THEATRE REVIEWS
Emotionally Truthful Jukebox Musical at Coronado Playhouse
The world premiere Ben Folds alternative rock show, Underground, is notable for being the first staging that Coronado Playhouse has presented with another theatre company. Labeled as an immersive musical mashup, the terrific production is in partnership with Blindspot Collective.
Read MoreCCAE Theatricals Closes its Season with ‘Bottle Shock the Musical’
Since it’s not hard to guess the outcome, the show’s success comes from savoring the journey…
Read More‘Passengers’ Captures Imagination Through Movement and Circus Magic at The Old Globe
Taking the train? Why not fly? ‘Passengers,’ the newest touring production to open at The Old Globe and a manifestation of Montreal-based troupe Les 7 Doigts De La Main (The 7 Fingers), is perhaps, as a technicality, theatre, but in actuality much more than that. It is dance, song, movement, and acrobatics. There is a script yet the show demands a degree of improv to accommodate the sheer level of physicality that the performers imbue in their work. They are audacious, fearless, and evocative. And yet, despite the complexity, the show is simple in its premise, presenting a cadre of scenarios that happen when we are passengers – together – on the train…
Read MoreModern Relevance Throughout New Fortune Theatre’s Haunting ‘Public Enemy’
New Fortune Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Richard Baird, is no stranger to being featured in plays by revered Norwegian writer, Henrik Ibsen. His resume includes performing in North Coast Repertory Theatre’s productions of Ghosts and Hedda Gabler as well as a version of A Doll’s House from The Old Globe.
Read MoreOnStage’s ‘Lonely Planet’ Chronicles Life During a Pandemic
The source for Mr. Dietz’s 1992 play, Lonely Planet, now playing at Chula Vista’s OnStage Playhouse, was Eugène Ionesco’s 1952 absurdist “tragic farce,” The Chairs…
Read MoreSummer Shakespeare Festival Opens Outdoors at The Old Globe
“…the rain it raineth every day.” Not usually the case in San Diego summer, but then our weather has been somewhat inverted this year…
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