Posts Tagged ‘world premiere’
Coincidence Rules in Globe’s ‘Shutter Sisters’
There’s a lot of coincidence in Mansa Ra’s world premiere play, Shutter Sisters. Perhaps too much…
Read More‘The Garden’ Begins Abbreviated Season at La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse has enjoyed an ongoing relationship with Charlayne Woodard, both as an actor and as a playwright. Her new play, as both playwright and actor,…is a layered beauty hiding in a deceptively simple premise.
Read MoreInspired by but Not About: The Old Globe’s ‘Gardens of Anuncia’
Michael John LaChiusa’s musical is not about Graciela Daniele per se. Rather, it sketches a small-scale vision of big themes.
Read MoreBryant 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….
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