Posts Tagged ‘San Diego Repertory Theatre’
Rep’s ‘Sex with Strangers’: So What’s the Big Whoop?
What do two attractive, sexually healthy strangers do in a snowbound cabin with no electricity? They take their new relationship to the next level — and when the hard decisions eventuate, a faulty San Diego Repertory Theatre’s ‘Sex with Strangers’ says they can’t see the play through.
Read MoreBaird, John Light the Sky in New Fortune’s Thin ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’
The French Revolution, and the years before it, inundated the world with news of dire consequences in a particularly failed monarchy. Christopher Hampton’s ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’ had every opportunity to exploit the revolution in the interest of character development — and somehow, Hampton abandoned its every notion in this nonetheless well-mounted drama.
Read MoreCritics Circle Announces 2016 Craig Noel Award Nominations
The Craig Noel Award nominations represent the collective view of the Critics Circle members as to the strongest productions, performances, and technical work in the past year – and as such represent a kind of “report card” on the San Diego theatre community.
Read MoreBravos and Boos for 2016
We asked each of our writers to cast their thoughts as “bravos” and “boos.” As you’ll see, some of them found it easier to do than others. Be that as it may, we proudly present essays by Ken Herman, Kris Eitland, Bill Eadie, David Dixon, Martin Jones Westlin, and Welton Jones.
Read MoreRep’s Positively Superb ‘Disgraced’ Marks Rift over Muslim Identity in West
We’re all bozos on this bus, as Monty Python said — indeed, the illusion behind human perception bids us take our seats. In the Islam-intensive current events arena, a dark and absolutely extraordinary San Diego Repertory Theatre entry shows in no uncertain terms what happens when that illusion is washed away.
Read MoreFunny ‘Manifest Destinitis’ Needs a Dash Less Moliere
Audience and authorial tastes are changing all the time, and that’s why a Moliere adaptation (amid its originator’s bawdy humor) might not catch up in one fell swoop. Nonetheless, San Diego Repertory Theatre’s ‘Manifest Destinitis’ is a lot of fun as it looks at a core premise of 19th-century American expansionism.
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