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Posts Tagged ‘Sean Fanning’

Cygnet Brings Back ‘Cabaret’ and the Menacing Allure of Berlin in the Waning Days of the Weimar Republic

By Ken Herman | August 1, 2022 | 2

Cygnet Theatre’s impressive revival Kander and Ebb’s ‘Cabaret’ will run through September 4, 2022, at the Theatre in Old Town.

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Cygnet’s Fair ‘Pride/Prejudice’ Begs the Overarching Question: Why?

By Martin Jones Westlin | May 20, 2019 | 0

Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a timeless classic, but only to a point — its scrums on love and marriage take a back seat to the institutions themselves. In its current turn, Cygnet Theatre transgresses this; the result is a less-than-standard effort.

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Lamb’s Players’ ‘Once’ an Excellent Mosaic Amid Collaborative Direction

By Martin Jones Westlin | June 14, 2018 | 0

If you were unfortunate enough to see Broadway San DIego’s ‘Once’ in 2014, you might want to consider the recast at Lamb’s Players Theatre — Kerry Meads’ excellent direction makes all the difference as she mines an actual play.

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Spirit Tops the Logistics in Cygnet’s Unfinished ‘Wind And the Breeze’

By Martin Jones Westlin | May 24, 2018 | 0

Your universe is as big, or as small, as you care to make it — after all, it’s your universe. ‘The Wind and the Breeze,’ Cygnet Theatre Company’s current entry, can’t quite decide between the dimensions, but its spirit and production values count for a lot.

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Politics, Not Theater, Fuels Cygnet’s So-So ‘Last Wife’

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 23, 2018 | 0

Henry VIII couldn’t soldier his way out of a wet paper bag, but he knew how to push other soldiers’ buttons. Then he met Katherine Parr, in whom he met his match. Cygnet Theatre Company’s ‘The Last Wife’ chronicles the events and the outcome — and while the script holds out Parr as a model, the show certainly does not.

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History Gets Short Shrift, But ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ Radiates Great Chemistry

By Martin Jones Westlin | December 1, 2017 | 0

Authentic history is sustained by its wealth of anecdotes. Copies of authentic history are sustained by nothing. That said, some very nice production values sustain San Diego Repertory Theatre’s ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ regardless.

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