The Beach Boys – San Diego Story

For Better or Worse (Mostly Better), Style Beats Substance in Outstanding ‘Rain’

By Martin Jones Westlin | March 31, 2016 |

We’re 46 years out from the break-up of the Beatles, and that’s long enough for the legend(s) to settle. Accordingly, Broadway/San Diego’s ‘Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles’ maybe doesn’t defer enough to the boys’ personal history — but man, can this group play!

Shakespeare in Space

By David Dixon | July 27, 2015 |

In 2014, Manny Fernandes directed the well-received summer production of The Full Monty at New Village Arts Theatre. Fast forward one year, and he’s back as William Shakespeare’s Prospero in the science fiction jukebox musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.