Lascivious Vampires and Artistic Choices

In spite of strong choreography and superb dancing, watching Zaquia Mahler Salinas’s “Hirudinea and Her Host” made me feel like I was in an artsy gentleman’s club. Find out why I think Salinas made problematic artistic choices … and join the conversation.

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The Sound of One Girl Tapping

“On the Corner of Rhythm & Rhyme” at the San Diego Fringe Fest isn’t just a display of virtuoso tapping. California Rhythm Company director Nancy Boskin-Mullen and artistic director Pam Thompson-Spinner have put together San Diego’s answer to “Stomp.”

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Jaw-Droppingly Good: “Victor Charlie” at San Diego International Fringe Festival

I’m betting that when “Victor Charlie” is a hit in a major theater, anyone who caught it at the Fringe is going to brag about seeing the world premiere in the Spreckels Theatre Raw space. By the way, the space is indeed raw, with paint peeling from the walls … and there may never be a more perfect venue for this show about a 1960s-era soldier than this former USO center.

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