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FEATURE: THE SHOW CANNOT ALWAYS GO ON: San Diego theaters confront Omicron Surge

FEATURE: THE SHOW CANNOT ALWAYS GO ON: San Diego theaters confront Omicron Surge

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/16/22 Every theater company, like every individual, has to decide what’s in their best interest in these perilous pandemic times. On Broadway and Off, some theaters returned to a regular performance schedule, some reduced the number of weekly performances, some postponed, some canceled altogether, and others are participating in what’s being called ‘hibernation,’ going dark for awhile to see what happens, and perhaps opening in a different space from where they began. San Diego Read More →

2010-2020 Looking Back on a Decade of San Diego Theater

2010-2020 Looking Back on a Decade of San Diego Theater

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/30/19 Perusing my “Best of the Year” lists over the 2010s, I noticed first how the local theater landscape had changed. Some of the most powerful and memorable productions came from theater companies that are no longer with us — most notably, tiny, spiky/spunky, risk-taking ion theater and the aptly-named Intrepid Theatre (still alive, but focused now on outreach and education, rather than producing new work). Over the course of the decade, we also Read More →

THE 7th ANNUAL SAN DIEGO THEATRE WEEK

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/28/22 RUN DATES: 3/4/22 - 3/13/22 VENUE:  Theaters throughout San Diego County Read the full review here.   ©2022 PAT LAUNER/Patté Productions, Inc. Read More →

FEATURE: “DIANA: THE MUSICAL” coming to Netflix and Broadway in 2021

FEATURE: “DIANA: THE MUSICAL” coming to Netflix and Broadway in 2021

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/30/21 It’s been a really rough year for the British Royals. Now, along comes “Diana, the Musical,” for all the world to see… and Broadway, too. The show, which premiered in 2019 at the La Jolla Playhouse, was scheduled to open on Broadway last March. It was two weeks into previews when it was forced to shutter because of the pandemic. “Diana the Musical” celebrates the life of Princess Diana and chronicles her stratospheric Read More →

Feature: Part 2 of my Retirement Recollections: Highlights of 40 years of San Diego theater

Feature: Part 2 of my Retirement Recollections: Highlights of 40 years of San Diego theater

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/10/22 Read the full review here. Read More →

ARTS ACCESS WEEKEND:  Live Performances at ‘PAY WHAT YOU WILL’ Prices, from the San Diego Performing Arts League

ARTS ACCESS WEEKEND: Live Performances at ‘PAY WHAT YOU WILL’ Prices, from the San Diego Performing Arts League

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/23/21 RUN DATES:  12/4/21 - 12/5/21, 10am-4pm VENUE:  ArtsTix Ticket Center in Horton Plaza Park A win-win for all San Diegans  Read the full review here. Read More →