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2017 SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/15/18 EVENT DATE: 2/12/18 VENUE: Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Posted by Chris Jennewein 2/15/18 https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2018/02/14/ballad-of-emmett-till-takes-top-san-diego-theatrical-honors/ “The Ballad of Emmett Till” by ion theatre took top honors when the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle honored local theatre at the 16th annual Craig Noel Awards for Theatrical Excellence. The ceremony at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation on February 12 drew nearly 500 people, many of whom wore black clothes and/or white roses in solidarity with the #MeToo movement. The evening’s most honored Read More →

“BACHELORETTE” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/19/18 RUN DATES: 3/15/18 - 4/1/18 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance at Diversionary's Black Box Bachelor parties are often an invitation to Bad Behavior and an encouragement for excess. So, expect the worst in Leslye Headland’s “Bachelorette,” ‘cause boy, does it deliver those goods (or bads, in this case). This 2008 blackest of comedies is the third installment of Headland’s Seven Deadly Sins cycle. The subject is Gluttony – and every imaginable overindulgence is on display: from sex Read More →

“LOVE NEVER DIES” at Broadway San Diego

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/29/18 RUN DATES: 3/27/18 - 4/1/18 VENUE: Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre The mask remains, but The Phantom himself has re-located – to Coney Island (what a comedown from the Paris Opera House!) Coney Island, btw, is not an island – and, unlike the script for the new sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, “The Phantom of the Opera,” you don’t say you’re ON Coney Island, you’re IN it. It’s just a neighborhood. In Read More →

“CARDBOARD PIANO” at Diversionary Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/9/18 RUN DATES: 1/25/18 - 2/25/18 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre When a play begins with a hymn, and is set in a church, there are certain expectations. Considerations of sin, transgression, immorality, perhaps. All those appear in “Cardboard Piano,” as do brutality, murder and war. But playwright Hansol Jung subverts expectations. Horrible acts are committed, and then re-committed. But there’s no real remorse, redemption or salvation. Homophobia turns to abject hypocrisy. And the ugly cycle continues. It all starts Read More →

THE SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS (FEB. 2018)

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/15/18 https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2018/02/14/ballad-of-emmett-till-takes-top-san-diego-theatrical-honors/ ©2018 PAT LAUNER, San Diego Theater Reviews Read More →

THE TOP 10 THEATER PRODUCTIONS OF 2017

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/30/17 In this singular year of turmoil, theater was a welcome escape. But it also served as a reflecting mirror, or a cautionary tale. And it urged us sit up and take notice. To stay sharp. Keep well informed. Get involved.. Avoid complacency. Our democracy and our way of life depend on it. In 2017, I saw nearly 200 performances, and that included a lot of very strong – and more important, very Read More →