so is probably unfair on some level, but it’s all I’ve got.

Exquisitely Performed ‘Under a Baseball Sky’ Hits a Home Run in its World Premiere

By Cassiopeia Guthrie | February 17, 2023 |

Two players in white and blue uniforms prepare to pitch and catch while Eli and Teo discuss the history of the Latino community in baseball.

Exquisitely crafted and performed, José Cruz González’s Under a Baseball Sky is a celebration of tenacity, perseverance, community responsibility, and the ways that we lift one another up in our darkest hours.

Alternately Tense and Tender Drama ‘Birds of North America’ Tackles Family Dynamics

By Cassiopeia Guthrie | February 14, 2023 |

Caitlyn and John sit and chat at their backyard picnic table.

Intention, integrity, advocacy, and the spaces that both bind and divide us are on elegant display in Moxie Theatre’s newest offering and exploration of family, Birds of North America, running through Mar. 5.

SDMT’s ‘Anything Goes’ Sparkles and Charms

By Bill Eadie | February 13, 2023 |

Light as a bubbly glass of the finest champagne, Anything Goes should charm SDMT audiences through March 12.