North Coast Rep Goes All In for a Bit of ‘Tomfoolery’
He’s ferociously smart (a Harvard-trained mathematician by trade; he was admitted at age 15). And…
A Strong Cast, But Not Enough Laughs ‘At This Evening’s Performance’
“Comparisons are odorous,” Shakespeare’s malaprop-spewing Dogberry famously declaimed. Comparing Nagle Jackson’s 1978 trifle, “At This…
Getting a Spine—And a Life—in ‘Travels with My Aunt’ at North Coast Rep
What every uptight, passive, bourgeois milquetoast needs is an Auntie Mame or an Aunt Augusta…
Big Doings at North Coast Rep: ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’
Big Names wrote it and Big Names are appearing in it. Delia Ephron and Nora…
North County Becomes Faulkner Country with ‘Way Downriver’
It’s positively Faulknerian (but more accessible). “Way Downriver,” Edward Morgan’s adaptation of the novella, “Old…
Deception, Disloyalty and ‘Betrayal’ at the North Coast Rep
There’s text… and there’s subtext. Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” is all subtext. On the surface, the…
‘Unnecessary Farce’ Takes The High (Comedy) Road
Eight slamming doors, four men in boxers and a woman repeatedly in her scanties. Two…
Laugh in Peace: ‘One Arab. One Jew. One Stage’
A Jew and an Arab walk into a theater. Nope, it’s not a joke — though…
It’s Still a ‘Wonderful Life’ at North Coast Rep
Bedford Falls has moved to Solana Beach. That tiny, snowbound town where Frank Capra’s 1946…
‘Romance/Romance’ Explores the Comedy in Love
Ah, the vagaries of love. Or, as the musical “Romance/Romance” would have it, “the little…
