Amadeus: The victor is Mozart’s music
Putting Salieri in charge of the narrative relieves us of any controversy regarding the depiction of Mozart
Garrett Harris 3 p.m., Sept. 19
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Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
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Mesa College Apolliad Theatre
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Onstage Playhouse
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Palomar College
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Point Loma Playhouse
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Red Spade Theater
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- Séance
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San Diego Civic Theatre
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San Diego French-American School
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- Vincent, The True Story of Vincent Van Gogh
San Diego Repertory Theatre
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- 9783 Avenue of Nations, Scripps Ranch
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Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
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Spreckels Theatre
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Star Theatre
- 402 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside
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USD: University of San Diego
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Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
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- All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (through November 17, 2019)
- The Taming of the Shrew (Part Two)
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Village Presbyterian Church
- 6225 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe
- The Importance of Being Earnest (starts October 11, 2019)
Welk Resort Theatre
- 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido
- The Addams Family (through November 10, 2019)
Westminster Theater
- 3598 Talbot Street, Point Loma
- King Lear Staged Reading
Theater Reviews
Foxfire: Appalachian lore
Not a musical, a play with music
The title, Foxfire, refers to a project started in 1966 by an English teacher in Appalachia who encouraged his students to hone their writing skills by documenting their family histories and Appalachian lore. They christened ...
Romeo and Juliet with an eighties dance party
That’s the issue with this production. The first half doesn’t match the second
This tragedy starts out looking like a big party. Fair enough. Many big parties end in tragedy. It’s a great party until somebody dies. That’s what I guess director Barry Edelstein is going for with ...
Pablo Picasso: the King of Trash
Art, creativity, family, politics, and truth
One of the most charming scenes in this tri-lingual, one-man show comes when Picasso takes the audience on a tour of his cluttered studio, explaining his dumpster-dive art: his late dog crafted out of a ...
The Tale of Despereaux: A romping good tale well-told
“If a story doesn’t connect with a child — well, where’s the fun in that?”
“The world is dark, and light is precious,” writes Kate DiCamillo in her novel The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Where are ...
The Luckiest: Perfect propaganda
That’s not art. That’s an emotional cudgel.
During this production, Aleque Reid (as Lissette) jumps agilely back and forth along the timeline of her debilitating illness. In one scene, she is a vigorously physical, dynamic, healthy woman; in the next, she is ...
Antireviews
Amadeus: The victor is Mozart’s music
Putting Salieri in charge of the narrative relieves us of any controversy regarding the depiction of Mozart
If a show is only as good as its villain, then Amadeus is a great show. The title might refer to Mozart, but the show opens and closes with Salieri, the villain. The play, by ...
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little: never-marrieds unite! Or don’t
Generations of married folks were trained to think something must be wrong with anyone who remained unmarried late in life
What does society feel about unmarried people over the age 45? For most of our nation’s history, the majority of the population has been married, so the democratic question has typically been: how do married ...
Romeo and Juliet re-imagined with choreography
Because dance is a tribal language
The Romeo and Juliet I saw at The Old Globe recently tried to “re-imagine” the classic tale. Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story actually does it. The success of West Side Story lies in the fact ...
