Theater archive for September, 2012

Mistakes Were Made at Cygnet Theatre

The producer's nightmare: push a project to Broadway through a gauntlet of nay-sayers: the playwright, iconic young stars, agents, a ...

Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, La Jolla Playhouse

To break the traditional set-up of theater - actors up there, audience down here - the La Jolla Playhouse began ...

An allegiance

Longtime fans of San Diego theater will recognize her name. For years, Linda Castro was one of our leading lights ...

Jack Tygett remembered

Jack Tygett passed away last week. For everyone who knew him, the loss is immense. But rather than me listing ...

Same Time, Next Year at New Village Arts

Melissa and Manny Fernandes, real life husband and wife, perform with the fluidity and timing of a matched set. In ...

Pippin at Diversionary Theatre

It was the Broadway equivalent of a coup d'etat. Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics, and Roger O. Hirson ...

Honoring the unsung

I once knew a man - old Bill - who didn't just have a black cloud always overhead, he was ...

Allegiance: A San Diego Perspective

Allegiance: A New American Musical is having its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre from September 19 through October ...

Hal David

Over the years I've interviewed at least a thousand people. A favorite will always be the one with the late ...