The long walk home
Joe Turner Has Come and Gone and the rest of this week's theater listings
21st-century girl
Hedda Gabler and the rest of this week's theatre listings
Sounds like a plan
Cygnet's holiday show and the rest of this week's theatre listings
Early start
The Maiden's Prayer and the rest of this week's theater listings
Better late than never
Sandra Ellis-Troy and the rest of this week's theater
Words are not enough
The Story of My Life and the rest of this week's theater
Show and tell
The Maiden’s Prayer and the rest of this week's theater
The flip side
Candye kane's musical and the rest of this week's theater listings
Can’t judge a book
Extremities and the rest of this week's theater
Underexposed
The Tragedy of the Commons and the rest of this week's theater listings
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Coming of Age Film Festival
Feb 09, 2012
MOPA, in partnership with the San Diego State University Student Gerontology Association and Alvarado Hospital, hosts a special screening about the influence of aging over time. "The First Grader" is a true story of an elderly Kenyan villager and ex freedom fighter fighting for his right to an education.
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Wednesday, February 8,2012
Theater
Theater
La Jolla Playhouse sings ‘The Ballad of Juan José’
Culture Clash’s madcap history lesson leads our coverage of plays in local production
American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, now at La Jolla Playhouse, is a madcap and frequently potent lesson in U.S. history.
Wednesday, February 1,2012
Theater
Theater
Reviews of ‘The Recommendation’ and ‘A Behanding in Spokane’
Stagings by the Old Globe and Cygnet Theatre lead our coverage of plays in local production
Aaron and Izzy’s friendship, during and beyond college, is the foundation of Jonathan Caren’s new play, The Recommendation,
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Theater
Theater
It’s a Foote’s family feud at the Old Globe
‘Dividing the Estate’ tops our coverage of plays in local production
The Old Globe’s West Coast premiere of the 1989 Foote
play, staged on a sumptuous ground-floor-mansion set, becomes rather
claustrophobic, mostly when there’s too much dead space between laughs.
Wednesday, January 18,2012
Theater
Theater
‘A Hammer, a Bell, and a Song’ celebrates the music of a changing America
San Diego Repertory Theatre’s sing-along tops our coverage of plays in local production
The singing coming from the general direction of Horton Plaza isn’t that of some leftover holiday carolers.
Wednesday, January 11,2012
Theater
Theater
A family’s fit to be tied in North Coast Rep’s ‘The Lion of Winter’
James Goldman’s play about King Henry II tops our coverage of plays in local production
The ostensible chief conflict of The Lion in Winter is how uneasy lies the head of Henry, which wears the crown of England.
Wednesday, January 4,2012
Theater
Theater
Women inhabit disparate roles in ‘The Toughest Girl Alive’ and ‘Cats’
Candye Kane and Melissa Grohowski star in plays opening in San Diego this week
Two women, two shows. Make that two very different shows, yet each a story of survival.
Wednesday, December 28,2011
Theater
Theater
Several months’ worth of great San Diego stagecraft
The best productions and performances since August
So, with all due respect to the stellar 2011 productions
that preceded the beginning of my tenure, here’s a look back at some of
the memorable offerings on stage from August on:
Wednesday, December 21,2011
Theater
Theater
The Grinch still rules at The Old Globe
A review of a holiday classic tops our coverage of plays in local production
As always, it’s a festive cartoon-come-to-life, with
imaginative sets by John Lee Beatty, Seussian costumes by Robert Morgan
and very merry dancing and singing.
Wednesday, December 14,2011
Theater
Theater
Burt Bacharach’s back, and The Old Globe’s got him
A review of the musical ‘Some Lovers’ leads our coverage of plays in local production
Some Lovers, which runs through Dec. 31 on The Old
Globe’s Sheryl and Harvey White stage, is also Bacharach’s first
full-length musical score in nearly five years. It’s about love past and
present, and in this one-act holiday nibble, the two are intertwined.
Wednesday, December 7,2011
Theater
Theater
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ gets resurrected at La Jolla Playhouse
A review of the 40-year-old musical leads our coverage of plays in local production
To revisit Jesus Christ Superstar now, 40 years later at La Jolla Playhouse, is to be reminded of the ferocity, cleverness and occasional beauty of its music.
