Lambs Players Puts Spelling to the Test in Coronado with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
A Dynamic Production with Plenty of Laughs and an Inside Look into Kids Perspectives A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Photo LAMBS Players Theatre Some theatre pieces get tucked in the mix or shuffled and sometimes overlooked. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is one of […]
La Jolla Playhouse Opens New Season with the World-Premiere Production “The Ballad of Johnny and June”
A Trampled Love Story Rooted in a Popular and Beloved Soundtrack A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Christopher Ryan Grant and Patti Murin in THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY AND JUNE; photo by Rich Soublet II. Oh, I love me some Reese Witherspoon, and curiously, Walk the Line is one of her movies that I have yet to […]
“It is not about justice, it is about revenge”
North Coast REP gets golden with Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti (L-R) Brian Krinsky, Jered McLenigan, Lauren Weinberg – Photo Aaron Rumley Sometimes during all this hullabaloo of theatre, going to see productions, to have what I saw marinate to then write about it, I think of all the wonderful things […]
Class, Discrimination, and Life’s Unexpected Turns are Portrayed in Scripps Ranch’s Latest Production:
Vanity Fair. Currently Playing Until June 16 A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Mashun Tucker, Dagmar Krause Fields, Mikaela Rae Macias, Parth Kichloo, Sara Blanche Hayes, Justin Lang and Alyssa Anne Austin. Photo Ken Jacques I have not had the chance to read William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair but, by the looks of Kate Hamill’s adaptation for the […]
“He is dead and gone lady./ He is dead and gone…”
The Pulitzer-Winning Fat Ham Takes the San Diego Stage at The Old Globe A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti m as Opal, Xavier Pacheco as Tio, Tian Richards as Larry, and Ṣọla Fadiran as Juicy in Fat Ham, 2024. Photo by Rich Soublet II. There have been various pop takes on Shakespeare’s Hamlet throughout the years like […]
San Diego Playwright Tori Rice’s Play “Devil in a Box” Shows the Domino Effect of a Family Broken by Addiction
Playing Until this Sunday, June 9th at Onstage Playhouse A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Brey Laqou and Jenna Pekny. Photo by Daren Scott In this consumerism era where everything is fast and if it lasts more than a minute, attention is lost… In a world where the competition for share and reach is aggressive and even subconscious, it […]
TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix at Diversionary Aims at Character Redemption
Currently Playing Until June 9th A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Sophia Araujo-Johnson & Sara Porkalob – Photo by Talon Reed Cooper I confess I have never seen the movie Thelma and Louise with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. I know the premise and the ending lol, but I have never given myself the opportunity to […]
“Next to Normal” gets the Oceanside Theatre Company Touch
with Live Music and Solid Portrayals A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Daniel Filippi, Danny Holmes, and Melissa Fernandes. Photo Ken Jacques There are iconic shows that set a mark, a before, and an after. Next to Normal is one of those productions. A show that covers so much, wrapped up in a beautiful soundtrack with amazing music by Tom […]
The Old Globe’s Commissioned World-Premiere “Stir”
Authentically Stimulates the Senses with Love and Sazón A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Melinda Lopez as Mariana in Stir, 2024. Photo by Rich Soublet II. In my experience, rarely is a commissioned play really ready. Usually, there are gaps, loose ends, or plain things that do not make sense being shoehorned in. That was not […]
OMG you guys! Elle Woods is in San Diego!
San Diego Musical Theatre Brings the Bubbly-Choreography Charged Legally Blonde to the Stage A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Johnisa Breault and part of the Legally Blonde cast. Photo by Jason Sullivan Legally Blonde The Musical debuted on Broadway in 2007 and the touring production came to the San Diego Civic Theatre in 2010. This is […]
The Latino Theatre Company based in Los Angeles Opens Season with the World Premiere of the Comissioned Play “Ghost Waltz”
Honoring the story of Mexican-Otomí Composer Juventino Rosas A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Quetzal Guerrero, Nathalie Peña-Comas, and Ric’key Pageot. Photo by Grettel Cortes Photography I cannot say enough times how amazing it is to learn about history through theatre. Especially when it is an eye-opening fact like a world-wide famous musical composition attributed to […]
From “Wilis” to “Lloronas” in Artistic Director Javier Velasco’s New Take on the Classic, Giselle
A San Diego Ballet Presentation Happening at the Balboa Theatre this Weekend Saturday, May 4th, and Sunday, May 5th Press Release San Diego Ballet’s Giselle. Photo Canela photography The 1841 classic Giselle, a tale of romance, death, and what lies between, gets a makeover through Artistic Director Javier Velasco’s evocative production that will shift the locale from […]
