THEATRE REVIEWS
Point Loma Goes Pro with (abridged) Parody
The three principals are all famous historical theatre figures: William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky. Why these three is not entirely clear, especially because by Act 2 they’re all playing multiple characters at breakneck speed….
Read MoreBattle for Peace in Israel
The 23rd Annual Lipnsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival features several solo shows. Plays like Maestro, A Jewish Joke and The Blessing of a Broken Heart involve real and fictitious Jewish people and their unique tales.
Read MorePerfection Is the Dream in Old Globe’s ‘tokyo fish story’
The simplicity of sushi – fish, rice and vinegar – is deceptive when pondering a life dedicated to getting it just right.
Read MoreLanguage, Portraiture Don’t Always Match in NCR’s Decent ‘Hedda Gabler’
Amid her sham marriage and her obsession with what’s not hers, Hedda Gabler Tesman is an Everyman for the world’s pathologically unfulfilled. Henrik Ibsen’s iconic character gets an airing in North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘ Hedda Gabler’ — but a new translation seeks to redefine Hedda’s periphery rather than explore her depths.
Read MoreExtra-Extra ‘Newsies’ Deliver Big Musical to Civic Theatre
“…the big musical about a gang of boys who delivered “the papes” and became the news in 1899 proves inspiring…
Read MoreUnrequited Love Smarts In Cygnet’s Good ‘Stupid F**king Bird’
Love and art basically suck, at least when our sensibilities toward each are locked in mortal competition. Anton Chekhov said as much when he wrote ‘The Seagull’ in 1898 — and today, Cygnet Theatre Company is mounting a good treatise to the same effect.
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