San Diego Musical Theatre Continues Season with Production of “Matilda”
Some musicals are meant to be big, and Matilda the Musical definitely is. Based on Roald Dahl’s classic book, this production by San Diego Musical Theatre delivers charm, great vocals, and a dedicated cast.
Cygnet Theatre Closes Chapter in Old Town with Oklahoma!
Although charming, the show is long. It feels like watching one of those extended version films.
The Janeiad by Anna Ziegler:
In Anna Ziegler’s “The Janeiad,” a Brooklyn wife is haunted by myth and memory in a one-act play that merges 9/11 and Homer’s Odyssey. Featuring Michaela Watkins and Nadine Malouf, this surreal drama blurs the line between stage and screen.
How My Dog’s Passing Changed the Dynamic of Seeing Theatre
Charlie filled my heart for almost 12 years, and on July 3rd, that heart was broken
Backyard Renaissance Takes on Tennessee Williams ‘Desire
Backyard comes full throttle with their production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire
La Jolla Playhouse Presents the World Premiere of “Indian Princesses”
It is the summer of 2008, and following the blurb, which I am not ecstatic about, but has everything to do with the context, “five young girls of color and their white fathers show up at a community center.”
Moonlight Takes On Regional Premiere of “Waitress the Musical”
A Fun, Hilarious, Well Done Production
Onstage continues to bring the tough conversations to the table with the San Diego premiere of “White Guy on the Bus”
Bruce Graham’s White Guy on the Bus. A no-holds-barred examination of white privilege, racial injustice, and the deeply flawed American system.
“White Folks Hate So Easily”
Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, audiences are taken back, or for the first time, to 1968 Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (DeAndre Simmons) had just delivered one of his most memorable speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”.
Gloria Calderón Kellett’s Play “One of the Good Ones” is Educational and Hits Most of the Marks
Calderón Kellett’s play dots the i’s and crosses the t’s with immigration in the States, as everybody in this country is an immigrant, and delves deeper, explaining as well as exhibiting the missed cultural practice in this country as well as the lack of a valid identity.
Tuyo Theatre’s “La Llorona on the Blue Line”:
The performance takes place in the National City Depot, surrounded by old trolley cars and the station itself.
What is Our Place in the Scale of the Universe?
A play that touches upon life, growing old, and family, all while baking a birthday cake.
