Gam3rCon, the first local event with an international following, dedicated to celebrating the world of video games and interactive entertainment, wrapped up its five-day flurry of events Sunday. Co-founded by local LGBT activist and author, Walter Meyer, 2012, Gam3rCon dominated the Tenth Avenue Theatre with more activities, displays, video gaming tournaments, opportunities to try new…
thursday, july 12 The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Attention Comic-Con devotees and fans of Zelda! Don your green tunics, wield yourmaster swords and prepare to embark on the greatest adventure in video game history. The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses showcases the enduring work of Nintendo composer Koji Kondo. Don’t…
Harmony, Kansas now playing at the Diversionary Theatre is the brainchild of Bill Nelson and Anna K. Jacobs. It’s getting its world premiere here in San Diego, after a few out-of-town workshops. Harmony tells the story of seven Kansas farmers who are gay but not publicly. They secretly form a men’s harmony group under the…
Rent, the musical that made so many performers household names; shot its composer/lyricist Jonathan Larson through the roof; spawned runs on Broadway, the U.K. and Ireland; and hit the big screen; will be presented by San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) in their new home at The Birch North Park Theatre on University Avenue. The show…
thursday, june 21 Harmony, Kansas With a lively, soulful score, Harmony, Kansas tells the story of Heath, a gay farmer making his way in a rural community where homogeneity rules. When his city-born partner, Julian, talks him into joining a spirited group of gay guys who meet once a week to sing, Heath discovers a…
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, june 7 Hoodoo Love Written by the first black American woman to win the Olivier Award for Best New Play, Hoodoo Love is set during the Great Depression and tells the story of a young woman who escapes the Delta cotton fields to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer in Memphis. She…
The opening measures of Kander and Ebb’s The Scottsboro Boys captivates with the simultaneous presence of the tragedy’s 1930s vaudeville act, 1950s finely ironed resistance and, most profoundly, our submerged present day fickle tolerance of black and brown. Sound like heady stuff? It’s not. Under director Susan Stroman’s incandescent direction and period-infused choreography replicated by…
Downtown’s 10th Avenue Theatre has been busy with a series of community events and productions lately. Up next is the world premiere of WoMan In The Mirror, A Dancer’s Journey, a one woman show created by local performer Devra Gregory. Directed by Jessica Bird, Gregory (DEV) as MJ will take you on a wild ride…
BY TOM ANDREW Broadway San Diego’s short-stint offering (now through Sunday, May 13 at San Diego Civic Theatre) of Chicago the Musical starring Christie Brinkley and John O’Hurley should be seen for the ensemble and not necessarily for its headliners. “Chicago,” written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, is based on the play of the…
