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“MUD ROW” at Cygnet Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/30/22 RUN DATES: 5/18/22 - 6/19/22 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Same roots, divergent branches. Two pairs of sisters, representing three generations of women in Dominique Morisseau’s 2018 “Mud Row,” take one of two paths: Fighter or Striver. The rebels fight for civil rights — or their own. The Strivers try to marry up, or obtain education as a path to success. Both branches are trying to cut loose from their roots and escape their shame: a patriarch who Read More →

“IN THE HEIGHTS” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/24/22 RUN DATES: 5/6/22 - 6/5/22 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre “In the Heights” is set in the uppermost part of Manhattan, Washington Heights, a barrio that serves as a microcosm for the Latinx immigrant experience. Staging the award-winning musical by Lin-Manual Miranda (concept, music and lyrics, with book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes) in a small space like San Diego Musical Theatre’s temporary Kearny Mesa digs, makes it intimate, maintaining the sense Read More →

“MALA” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/26/22 RUN DATES: 5/7/22 - 6/12/22 VENUE: The Old Globe One play. Two languages. Two solo performers. In one week. It isn’t often that a theater critic gets to see two perspectives on the same play. In two different languages. In “Mala,” playwright/performer Melinda Lopez is telling about the death of her mother, and earlier, her father. She’s relating parent-caregiving stories from other people, and offering a bit about her family history (Cuban-American, with a tinge Read More →

“I HATE HAMLET” at Scripps Ranch Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/4/22 RUN DATES: 5/27/22 - 6/12/22 VENUE: Scripps Ranch Theatre In the smart, funny Canadian sitcom, “Slings and Arrows” (2003-2006, using a phrase lifted from “Hamlet”), a seasoned Shakespearean director tries to calm a terrified young American film star who’s signed on to play the Danish Prince — a famously large and challenging role — by saying something akin to, “You just have to get through the seven soliloquies. That’s what people are coming Read More →

“HADESTOWN” from Broadway San Diego

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/2/22 RUN DATES: 5/31/22 - 6/5/22 VENUE: Civic Theatre (from Broadway San Diego) In the electrifying opening number, you’re introduced to a railroad line that’s the road to hell. Destination: “Hadestown.” Whether you get there by train car, bus, trolley or on foot — get there, to see the fabulous touring production of the eight-time 2019 Tony Award-winning musical. It’s fabulous even with understudies in two lead roles on the night I was there (Chibueze Ihuoma Read More →

“MOTHER OF THE MAID” at Moxie Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/9/22 RUN DATES: 4/24/22 - 5/22/22 VENUE: Moxie Theatre Mother’s Day weekend was the perfect time to see “Mother of the Maid” at Moxie Theatre — because it’s all about the ferocity of motherlove. Playwright Jane Anderson had a brilliant conception with this creation that premiered at The Public Theatre in 2018 (with Glenn Close in the lead): tell the story of Joan of Arc from the perspective of her mother. Who would know her better, Read More →