Old Globe Dramedy Has Its Moments But Not Enough Of Them
The play in the first act of “Other Desert Cities” at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, is chock-full of dialogue that sounds like a TV half-hour sitcom series. The play written by Jon Robin Baitz didn’t get any snappier or the story didn’t get anymore incisive since I saw it at LA’s Mark [...]
College of The Desert Presents “A Little Night Music”
The College of the Desert (COD) Performing Arts Department is presenting Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy “A Little Night Music”, directed by Sha Newman; with musical…
Mark Taper Forum Revives Powerful Drama “Joe Turner’s Come And Gone”
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” is the second play in the cycle of the late great playwright August Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle” – a series of…
Second Annual American Documentary Film Festival Wraps In Palm Springs
Palm Springs, in addition to being a world-class tourist destination, is fast becoming a city of festivals: Movies, Music, Play Reading, and Dance are but…
Coyote Stageworks Presents Truman Capote Story At Annenberg Theatre
Every now and then an audience is treated to “theatrical” lightning caught in a bottle. It’s a time when all of the planets and stars…
Kentwood Players of Los Angeles And “Ragtime” Production A Triumph!
The Kentwood Players is one of the oldest community theatres in Los Angeles. Now in their sixty-third…
Classic David Mamet Black Comedy “American Buffalo” On Stage At La’s Geffen Playhouse
The machine-gun like staccato of David Mamet dialogue, along with a load of coarse language and tons of…
Mark Taper Forum Launches New Nina Raines Dramedy
The new Nina Raines comedy/drama raises some interesting communication issues concerning the Deaf community. The debate whether…
San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre Presents Ibsen Classic
Henrik Ibsen, the great Norwegian playwright, is often referred to as “the father of realism” and one of…
Old Globe’s World Premiere Is A Musical Comedy Triumph!
The Old Globe Theatre is where talented and creative minds come together to conjure up breathtakingly fresh theatrical…