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PREVIEW: 2020 SEASON AT DIVERSIONARY THEATRE

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Printed and posted at the San Diego Jewish Journal 12/19 http://sdjewishjournal.com/sdjj/december-2019/emotionally-moving-and-intellectually-stimulating/ Language is a living, breathing thing. It evolves to encompass new inventions, concepts and thinking. And how we talk about gender has certainly been evolving. So, before we start exploring the exciting new season coming up at Diversionary Theatre, the nation’s third oldest continuously producing LGBTQ theater, let’s lay down a few definitions, so we’re all on the same page. It's all about gender identity and gender Read More →

“THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/17/22 RUN DATES: 6/5/22 - 7/10/22 VENUE: The Old Globe Shana Cooper, director of The Old Globe’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” is right, of course. Despite the 430 years that have elapsed since William Shakespeare wrote the often-contentious play (one of his early efforts), we’re still living in a patriarchal, misogynistic society. While the term “shrew” may have fallen out of favor, it’s been replaced by “ho” or “be-atch” and a raft of others. Even Read More →

“TRYING” streaming from North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/29/21 RUN DATES: 3/25/21 - 4/25/21 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre The title can be interpreted in at least three ways. One of the play’s two characters, a renowned judge, has been trying cases (including at the World War II Nuremberg Trials) for decades. His snappish temperament, irascible personality and incessant grammar-police pronouncements can be trying. And his new secretary/personal assistant is definitely trying to make a go of her challenging new job. “Trying,” by Canadian playwright Joanna Read More →

“LIT” streaming from Blindspot Collective

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/16/21 RUN DATES: 4/16/21 - 5/16/21 VENUE: Blindspot Collective “Find your light.” It’s a central tenet of theater performers — and a major theme of Blindspot Collective’s latest virtual production, a world premiere musical, “Lit.” Loosely (if not fully successfully) tied to the ghost light that burns in every theater, the musical based on multicultural myths and folktales is set backstage in an empty theater (California Center for the Arts, Escondido, which commissioned the piece). We’re first Read More →

“DESERT ROCK GARDEN” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/26/22 RUN DATES: 2/11/22 - 3/13/22 VENUE: New Village Arts Last summer, for the first time in the many years I’ve lived in San Diego, I finally got to Manzanar in eastern-central California, one of the ten Japanese internment camps of World War II. It was barren, desolate and sizzling — well over 100 degrees (nestled between the Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains, the camp’s weather is equally extreme in winter). Hard to imagine more than Read More →

“DIANA: THE MUSICAL” streaming on Netflix

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/3/21 RUN DATES: 10/1/21 - ongoing VENUE: Netflix See it at home before Broadway! Read the full review here. Read More →