Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Sondheim’
Gales of Laughter Erupt at NCR’s ‘Forum’
It’s easy to forgive Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for its many faults. It’s sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, and the plot has been done for eons, or, at least, 200 BCE. It’s low comedy at its best. In fact, it might even be called the pinnacle of low comedy…
Read More‘Gypsy’s’ an Almost at Cygnet
There’s so much to like about Cygnet Theatre’s production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable that I’m almost tempted to give it an unqualified rave.
Almost….
Read MoreThe Birthing of a New Opera
“Noon At Dusk” by composer Stephen Lewis sees the light of day at UCSD
Read MoreOpera Favorites by Opera NEO
Opera NEO, the brave young company that brings San Diego an annual summer festival of unusual operas, presented four of its artists in recital Saturday
Read MoreRacette’s Diva on Detour a Vocal Tour de Force
Soprano Patricia Racette brought her traveling show of cabaret songs “Diva on Detour” to the Balboa Theatre Saturday . . .
Read MoreRumbling with the Jets & Sharks in Dance-driven ‘West Side Story’
Fingers snap and fists clench in the first minutes of West Side Story and foreshadow steamy Latin and knife sharp dances yet to come…
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