Posts Tagged ‘San Diego REP’
Nora is Riveting in Relevant ‘A Doll’s House’ Sequel at REP
Nora’s dramatic exit is the pivot for Lucas Hnath’s sequel, A Doll House, Part 2, presented by the REP…we return to the scene of the crime in the Helmer house, 15 years after she slammed that infamous door…She’s the mother we love to hate
Read MoreNew York and San Diego’s Symbiotic Theatre Relationship
In which the critic-at-large reflects on the shows he saw on Broadway, what they tell us about New York theatre, and what they imply for the state of San Diego theatre…
Read MoreSD Rep Opens 40th Season With Southern Odyssey ‘Violet’
In the sullen south of the early 1960s, a sweetly intense young woman is on a Greyhound Bus quest to find a television evangelist who will wipe away her childhood scars with a miracle
Read MoreGo for the Jazz in Federal Jazz Project
San Diego REP director Sam Woodhouse has taken a world premiere play that could only be performed in San Diego and done his best to dress it up and make it interesting. Even if you don’t love jazz, the music will move you. Let it.
Read MoreMountaintop Engages But May Not Satisfy
What if you knew that this evening was your last on earth? What would you do? And, to complicate matters further, what if you were the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and you had this information? That’s the premise of Katori Hall’s play, The Mountaintop, now through March 31 at San Diego REP’s Lyceum Space. Full of twists and turns, this West Coast premiere may not entirely satisfy, but it will engage.
Read MoreClybourne Park: Bones to Pick/No Bones to Make
Playwright Bruce Norris takes Avenue Q’s snarky bromide that everyone’s a little bit racist to its logical conclusion in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park, now playing through February 10 at San Diego REP’s Lyceum Stage. I have a bone to pick with how Mr. Norris manipulates the story, but I have no bones about recommending this solid-at-every-level production.
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