2020 in Review: The Best of Theater in the Worst of Times
It was a tough and terrible year — in oh, so many ways. Theaters and…
Picasso Comes to Life in a Pandemic-Fueled Stage-to-Screen Adaptation
You are hereby invited to spend “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso.” Okay, maybe not a…
Pandemic Quarantine Creates Opportunities for Aspiring Young California Playwrights
Calling all budding young writers! If you’re 18 or under, why not try your hand…
San Diego Theaters Embrace Online Outreach to Shelter-in-Place Audiences
As a theater critic who typically sees 200 live theater performances in San Diego every…
Wacky, Manic Musical Mayhem: ‘Murder for Two’ at New Village Arts
One piano. Four hands. Two performers. Thirteen characters. Fourteen songs. 100 minutes. I’ll do the…
New Village Arts Gambles with World Premiere of Musical ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
In what has become Jules Verne’s most popular and enduring creation, his 1873 “Around the…
A Woman’s Heartbreaking Pursuit of a Dream in ‘Intimate Apparel’ at New Village Arts
A woman alone in New York can be a treacherous enterprise. Especially in 1905, when…
Austen-Mania Lives in New Village Arts’ ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley’
When we last saw Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,”…
Valley Girl Goes…Omigod!…to Harvard: ‘Legally Blonde’ at New Village Arts
For Elle Woods, pink is the new black. Wait — scratch that. She can’t imagine…
Bawdy Puppets and Thoughtful Themes on ‘Avenue Q’ at New Village Arts
There’s a funny thing about “Avenue Q.” (Well, actually, there are lots of funny things…
The Women in ‘Men on Boats’ Challenge Patriarchal History at New Village Arts
If Lin can do it, anyone can, right? Muck with history, that is. In “Hamilton,”…
So Much Rock ‘n’ Roll It Takes Two Theaters: ‘The Buddy Holly Story’
Some people know exactly what they want, and they won’t let anything or anybody get…
War Will Always Be Hell: New Village Arts Presents ‘An Iliad’
When men go off to war (waging battles men have initiated), it’s the women who…
A Brilliant Mathematician Defends Her Life at New Village Arts
It’s a fabulous story: a brilliant woman, an exceptional scientist, intensely loved by three men…