A Department Store Elf’s Living Hell in ‘Santaland Diaries’ at Diversionary Theatre
What could make life a living hell for a reluctant elf in the world’s largest…
Filling a Performance Gap: A Married Couple’s New Theater for Young Professionals
There’s often a kind of no-man’s-land between youth performance companies and professional theater. After kids…
Ceaselessly Seeking That ‘Significant Other’ at Diversionary Theatre
To paraphrase an old Neil Sedaka classic, “Growing up is hard to do.” That’s especially…
Diversionary Theatre Announces 2019-20 Season, Focus on Inclusion, Safe Spaces
The Diversionary Theatre in University Heights has announced its new season, saying the focus will be…
Compassion and Forgiveness in ‘Hour of Great Mercy’ at Diversionary Theatre
How far would you go to be forgiven? As far as remote, rural Alaska in…
A Historical Feminist Activist Is Remembered in ‘Bull in a China Shop’
The play begins in 1899, but it feels as fresh as this morning. It’s a…
Orange Juice, Activists, Pie and The Ultimate Loneliness of Anita Bryant
Sometimes, loneliness is self-imposed. Consider Anita Bryant, the centerpiece of the world premiere musical at…
Bleak, Biting and Comical: ‘The Moors’ at Diversionary Theatre
You can practically hear Heathcliff and Cathy calling to each other across the desolate, windswept…
A Brilliant Pairing of Plays About an Acclaimed Playwright and Her Parents
Lisa Kron won two Tony Awards in her first foray on Broadway: Best Book of…
‘It’s About How You Take Your Clothes Off’: Burlesque Returns to San Diego
“In The Va Va Voom Room” contains adult material including partial male nudity, sexual themes and…
A Combustible Mix of Politics and Parenting in ‘Now or Later’
If you’re feeling a lack of political debate, discussion and ideology in your life, you’ll…
Personal Sleight of Hand in InnerMission’s ‘Disappearing Act’
The statistics are appalling — but then, so is sending young boys off to brutal…
Time Flies in Diversionary Theatre’s ‘Bright Half Life’
Some scenes only last a line or two. Some may go on for five minutes…
There’s a Lot About Language in ‘Precious Little’
Brodie is a lover of language — but she’s not such a great communicator. She’s a…
