Curtain call
A staged reading of The Labyrinth of Desire heads this week's theater listings
Solidarity: Just as San Diego’s maverick MOXIE and Ion theater companies were planning a full production of The Labyrinth of Desire, life intervened. The short version is that Ion has left its former home at Mission Valley’s Academy of Performing Arts (the show’s venue) in protest of its owners’ support of Prop. 8. But the troupers from both groups never did let a little thing like wrongheaded politics stop them—and on Monday, March 23, they’ll mount a staged reading of the very good Caridad Svich piece about love and its storied reputation as no respecter of persons. A shout-out to The San Diego Repertory Theatre is in order too, as it’s kicking in the space. The reading takes place Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at The Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown. $25-$50, funds to benefit both companies. 858-598-7620, www.moxietheatre.com.
Opening
Facing East: Mormons Ruth and Alex McCormick, reeling from the suicide of their gay son, are stuck between faith and reality when they meet their son’s partner for the first time. Opens in previews March 19 at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights. $20-$29. www.diversionary.org.
Opening
Facing East: Mormons Ruth and Alex McCormick, reeling from the suicide of their gay son, are stuck between faith and reality when they meet their son’s partner for the first time. Opens in previews March 19 at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights. $20-$29. www.diversionary.org.
The Hit: It’s anything but business as usual as an unlikely hit-man seriously screws up an assignment. Revival produced by Lamb’s Players Theatre. Opens March 18 at The Horton Grand Theatre, 444 Fourth Ave., Downtown. $26-$48. www.lambsplayers.org.
Now playing
Acts of Faith: A second-generation Americanized Jew struggles to define her identity amid late 20th-century sexual and political power. Produced by Laterthanever Productions, it runs through March 29 at the Tenth Avenue Theatre, 930 Tenth Ave., Downtown. $20. www.laterthanever.org.
Killer Joe: A dysfunctional trailer-park family is looking to bump off its mother and use the insurance money to pay off a drug debt. Through April 5 at Compass Theatre, 3704 Sixth Ave. in Hillcrest. $20-$23. www.compasstheatre.com.
Room Service: Book a theater; start rehearsals; put the cast up at a hotel; figure out how to pay for it later. Produced by Lamb’s Players Theatre, it runs through March 29 at the Ione and Paul Harter Stage, 1142 Orange Ave. in Coronado. $30-$46. www.lambsplayers.org.
Shipwrecked!: Flying wombats and a monstrous sea turtle mark the seductive power of the tall tale and its teller. Through March 22 at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987-D Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach. $17.50-$35. www.northcoastrep.org.
The History Boys: Eight British boarding-school seniors dwell on their plans for college and the pasts that got them that far. Through March 29 at Cygnet Theatre Company’s Old Town Theatre, 4040 Twiggs St. in Old Town. $17-$27. www.cygnettheatre.com.
Working: This musical adaptation of Studs Terkel’s book examines the way Americans view work. Through April 12 at The Old Globe Theatre mainstage, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. $45-$79. www.oldglobe.org.
The Threepenny Opera: Polly Peachum’s been caught with her hand in the capitalist cookie jar, but her accusers go easy on her in the benevolent spirit of socialism. Produced by San Diego Repertory Theatre, it runs through March 29 at The Lyceum, 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown. 619-544-1000, www.sandiegorep.com. See our review.
