Review: VELOUR: A DRAG SPECTACULAR at La Jolla Playhouse
by ErinMarie Reiter - August 20, 2024
“Velour: A Drag Spectacular” is a delightfully intelligent, funny, and visually dazzling theatrical fantasia. Playing through September 15th at the La Jolla Playhouse, this show celebrates the art of drag artistry with a lot of heart and humor....
Review: 'CLEOPATRA' at Moxie Theatre And Loud Fridge Theatre Group
by ErinMarie Reiter - August 18, 2024
“Cleopatra” offers everyone an audience with the charismatic Egyptian queen, as performed by Joy Yvonne Jones, through September 7th. A joint production, this play opens Moxie Theatre’s 20th season and closes Loud Fridge Theatre Group’s second season with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Antony and ...
Review: MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT 2B at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - August 04, 2024
Sherlock Holmes has had many pop culture reinventions over the years, from traditional to modern and edgy, and now in a fun and fast-paced gender-flipped pop culture-infused comedic parody that pays homage to Sherlock with lots of humor. “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B” plays at the Old Globe thr...
Review: DERECHO at La Jolla Playhouse
by ErinMarie Reiter - August 04, 2024
At first glance, the world premiere of “Derecho” by Noelle Viñas at the La Jolla Playhouse may look like a play about politics, but it is more ambitious than that. With a strong cast, the play explores the complex tapestry of relationships between sisters, friends, and spouses and how even the most ...
Review: DUEL REALITY at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - July 19, 2024
Love can make you feel like you are soaring above everything, like life is a circus, and if your families don’t get along, a tricky balancing act as they fight. “Duel Reality” by The 7 Fingers highlights all of these to the stage in their new artistic and acrobatic show inspired by “Romeo and Julie...
Review: 'TICK, TICK, BOOM!' at Cygnet Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - July 09, 2024
“Tick, Tick, Boom!” is a musical love letter to artists and the choices they have to make to pursue their dreams in the face of adversity, self-doubt, and the potential of failure. As the show often ponders, which do you choose “fear or love?” “Tick, Tick, Boom!” plays at Cygnet Theatre through Aug...