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“THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAY” at ion theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/21/16 RUN DATES: 7/12/16 - 7/24/16 VENUE: ion theatre There’s theatrical and there’s meta-theatrical (self-referential). But what do you call meta to the max? Um, that would be “The Twentieth Century Way,” by Tom Jacobson, having a brief local premiere at ion theatre, as part of its Off-the-Radar series. As the program cover helpfully informs us, “In 1914 Long Beach, actors were hired by police officers to entrap gay men. In 2014, it was still Read More →

“RED VELVET” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/3/17 RUN DATES: 3/25/17 - 4/30/17 VENUE: The Old Globe Red Velvet conjures images of rich cake or plush curtains. Something soft and smooth. But Lolita Chakrabarti’s 2012 play of that name is rough and angular. “Red Velvet” is based in historical fact. It tells of two seminal episodes in the life of Ira Aldridge, the great 19th century African American actor. The drama, a memory play (Aldridge is telling his story to an Read More →

Theatre Review: “medea, Queen Of Colchester” And “phaedra In Delirium” At Sledgehammer Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: September 05, 2003 Two murderous women have taken up residence at Sledgehammer Theatre. Inspired by Greek legend, each of them has a rather warped morality. One is based on the Medea myth about a woman who, spurned by a husband she literally killed to protect, wreaks vengeance by murdering their two young sons. In the ancient account of Phaedra, she was the victim Read More →

“Curtain Calls” Up In The Air, Junior Bird-men

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 01/26/07 The Heart of a Dog is a very weird place There are Happy Endings in Night Music and Ace. If all this theater makes you feel thin-skinned Just stand up and aim Read More →

“SKELETON CREW” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/16/17 RUN DATES: 4/8/17 - 5/7/17 VENUE: The Old Globe Here’s a startling statistic: In 1950, one in every six Americans worked, either directly or indirectly, for the auto industry. Then came increasing automation, the social/political cataclysm of the late ‘60s, the oil crises and the unrelenting rise of Japanese carmakers. And of course, the Great Recession of 2008, when two of the country’s Big Three automakers declared bankruptcy and had to be bailed Read More →

“SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN” at InnerMission Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/11/16 RUN DATES: 11/26/16 - 12/10/16 VENUE: InnerMission Productions Neither magic nor ghosts, prayer nor healing power can eradicate the ravages of war. In the fictional Latin American town of San Ysidro, the battles aren’t with “the neighbors to the north.” This is a civil war (though there’s nothing civil about it). And the damage devastates every small village, every loving couple. In Martín Zimmerman’s “Seven Spots on the Sun,” we meet two such couples, the Read More →