You know the King Arthur legend. You’ve probably seen Lerner and Loewe’s musical “Camelot.” And then there’s “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”
Sign up for our eNewsletterSign up for our eNewsletterYou know the King Arthur legend. You’ve probably seen Lerner and Loewe’s musical “Camelot.” And then there’s “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”
By Jean Lowerison
What could be better for spreading Christmas cheer than that great story about Kris Kringle winning a court case and validating his claim to be the “real” Santa Claus?
We’re in luck. San Diego Musical Theatre revives last year’s popular musical version of the old 1947 Lux Radio Hour broadcast of “Miracle on 34th Street” through Dec. 24 in its new home, the Horton Grand Theatre.
By Jean Lowerison | Theater Review
Families can be as toxic as radiation, playwright Paul Zindel tells us in “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” playing through Sept. 24 at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town.
Rob Lutfy directs this seldom-done piece.
By Charlene Baldridge Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas” originally began as a novella published in 1843, and then, almost immediately, it was adapted for the theater. The uplifting story recounts the redemption of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge through the Christmas Eve visitations of his decidedly dead partner, Jacob […]
By Charlene Baldridge | Theater Review Many critics claim that “Gypsy, a Musical Fable,” the 1959 Broadway musical loosely based on Gypsy Rose Lee’s memoirs, is the perfect musical to emerge from the last half of the 20th century. It has a book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and music by Jule Styne. Readers […]
By Charlene Baldridge | Theater Review Anyone here not remember the plot of Richard O’Brien’s 1973 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? Soon after the show’s London debut, it was adapted into what became a classic cult film musical devoted to B movies and science fiction of earlier decades.
By Charlene Baldridge Farce. Usually. Has. High absurdity content. The U.S. premiere of Kenneth McLeish’s (1940-1997) English translation of Georges Feydeau’s “Now You See It,” is no exception. Farce is beloved at North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT), where it plays through March 27 in a splendid looking production directed by Bruce Turk.
By Charlene Baldridge “You’re a bit of a lump,” says Rosemary Muldoon to Anthony Reilly. The two, middle-aged now, have lived on adjoining cattle and sheep ranches outside Mullingar, Ireland, since childhood. In fact, Anthony toppled Rosemary on the playground one day when they were 7 — he doesn’t remember — and family lore has […]
By Charlene Baldridge The official Nov. 15 tree-lighting ceremony had not taken place yet, but the gigantic Whoville Christmas tree outside The Old Globe on Nov. 12 was magnificently lit, likely to please all the children on their way inside to see the opening of the Globe’s 18th annual production of “Dr. Seuss’ How the […]
By Charlene Baldridge Opening night arrived Nov. 9 with many assurances that the critic — making her way through a pre-curtain crush of revelry, press packet in hand — would love the show. These assurances and the ensuing vociferous response to every musical number might as well have been accompaniment to football attended by well-dressed […]
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