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NCR’s ‘Chapter Two’: For Once, Neil Simon (Horrors!) Isn’t All That Bad

By Martin Jones Westlin | March 1, 2015 |

Neil Simon sucks, God bless him, except when he doesn’t. North Coast Repertory Theatre is mounting a very good ‘Chapter Two,’ Simon’s tribute to his second wife Marsha Mason and a nod to the pain of widowerhood — for once, this criminally overrated playwright is on to something.

Gil Shaham in the Cathedral of Bach

By Ken Herman | February 28, 2015 |

Gil Shaham’s Friday (Feb. 27) program, devoted exclusively to the unaccompanied violin works of J. S. Bach, created a virtual cathedral of sound in La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium . . .

Next Generation revealed in ‘Choreographers Showcase & Prize’

By Kris Eitland | February 22, 2015 |

Siegel and Acuña changed direction on the diagonal and were gliding toward the audience when their dance was cut short. Blinding lights flashed and an alarm sounded. A few in the crowd thought it might be part of the dance. We all ended up out on the sidewalk…

Out of Chaos Comes Order in Lamb’s’ ‘You Can’t Take It with You’

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 22, 2015 |

We’re dependent on only ourselves, in good times and bad, for our happiness. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s ‘You Can’t Take It with You’ is a big-time reminder of all that — and Lamb’s Players Theatre mounts the lesson with its usual expertise.