THEATRE REVIEWS
Fringe One: Brits Old and New Plus Gun Commedia and a Couple of Tips
he Fringe is upon us again, with 90 shows in 10 locations before July 4. Of three picked using my scientific method, all three proved to be worth the effort and one was a delightful; surprise.
Read MoreExamining Real World Events at the Fringe
Theatre can be used as an escape from everyday life. However, many shows at the 2016 San Diego International Fringe Festival comment on issues from the 21st century and past historical events.
Read MoreUpdating the History of American Music
Covering 100 years of history and music is no easy feat to achieve. Director/writer, Kerry Meads, and co-writer/musical director, Vanda Eggington have accomplished this goal in Lamb’s Players Theatre’s new staging of the original musical revue, American Rhythm.
Read More‘Sister Act’ a Crowd-pleasing Opener for Moonlight
Moonlight Stage Productions’ opening show of the summer season, Sister Act, should prove to be a crowd pleaser…
Read More‘Lydia’ Provokes and Charms at ion
To be effective Lydia requires an exquisite ensemble performance, and it gets one from ion’s cast…
Read MoreMusical Genius All in the Family in Fair ‘The Other Mozart’
The evidence is sketchy, but it looks like two of the world’s greatest composers may have met in one of Vienna’s greatest artistic mind-melds. The year was 1787, and a star-struck Ludwig van Beethoven was quaking in his boots; his idol Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had kindly requested an impromptu mini-concert, exchanging a lesson…
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