In the fall of 1997, Broadway audiences were treated to a show about circus freaks that included a set of twins that were conjoined. The show written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger was based on real life sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton who eventually went on to become famous vaudevillian stage performers. Now San…
The La Jolla Playhouse has co-produced a few productions through the years with other notable regional theaters and with great success. This coming week they are bringing in a piece that is being co-produced with Kansas City Repertory and attached to that piece are the considerable talents of Daniel Beaty and Moises Kaufman. The piece…
thursday, aug. 22 Lost Dreams In conjunction with Kettner Nights in Little Italy, Arts Studio + Gallery presents Lost Dreams. The show will feature works by resident artists Lindsay Duff, Anna Kassel, Ginger Louise, Christian Michels, Adi Sharuk, Susan Takano, Kathryn Nova Williams, and their newest artist William Walton. Kettner Arts Studio & Gallery, 1772…
thursday, june 6 Becoming Cuba This world premiere drama set in 1889 Cuba, introduces a family coping with the changing landscape of their country as it struggles for independence. Melinda Lopez’s knack for dialogue and drama, mixed with her knowledge and research of the time, opens the door for issues of loyalty and family, fighting…
thursday, april 4 To Gillian on her 37th birthday David’s wife Gillian died two years ago in a boating accident. David not only grieves for her, he walks and talks with her along the beach at night. Gillian’s sister Esther pays him a visit, bringing with her a friend that she hopes will interest David….
Now is the perfect time to take in a holiday show, or two, and plan for a new year of plays and musicals from some of San Diego’s most well respected theaters. From Shakespeare to Broadway’s finest, you certainly won’t be disappointed with this season’s theater offerings. Heading north, New Village Arts in Carlsbad, Intrepid…
TOM ANDREW reviews Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir at Martinis Above Fourth La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls Productions is currently presenting Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir at Martinis Above Fourth. The show, which plays more like an after-show cabaret, is getting its San Diego premiere and the combination of an upstairs restaurant/bar/club atmosphere…
What do you say when a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of your Tony decorated show asks for a commission for a new musical? Such is the case with Doug Wright (I Am my Own Wife) and the La Jolla Playhouse’s Hands on a Hardbody (based on the documentary of the same title). The body of the…
thursday, march 22 Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan Majestic sixth century Chinese Buddhist sculpture is combined with 21st century 3D-imaging technology in this exploration of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites in early medieval China. A video installation, touch screens and research kiosks enable visitors to…
