Posts Tagged ‘Christopher Ashley’
Darrell Hammond’s Narrow, Harrowing Path at LJP
No comic has appeared more often on television’s “Saturday Night Live” than Darrell Hammond. And none, perhaps, has dragged around such a load of psychic misery. In his new play at the La Jolla Playhouse, Hammond tells all.
Read MoreLa Jolla His Girl Friday Looks Great Despite Script Clunks
What a hoot it might be to see the La Jolla Playhouse do The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s delicious newspaper valentine, with the company presently assembled for something called His Girl Friday. There would have to be some slight tweaking of the décor to move a decade back from 1939 and a couple of important casting fixes. Otherwise, though, this large, deep and fully engaged troupe, guided by the buoyant direction of Christopher Ashley, might well deliver a richly satisfying version of an American classic…
Read MorePlayhouse Announces Without Walls Festival for October 2013
The La Jolla Playhouse announced at a press conference today that its inaugural Without Walls Festival will be staged October 3 – 6. The Playhouse portion of the University of California, San Diego, campus, will serve as a festival village for a series of performances and events presented in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and the UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance.
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