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“THE HOMECOMING” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

“THE HOMECOMING” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/8/22 RUN DATES:  3/2/22 -  3/27/22 VENUE:  North Coast Repertory Theatre If you don’t feel somewhat disturbed and unnerved after seeing a Harold Pinter play, you probably weren’t paying close attention. The Nobel Prize-winner (1930-2008), one of the most influential British playwrights of the modern age, reportedly wrote the play in just six weeks, in 1964. As in many of his other so-called “comedies of menace,” Pinter’s characters have, at best, slippery morality, if not outright Read More →

FEATURE: 36th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA PLAYS BY YOUNG WRITERS WINNERS 2021, Streaming from Playwrights Project

FEATURE: 36th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA PLAYS BY YOUNG WRITERS WINNERS 2021, Streaming from Playwrights Project

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/8/21 RUN DATES: 3/11/21 - 3/26/21 VENUE: Streaming from Playwrights Project For 35 years, the San Diego-based Playwrights Project, which runs multiple programs for people of all ages, has been staging a statewide contest for young writers. It’s always been a fascinating window into what youth have on their minds. This year, the 36th annual event, is, like so much else, streaming virtually. In view of COVID-short attention spans, each play this year is only Read More →

“BOB FOSSE’S DANCIN'” at The Old Globe

“BOB FOSSE’S DANCIN'” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/7/22 RUN DATES: 4/19/22 - 6/5/22 VENUE:  The Old Globe The groundbreaking, revolutionary choreography of Bob Fosse (1927-1987) has always been unique and exhilarating. “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’.” the new revival of his 1978 all-dance musical production, now in a limited six-week, pre-Broadway run at The Old Globe, delivers the goods. And then some. The dancin’ is hot stuff: often sexy, steamy, sinewy. Full of Fosse signatures: the hunched shoulders, turned-in knees, white-gloved jazz-hands, canes, chairs, hats Read More →

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE TAKES ‘DIANA’ TO NETFLIX BEFORE BROADWAY

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE TAKES ‘DIANA’ TO NETFLIX BEFORE BROADWAY

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/14/20 VENUE:  La Jolla Playhouse The La Jolla Playhouse is breaking new ground again. The company that, for the past seven years, has produced seasons of only innovative, original work, is on the cusp of something unprecedented. In March, when the pandemic hit, Tony Award-winning Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley was in the second week of Broadway previews for the new musical, “Diana” (which premiered at the Playhouse in 2019), about the love triangle Read More →

BEST SAN DIEGO THEATER PRODUCTIONS OF 2022

BEST SAN DIEGO THEATER PRODUCTIONS OF 2022

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/30/22 Read the full review here. Read More →

FEATURE: BLACK ARTIST COLLECTIVE

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/13/21 RUN DATES: 6/13/21 - 6/19/21 VENUE:  Various Celebrating Juneteenth As so many great relationships do, it all began with Breaking Bread. That was the name of the February 2020 dinner gathering organized by The Old Globe, to bring together local black theater artists and the cast of August Wilson’s “Jitney,” which was running at the time. “It was so wonderful,” says Joy Yvonne Jones, President and co-founder (with Rich Soublet and Zack King) of the San Read More →