THEATRE REVIEWS
The Play’s the Thing in CCdd’s Clever ‘Best Goodbye’
Hip-hop fare has its blatant poetic streak, which in its own rite makes it a storyteller’s genre. San Diego-based playwright Gill Sotu understands this in no uncertain terms — his ‘The Best Goodbye’ is loaded with anecdotes big and small, and a savvy cast from Circle Circle dot dot takes the show from there.
Read MoreHigh-Flying ‘Peter Pan’ at Moonlight, a Charmer that Won’t Grow Up
Robert J. Townsend as the wonderfully vain Captain Hook hooks the audience with his lacy garb and curly wig in the first few seconds…
Read MoreJazz Music From a Groundbreaking Artist
North Coast Repertory Theatre has produced several revues in the last few years. Side by Side by Sondheim and Words by: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook honor timeless musical artists.
Read More‘Ruthless’ Is (at Moxie)
It’s inspired silliness, with lots of cute theatre references thrown in. You’re gonna love it…
Read MoreA Polished Musical Turn at the Old Globe With Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s powers of enchanting the ordinary haven’t faded over two centuries and increasingly attract the attention of the music theatre. Paul Gordon, who offered the Old Globe an adorable ‘Emma’ just five years ago is back now, via Chicago, with an equally buoyant ‘Sense and Sensibility.’
Read MoreBlurring the Line Between Theatre and History
Having the local premiere of The Twentieth-Century Way produced around the time of the San Diego LGBT Pride Parade and Festival makes perfect sense. Ion Theatre’s Off-the-Radar rendition is evidence of how much the laws on homosexuality changed since 1914.
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