The Arts

  By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Sometimes bringing back a scary old classic can be a ‘what else is new moment’ especially if it opens late in October and the play is Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Don’t be misled by either, though. Ion Theatre is mounting an intriguing production of Jeffrey Archer’s new adaptation of […]

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — It takes more than lynching, water hoses, police batons or stampeding horses to stop a movement and keep a people down. The story of such a people caught in the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement is documented, to some degree, in Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s Gee’s Bend

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– South African Playwright Athol Fugard’s Road to Mecca is currently being mounted on the Lyceum Stage at The San Diego Repertory Theatre. Fugard’s beautifully written drama stars Kandis Chappell (Helen), Amanda Sitton (Elsa) and Armin Shimerman (Marius Byleveld) who are all at their peak. Associate artistic director Todd Salovey directs

  By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Neil Simon and The Old Globe have had a good working relationship over the years. There was a time when Simon tried out some of his new works (Jake’s Women, Rumors) before taking them to Broadway. Last year Executive Producer Lou Spisto announced that The Old Globe would be

  By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The Old Globe theatre complex is a busy place these days. The Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage is hosting Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound (to be reviewed) in repertory and the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre is mounting the west coast premiere showing of Pulitzer

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD,  Californa — The very first time I saw the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Into The Woods was at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 where it debuted and ran for fifty performances. It subsequently went on to Broadway in 1987 where it won Tony’s for Best Score (music and lyrics by

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Sometimes the most unlikely set of characters turn out to be ‘best friends’. Take for example Clyde (Steven Lone) and Jack (Brian Mackey and Connie (Rhianna Basore) and Lucy (Sara Beth Morgan) in Bob Glaudini’s Jack Goes Boating now in an entertaining, charming and yet thoughtful production at ion

    By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California —  Right out of the gate…don’t miss Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin by Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan (book) and Christopher Curtis (music and lyrics). It is now in its world-premiere production at the Playhouse, where it  is directed by Warren Carlyle and Michael Unger. I