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“DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE” by mail from The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/2/21 RUN DATES: 7/1/21 - 8/26/21 VENUE: The Old Globe If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s how endlessly inventive, resourceful, resilient and remarkable the theater community is. Hard on the heels of the Zoom readings and concerts came audio plays and imaginatively and effectively filmed productions, mostly shot onstage in an empty house. There have also been experiential theater pieces of various types. And now, along comes a new twist from The Read More →

2020 Theater Year in Review

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/30/20 It was a tough and terrible year — in oh, so many ways. Theaters and theatermakers were especially hard-hit. Nationwide, all theater spaces were closed down, and all those who lovingly toil in those spaces lost their gigs and their livelihood — including designers, directors, actors, musicians, stage managers, technicians and more. Some of them may not make it through. But on the upside, theatermakers remained endlessly imaginative and resourceful, and they found Read More →

“COME FROM AWAY,” streaming on Apple TV+

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/11/21 RUN DATES: 9/10/21 ... ongoing VENUE: Apple TV+ Inspiring filmed musical now available to everyone Read the full review here. Read More →

“MISS YOU LIKE HELL” from Patio Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/2/21 RUN DATES: 7/30/21 - 8/14/21 VENUE: Patio Playhouse at Kt Carson Park Immigration. Incarceration. Separation. Deportation. We hear and read these words every day, but they often feel distant, disembodied, just a list of disastrous statistics. We know the issues, but not always the individuals, or the personal toll, the struggles, repercussions and heartaches that are inherent in the problem. Playwright/lyricist Quiara Alegria Hudes, whose work has won Tony Awards (“In the Heights”) and the Read More →

“SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD” streaming from Teatro San Diego

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/12/21 RUN DATES: 8/5/21 - 8/15/21 VENUE: Streaming from Teatro San Diego Surely, we’re living in a new world these days. The past 18 months upended everything, and the future is far from certain. So, Jason Robert Brown’s “Songs for a New World” seems an apt choice for the inaugural (virtual) production of a new theater company, Teatro San Diego, a group dedicated to producing musicals. “Songs” was the first produced show for Brown, who would Read More →

“DR. GLAS” streaming from North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/24/21 RUN DATES: 7/21/21 - 8/15/21 VENUE: Streaming from North Coast Repertory Theatre The Hippocratic Oath (“First, do no harm”) takes a turn toward the Hypocritic in the hands of Dr. Glas. Based on an acclaimed, but at first controversial Swedish novel (1905, by Hjalmar Söderberg), “Dr. Glas,” a new stage adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, presents the titular 19th century medic as a supercilious prig who longs for love (he only had it once, fleetingly, Read More →