Group 2012 July

Theater archive for July, 2012

Vanished at Swedenborg Hall

Soon-to-be-divorced Nancy, her mother Louise, and unwed, six-months-pregnant Jenny are sitting around, trashing men. Jerks're this. Gobs of that. And ...

Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight

Right before the opening curtain, Moonlight makes the traditional announcement: turn off cell phones, no photographs, etc. They should add ...

Shen Yung Asian Ballet

Shen Yung Performing Arts founded in 2006 to revive interest in the 5,000 year old Chinese culture nearly eliminated by ...

Zoot Suit at SD Rep

Director Kirsten Brandt, choreographer Javier Velasco, and a huge cast are giving Luis Valdez's drama with music a splendid revival. ...

Casting Controversy at La Jolla Playhouse

For its current Page-to-Stage project the La Jolla Playhouse is work-shopping The Nightingale, a musical by Duncan Sheik (composer) and ...

Wherefore Art Thou, Richard III?

Early in Shakespeare's play, Richard, Duke of Gloucester vows that since he's too deformed to "prove a lover," he'll become ...

Grooming the Groom

Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Joe get to watch their own funeral. Shakespeare lets Rosalind do what others would love ...

Act One

Moss Hart knew "the dark brown taste of being poor." And when he made his considerable fortune on Broadway he ...

Dames at Sea at North Coast Rep

"When I look into those big brown eyes of yours," Dick says to Ruby, "there's only one thing I want ...

The Man Who Came to Dinner at Coronado Playhouse

He was Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943). In his time more people may have admired, and feared, him than even knew about ...

Inherit the Wind at the Old Globe

Director Adrian Noble set the Jerome Lawrence/Robert E. Lee courtroom drama in two places at once. Reconfiguring tables and chairs ...

Acting in the Moment (of Uncertainty), Part Three

The night the lights went out. Scripps Ranch Theatre's new play program, "Out on a Limb," had its inaugural opening ...

As You Like It at the Old Globe

Run to it! Dana Green's doing a spectacular Rosalind, one of Shakespeare's smartest women, and the Adrian Noble-directed production's a ...