THEATRE REVIEWS
Hoping for a Better Life in Manhattan
Director/choreographer, Ray Limon, recently staged several musicals at the Welk Resort Theatre that have connections to Bob Fosse. After well-received productions of Chicago and Cabaret (Fosse directed the motion picture version), Limon’s latest Fosse influenced interpretation is the 1966 comedy-drama, Sweet Charity.
Read More‘Cabaret’ Slinks Into the Civic
Cabaret keeps changing – it will never be the same…
Read MoreOld Globe’s Labors Win With ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’
Shakespeare’s most formal, artificial play is like an extension of Balboa Park this summer in the Old Globe Theatre’s verdant, joyous production.
Read MoreThe Ways of the Universe Are Too Much for Backyard’s ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’
Two of the summer’s better performances are up at Diversionary Theatre — but amid some criminally ingratiating material, the actors can do only so much in Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company’s slovenly Gutenberg! The Musical!.
Read MoreMoonlight’s Production Buoys ‘Titanic’
…many have championed this “ship of dreams” musical, and Moonlight Stage Productions has gone all out to present it in the best possible light…
Read Moreion’s ‘Airline Highway’ a Labor of Love
West Coast premieres of plays are a pretty big deal, and while San Diego hosts some each season, it is usually the large theatres doing the hosting. So, for ion Theatre to present not only the West Coast premiere but also the third professional production of Lisa D’Amour’s Airline Highway is a pretty big deal, indeed….
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