By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California–In Annie Weisman’s world premiere Surf Report now playing at the La Jolla Playhouse in the Mandel Weiss Forum, the waves have yet to break, the water’s flat, the surf is receding and the rip currents are enough to drag you down. Yup, all that and the characters are as […]
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Two shows worth seeing and scheduled to close this weekend (June 27th) are worthy of comment. One is a comedy/farce; the other is based on the Greek Tragedy Eurydice. The theatre companies offering these polar opposite productions are A Talent To aMuse Theatre Company (W.S. Gilbert’s “Engaged”) and Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice”
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — If you’re a softie for a little bit of nostalgia, you might want to pack your snuggie, a thermos of warm coffee/hot chocolate and a warm blanket and head down to Balboa Park where Starlight Musical Theatre is presenting a robust production of the
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–The 17th annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Arts Festival: ‘A Joyous Celebration of Art and Soul’ spread its program across the June calendar offering a variety of art, dance, music and theatre. Here are some impressions of the programs yours truly was able to attend. The first offering, The
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By Carol Davis CORONADO, California–Lamb’s Players Theatre is mounting a charming, sometimes zany but solid production of Mary Chase’s Harvey. You remember Harvey; he’s the invisible six foot three and a half inch tall white rabbit or pooka no on can see except the loveably eccentric Elwood P. Dowd (David Cochran Heath). Dowd’s
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Cygnet Theatre in Old Town has done it again. After a successful run of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeny Todd they are off and running with Noel Coward’s Comedy of Manners, Private Lives. What makes this madcap comedy so amazingly engaging is the terrific five (Annie Hinton comes in
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By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—It’s funny how some things in life come full circle. In 1988 two budding young actors, Lynne Griffin and Sean Sullivan appeared together in the Old Globe’s Cassius Carter Theatre production of John Olive’s The Voice Of The Prairie. From that theatrical tale, another and much larger production
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California — There’s a glowing ember just beneath the surface in Tennessee Williams characters, Alma Winemiller and John Buchanan in his Summer And Smoke that sizzles, but never ignites. It’s frustrating as well as intriguing watching the two volley back and forth teasing and retreating, coming close to intimacy, but Williams
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California–One might wonder if Footloose-The Musical would go over big at The Welk Resorts Theatre in Escondido. If you were sitting where I was on a matinee performance a short time ago, you would say, “Bring it on!” Heads were bobbing, swaying and sometimes shoulders lifting to the beats of the
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — It’s not my intention to write another obituary about Craig Noel. So many others have already written volumes. He died peacefully April 3rd 2010 at home surrounded by his loved ones. He was 95. If you opened any newspaper that day and read either the Arts or
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–That May is Jewish Heritage Month is evidenced by the two plays, both bearing Jewish content, now running in repertory at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park: William Gibson’s Golda’s Balcony is on the main stage and Matthew Lopez’s Whipping Man is in the theatre in the round or
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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Frankie and Johnny, two losers on the food chain of love, find each other while working together in a small greasy spoon restaurant. She is a waitress and he is the short order cook. We come across them in her New York walk-up tenement in the West 50’s after
Frankie and Johnny make love, but can they make a marriage? Read More »
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Nina Simone had many faces. She also had many titles, the voice of movement (Civil Rights that is), and diva of sound, High Priestess of Soul, Dr. Nina Simone and the voice of the people to name a few. Funny thing she was all of these rolled up into one
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— David Ives’ All In The Timing is a novel piece. Quirky would be another way to describe it. Ion mounted this show some years ago to rave reviews. This little theatre company, like the “Little Engine That Could” is defying all odds by keeping their newly minted BLKBOX Theatre alive
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