Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
Hamlet is so iconic it’s easy to forget how iconic it is. You can barely get through a scene without hearing a well-worn line, and feeling that renewed sense of discovery, or hearing the title of a book you read ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
After centuries of ballads, poems and other folklore culminating in dozens of movie treatments does the world need another recounting of the Robin Hood legend? The answer is a resounding “yes,” when it’s the imaginative and rollicking ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
Ringing down the curtain could very well spell curtains for an unsuspecting character in “At This Evening’s Performance” at the North Coast Rep.
A struggling company of classically trained actors is reduced to playing in ...
A forlorn woman drags a wheelie suitcase across the gravel drive.
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
A forlorn woman and the pull of an equally forlorn house present more mysteries than are solved in the world premiere of “At The Old Place,” at the La Jolla Playhouse.
We first meet middle-age, college ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
Psst! Looking for a sure bet? Put your money on the Old Globe’s rollicking, toe-tapping revival of “Guys and Dolls.”
In this musical fable of depression-era Broadway, con man Nathan Detroit (J. Bernard Calloway) has two loves: ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
If you accept divine right of kings, then loyalty should be absolute. Betraying the king would be tantamount to betraying God. But then there are the tricky realities of governance. Is the king still divine if he cannot rule? And ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
Arrogant doctors, mysterious maladies, incomprehensible jargon, “The Imaginary Invalid” might be the latest medical drama, rather than a 17th century comedy by the French playwright Molière. No doubt, that is why the play holds up so well. Despite all the ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
Have you ever had a tune in your head you just can’t identify? That’s the starting point for the Pigpen Theater Company’s raucous and endearing production of “The Old Man and the Old Moon,” a study in controlled, purposeful ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
A retired English banker, who wants nothing more then to tend his dahlia bulbs, has his quiet country life commandeered by an estranged aunt, long past her salad days but not too old to juggle lovers, dodge ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
A break room in a Detroit auto plant functions as more than a place to store lunch, drink coffee, and engage in company gossip in the thought-provoking “Skeleton Crew,” on stage at The Old Globe.
Gruff, chain ...
