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This is not just a reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; this is a spotlight on the many discrepancies and injustices women continue to face. Directed by Kim Strassburger, the play is practically brand new, having debuted last year at The Folger in DC, and now making its San Diego premiere with the most fitting theatre company.
24 May, 2026
When you start getting the hang of this play-seeing/reviewing thing, you begin to grasp the styles of different playwrights. Out of the many playwrights whose work I have seen, I think Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is probably the one I’ve experienced the most. He and William Shakespeare lol. So walking into La Jolla Playhouse’s West Coast premiere of the Tony Award-winning play Purpose, I already knew I was about to get layers, discomfort, and sharp humor.
21 May, 2026
The Play That Goes Wrong is exactly what the title promises: chaos, confusion, missed cues, collapsing sets, and absolute theatrical mayhem. Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, this production, directed by Robert Smyth,  fully embraces the madness while never losing control of the comedy.
20 May, 2026
San Diego Musical Theatre, the only year-round musical theatre nonprofit organization in San Diego, today announced the launch of an urgent fundraising campaign, “The Show Must Go On!,” aiming to raise $100,000 by June 30 to sustain its upcoming production of Rock of Ages.
17 May, 2026
Normalmente, cuando un libro inspira un formato cinematográfico, este no supera lo escrito. En el caso de Prada, es lo contrario. (Con el libro de Wicked, parecido, pero ese es tema para otra entrada). Y es que la guionista Aline Brosh McKenna le dio una buena sarandeada al libro de Weisberger, resultando en una película muy pop, pero también con mensaje. No solamente con respecto a la moda, al consumismo, a la fijación por el cuerpo esbelto de la mujer, etc. Hay mensajes sobre la relación de pareja, el equilibrio entre la vida y el trabajo, las luchas de poder y la traición en el mundo corporativo.
14 May, 2026
There comes an age when, instead of thinking about your grandparents or parents, you think about yourself. And that is what happened to me seeing Onstage’s latest production, The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble. Set in an apartment in Brooklyn, Alexandra (Linda Benning) is an artist in her 80s and the mother of three. She has barricaded herself in the apartment because her two older children consider it better to put her in assisted living. The youngest son, Chris (James P. Darvas), who has been estranged for two decades, returns at the petition of his siblings and to buffer the situation. 
10 May, 2026
Now that the movie Michael is in movie theatres everywhere, it is very pertinent to revisit this chapter of the King of Pop’s story. The plot of the musical is set during all the preparations for the Dangerous World Tour in 1992, amongst various allegations surrounding the singer’s personal life and spending habits. The timeline alternates between Michael’s childhood and his rise to fame until 1992. Showing the causes of stress for the popstar like family pressure, mostly from father and former manager Joe Jackson, as well as large budgets and creative longings. 
8 May, 2026
The Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca was a trailblazer with his surrealist style while uplifting his homeland, Granada, and the southern Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalucía. It was interesting to see Lorca’s reimagined The House of Bernarda Alba through Carlota: Alhajero de Secretos, written by Rodrigo García and Ugho Badú.
5 May, 2026
The hilarious two-act play, in a Ludwig manner, keeps on giving minute after minute, having the audience’s brain do a workout to catch up and stay engaged thanks to Dixon Fish’s bright yellow set design of Elena’s hotel suite, which is divided into two areas, with a living room and the bedroom. And in true vaudeville manner, a number of doors for everyone to come in and out, with tremendous slams. Props are always fun, and Duane McGregor had us join in the fun with different elements like a suitcase, a champagne bottle, and a hilarious bit with a grape that has to be seen.
29 April, 2026
Sarah (Katrina Michaels) is dating Chris Cringle (Benjamin Cole), and yes, like Santa… Things are going well, except that Sarah has not introduced Chris to her family after months of dating because he is not Jewish. Shabbat is happening at Sarah’s, and instead of facing the facts, she enlists Bob Schroeder’s (Sam Ashdown) histrionic services to buff out the tension with her brother Joel (Josh Cahn) and parents, Abe (Joel Polis) and Miriam (Jill Remez).
27 April, 2026
Looking back, I think WOW, very pertinently, as I have lost count of how many of these festivals I have been to. From the very beginning at The La Jolla Playhouse campus, to Liberty Station, to The Shell, to UCSD. The celebration of artistry in its maximum expression.
25 April, 2026
The plot of this story, as the title says, is set in East Los Angeles, with Mercedes (Lucy Rodriguez), a 90-year-old woman with dementia. Her health is declining and practically bed-bound; her youngest daughter, Grace (Zilah Mendoza), is the caretaker with the help of day and nighttime caregivers. When the ICE raids become more frequent and closer, the night person quits, leaving Grace in a more stressful and frustrated state, considering moving Mercedes into an assisted facility.
22 April, 2026

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