THEATRE REVIEWS
Loverly Score, Ascot Gavotte Highlight ‘My Fair Lady’ at Welk
The songs in “My Fair Lady” are brilliant because they sound lovely and critique a rigid class system…
Read MoreBroadway SD’s ‘Rent’ Is Less a Musical Than a Concert — But Man, Those Tunes…
Tunes and text are supposed to play off each other as a Broadway musical unfolds. Frankly, the award-winning ‘Rent’ nails only half those components — but as the current Broadway San Diego entry proves, sometimes that’s enough.
Read MoreDystopia and Utopia: Theatre Reflects the Times
A sampling of plays and musicals, many of them from a recent London theatre trip, provides fodder for analysis…
Read MoreBravos and Boos for 2016
We asked each of our writers to cast their thoughts as “bravos” and “boos.” As you’ll see, some of them found it easier to do than others. Be that as it may, we proudly present essays by Ken Herman, Kris Eitland, Bill Eadie, David Dixon, Martin Jones Westlin, and Welton Jones.
Read MoreEnsemble Culture Is King in SDMT’s Great ’34th Street’
There are many, many forces at work out there, and that’s never more apparent than during the holiday season. San Diego Musical Theatre has copped the clue — and its excellent ‘Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play’ justifies our inclination toward belief in the unseen.
Read MoreShouting Boo! for ‘A Snow White Christmas’
The title is misleading. “Snow White Christmas” isn’t artful or pretty, and aside from recorded holiday songs during the intermission, it’s not a Christmas show. Go ahead, boo and heckle all you want, because this Panto…
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