Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
For some reason, when I think about “October Sky” it comes out in the voice of Stefan, Bill Hader’s club character on SNL. ‘This show has everything: rockets, coal, a love song to coal, daddy issues, moonshine, secret finance, songs ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
Here’s a suggestion: Take a three year break from sins of the flesh, as well as fine food and even sleep, to pursue academics. What, no takers? Welcome to “Love’s Labor’s Lost.”
This ‘intellectual vacation’ is the brain ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
Astronomers are heralding this year’s Perseid meteor shower as a “once-in-a-decade outburst.” Outbursts of a different sort reign supreme in Steve Martin’s new play “Meteor Shower,” having its world premiere at The Old Globe.
The year is ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
The Moxie Theatre caps off its current season with “Ruthless! The Musical,” a high-octane, campy cocktail that is equal parts “All About Eve,” “The Bad Seed,” “Gypsy” and “Mame,” with a dash of Hitchcock thrown in. ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” having delighted generations on the page and screen, is now a captivating musical making its West Coast Premiere at The Old Globe.
The story hews faithfully to the fickle fate, ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
If forced to summarize Macbeth in two words, you might choose brutality and suffering. While Hamlet dives into the big existential, Lear hammers at disloyalty and Othello focuses on deception, Macbeth takes an unblinking look at some of man’s basest ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
At the highest level, sushi chefs blend artistry and discipline. Apprentice chefs can spend years performing grunt work before they’re even allowed to make rice. The intensity is almost martial.
This is the world of Tokyo Fish Story. ...
An Orthodox Jew, a Muslim, and a born-again Christian meet in the woods.
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
An Orthodox Jew, a Muslim, and a born-again Christian meet in the woods. This isn’t the setup to a joke, but the true story of 13 days that led to a peace agreement between historic enemies Israel and Egypt. ...
Lynne FriedmannTheaterSan Diego,
In the 1980s, in an all-girls Catholic school in rural Rwanda, young Alphonsine (Cashae Monya, utterly believable as one in a state of grace) claims visions of the Virgin Mary. The story opens with ...
Josh BaxtTheaterSan Diego,
From Star Trek to Sliders, parallel universes have been a science fiction go-to for years and have the advantage of being based on actual science. When physicists study the quantum realm – think atoms and smaller – they sometimes ...
