Reviews Categories | Reviews | Page 11

“BRIGHT HALF LIFE” – Diversionary Theatre

Views:1249

PAT LAUNER posted at TimesofSanDiego.com RUN DATES: 10/29/15-11/29/15 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre Some scenes only last a line or two. Some may go on for five minutes or so. In Tanya Barfield’s “Bright Half Life,” an extremely episodic, time-shifting chronicle of a long-term relationship, the setting and life-stage change with neck-snapping speed. Conversations and topics circle around and reappear, sometimes verbatim, sometimes picking up where they left off or in the moment before. It’s imaginative and inventive, but even just Read More →

Theatre Review: “the Producers” At The Civic Theatre

Views:939

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times January 09, 2003 Okay, here's a Musical Theater Queen Trivia Quiz. Ready? Who mounted "Maim," "Katz," "High Button Jews," "A Streetcar Named Murray" and "She Shtupps to Conquer?" Give up? Or was that too easy? The answer, of course, is "The Producers," Bialystock and Bloom, after their runaway hit, "Springtime for Hitler." There was a little digression Read More →

MALASHOCK DANCE “SIGNATURES”

Views:1325

Posted on TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/24/16 RUN DATES: 1/21/16 -1/31/16 VENUE: Malashock Dance, Liberty Station Choreographer John Malashock has always been fascinated by the past. But in his latest evening of dance, in his 28th year of dance-making, he’s also taking a hard look at our over-stimulated Present. In “Signatures,” he’s balanced two old favorites (Act One) with two world premieres. The old favorites touched me more than the new, but all four pieces are filled with beautiful stage pictures Read More →

Teaser/excerpt: “the Fantasticks ,” Lamb’s Players Theatre; “unusual Acts Of Devotion,” La Jolla Playhouse; “the Butcher Of Baraboo,” Moxie Theatre

Views:846

Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, June 18, 2009 READ REVIEWS OF: “The Fantasticks ,” “Unusual Acts of Devotion,” “The Butcher of Baraboo” Mini Review of : “ Dogugaeshi ,” “Mary and Myra ” Read More →

Stages Of 2009: It Was A Very Good Year

Views:851

Pat Launer on San Diego Theater Theater Year in Review By Pat Launer , SDNN December 30, 2009 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-31/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/san-diego-theater-in-2009-a-look-back There aren’t too many areas that showed a bump in the decidedly downtrodden 2009. But theater in San Diego was alive and Read More →

Suggested Title: Join The Conversation — And Get Operatic

Views:736

La Jolla 10/15/10 Patch.com Dek: The San Diego Opera hosts “Community Conversations” in La Jolla Evil, obsession, arrogance, infidelity. The San Diego Opera is back! The 2011 season features Turandot, Der Rosenkavalier, Faust and Carmen – a luscious array of dysfunctional characters, ripe for discussion. SDO is offering a series of free, casual lectures – “Community Read More →