Posts Tagged ‘world premiere’
Bryant Gets Lost in Diversionary’s Admirable ‘Loneliest Girl’ Premiere
Under the leadership of Matt M. Morrow, Diversionary Theatre has gifted San Diego with sharp and complex productions and has broken the mold for what might be thought of as “gay” theatre. Its current production, Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary’s The Loneliest Girl in the World aims even higher – and in many ways gets there….
Read MoreDiversionary’s ‘Ballast’ Probes Relationship Stability and Change
Ballast is not only the title but the central metaphor of a thoughtful, eloquent, world premiere play by Georgette Kelly, now playing at Diversionary Theatre…
Read MorePoint Loma Goes Pro with (abridged) Parody
The three principals are all famous historical theatre figures: William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky. Why these three is not entirely clear, especially because by Act 2 they’re all playing multiple characters at breakneck speed….
Read MoreComplex ‘Boy’ Dances at Diversionary
While not apologizing for sexual exploitation, the musical does attempt to examine the relationship between Paiman (Troy Iwata) and Jahandar (Jonathan Raviv), the man who bought him and taught him to dance. It’s admirable that the writers have not tried to oversimplify the story, but, like almost all world premieres, there is still work to be done…
Read MoreLamb’s ‘Marlene’ a Tribute to Family Storytelling
Dinner table conversation is hard to pull off as drama and next to impossible to pull off as an entire play…
Read MoreBroadway-aspiring ‘Empire’ Debuts in La Mirada
Not ready for prime time yet, but there’s nothing that can’t be fixed…
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