Posts Tagged ‘the Old Globe Theatre’
OB Playhouse’s Earnest ‘Hair’: That’s the Spirit!
‘Hair: The American Tribal-Love Rock Musical’ made waves in the Broadway of 1968 with its nudity and its public opposition to the American military effort in South Vietnam. It’s frankly not the best script in the history of the universe — but OB Playhouse correctly sees its value as a marker for Ocean Beach and the spirit of the times.
Read More‘Grinch’ is the Gift that Keeps Giving at Globe
J. Bernard Calloway is back as the big-voiced Grinch in road-kill green fur. At times the fur appears plucked. “I love it when the little ones cry,” he snarls.
Read MoreThe Winter’s Tale Thoughtful and Engaging at the Old Globe
The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare in downhill gear, not worrying about details but still ready with the poetry and the passions. The Old Globe’s new artistic director Barry Edelstein has staged it again with solid but mixed results…
Read MoreThe Few Helps Misfits Reach Out in Tender Globe Production
It’s lonely out there on the Interstates and truck-drivers are like cowboys on an epic cattle dri/ve. Or sort of. They’re the same kind of lonely, as Samuel D. Hunter shows in his gentle yet pungent play The Few, now in its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre.
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