The Old Globe Brings Back Summer Shakespeare Festival After Two Years
Kicking it Off With a Modernized, Diverse, Pop-ified, Plain Great Production of The Taming of the Shrew A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Deborah Ann Woll as Katherine (center) with the cast of The Taming of the Shrew, 2022. Photo by Jim Cox. Shakespeare is not for everybody. And, in the past six years or so, Shakespeare […]
North Coast Repertory’s West Coast Premiere of The Outgoing Tide Shows the Other Side of the Coin when Losing a Loved One to Alzheimer’s
Currently Playing Until July 3 A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Andrew Barnicle & Leo Marks – photo by Aaron Rumley June is bringing theatre pieces to San Diego directed by women and I am totally here for it as there needs to be more space for women directors. North Coast Repertory Theatre’s latest production and West […]
Mother-Daughter Actresses Rosina Reynolds and Kate Rose Reynolds Gift Audiences Powerful Histrionic Action
In Roustabouts West Coast Premiere of IRON A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Rosina Reynolds & Kate Rose Reynolds – photo by Daren Scott There is nothing more powerful than two women histrionically battling it out on stage and better yet when it is a mother/daughter duo playing a mother/daughter duo! That is the case with […]
Turning Off the Morning News Proves to be More So Brave and Fed Up Than Uncomfortable
A Bold Move in Programming by Onstage Playhouse A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Salomón Maya and CarlaNavarro in Turning Off the Morning News. Photo Daren Scott More and more often there a people stating that they do not watch the news or have social media profiles. This is to really “block” or “tune out” the negative […]
Mud Row Written by Dominique Morisseau is a Solid Piece About Matriarchy and Family
Currently Playing Until June 19 at Cygnet Theatre A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti or my box office name at Cygnet “Alexandro Encisco” Joy Yvonne Jones, Andréa Agosto. Photo credit: Karli Cadel Photography I always appreciate plays that originate on a historical base or real events especially when it involves a culture different than mine. That said, Mud […]
I Hate Hamlet Shows How the Struggle is Real in Theatre with a Perfect Balance of Truth and Comedy
In a Time Where the World is Upside Down, This is Definitely the Type of Show we Need A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti John DeCarlo, Lynnia Shanley and Alex Guzman in I Hate Hamlet. Photo by Ken Jacques Scripps Ranch hit the mark with its latest production I Hate Hamlet. What would seem like a silly and […]
The Old Globe Apunta Momento Histórico con el Unipersonal MALA por Melinda López con Funciones en Inglés y Español. La Pieza También Cruzará la Frontera y se Presentará en el Centro Cultural Tijuana
Mala Representa Una Historia Universal Sobre el Vaivén de Sentimientos Cuando Llega la Etapa Final de la Vejez en los Pilares de la Familia como Papá y Mamá por Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Yadira Correa en la obra Mala. Foto por Rich Soublet El pasado jueves 19 de mayo se vivió un momento realmente histórico en el Old […]
Interviews From Another Zero:
Talking with Sharone Sayegh who plays Bonnie and other characters in the Broadway touring production of Come From Away. “It is a beautiful story and the first time I saw it I was like-I cannot believe this happened and it is all true-. It is just so wild!-” by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Sharone Sayegh originated the […]
San Diego Musical Theatre Delivers an Amazing Production of In The Heights
With a Superb Cast and Ensemble Who Made The Musical Their Own A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The Cast of San Diego Musical Theatre’s Production of In The Heights. Photo Ken Jacques It has been a while since a local theatre company in San Diego staged a production of In The Heights. An ambitious musical theatre […]
MALA is a universal piece on the meaning of the circle of life
Referencing Key, Tender Touches When Being Part of a Latin American Family A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Melinda Lopez in Mala, 2022. Photo by Rich Soublet II. If you read the pieces in this blog regarding theatre and performances, you will see a constant and very true statement about how powerful the art form is. […]
MOXIE Theatre Leads Southern California Premiere of Jane Anderson’s MOTHER OF THE MAID
Majestically Staged. Not To Be Missed. A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Jennifer Eve Thorn is Isabelle Arc in Mother of the Maid. Photo Desireé Clarke Joan of Arc, a young 17-year-old French woman with humble origins, suddenly receives visions from saints and archangels that reveal that she is the chosen one to recover France from the […]
The 2022 revival of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ at The Old Globe Brings Magic, Flare, and Glittery Broadway Essence
As Well as A Beautiful Celebration of the Human Body A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Jōvan Dansberry with the cast of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Many people are not aware that San Diego has always been an incubator for great stage projects that move on, grow, travel, and win a bunch of […]
