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“Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show” Old Globe Theatre Tues & Wed 7 p.m. Thurs & Fri 8 p.m. Sat 4 & 8 p.m. Sun 2 & 7 p.m. Through Nov. 6 619-234-5623 theoldglobe.org Editor’s note: The Old Globe Theatre is hosting a Rocky Horror Costume Bash on Friday Oct.
Sarah Ruhl’s “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” kookily entertains Through Nov 6 Moxie Theatre Thurs, Fri & Sat 8 p.m. Sun 2 p.m. moxietheatre.com 858-598-7620 by Cuauhtémoc Kish | Theater Review Playwright Sarah Ruhl took the opportunity to scream out against the annoying, ubiquitous device called the cell phone in her
Overall, “Lend Me a Tenor” is a hilarious start to the North Coast Rep’s 30th season. The first act kicks off the snickering shenanigans by introducing an eight-member cast that includes an ailing Italian tenor named Merelli (played by Bernard Kopsho), the jealous wife (played by Jessica John) and a scheming impresario named Saunders (played by Ted Barton).
Francis Biddle (Doug Waldo), a former U.S. attorney general under Franklin D. Roosevelt and chief American judge at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials, has decided that his 82nd birthday will be his last.
Pianist and playwright Hershey Felder obviously enjoys walking
beneath the dark shadows of immortal composers. This is Felder’s (and Director Joel Zwick’s) fourth collaboration at the Old Globe, having previously presented “George Gershwin Alone” (2006), “Monsieur Chopin,” (2006) and “Beethoven, As I Knew Him” (2008)
Michele Riml’s “Poster Boys,” a coproduction of Diversionary and Moxie Theatre, has the A-word (acceptance) written all over it. Broadly based upon a real story, the characters in this comedy cringe at the thought of being publicly branded; they just want the world to quietly accept them for who they are.
Cregg Coffin’s “Five Course Love” is a delicious musical spoof that entertained playgoers Off-Broadway in 2005 for months on end. He penned five mini-musicals (book, music and lyrics) and wrapped them into one hilarious, restaurant-themed play package
David Schweizer (adaptor/director) seems to be under the spell of Henrik Ibsen’s epic “Peer Gynt,” even after a 40-year association with the play. Having staged the play in the ’70s at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and in the ’80s at the Polish National Theatre, and then again for L.A.’s Actors Gang in the ’90s, he’s taking another stab at Ibsen’s dramatic poem (originally five acts, 40 scenes, 50 characters and five-hour running time) at the Potiker Theatre (La Jolla Playhouse), where it will run through July 24. It’s a co-production with Kansas City Repertory Theatre
The first of the three shows from the Old Globe Theatre’s Summer Shakespeare Festival 2011 billowed tempestuously with song, splendid acting, and a swath of deep blue fabric. Adrian Noble’s staging of “The Tempest” hit all the marks, and then some
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” marked its debut on Broadway in 1938, and ever since directors have been tweaking this production to keep it fresh, vibrant and alive. It’s a play that encourages everyone to smell life’s roses while they can.
Conflict rules North Coast Repertory Theatre’s current production called “My Name is Asher Lev.” The play, told in first person, underscores a universal conflict between religion, family, and art, but specifically the divide between a young Hassidic artist, Asher Lev, and his parents.
Adam Brock is a gay playwright who, in fact, enjoys being called a gay playwright. His “Swimming in the Shallows” is indeed a gay romp, albeit in shallow, absurdist waters
Marisa’s Wegrzyn’s “Ten Cent Night,” playing at Moxie Theatre through June 26, is all about Texas, country singing and a bullet put through daddy’s head. The title comes from the name of a chart-topping country single. And if ever there was to be a country song written about Moxie, it would surely be called “Stand By Your Women.”
Fairy stories have two things in common: They usually stretch the truth and seldom apologize for their intended, often outlandish, storyline inventions. In Arthur Kopit and Anton Dudley’s supernatural, comedic world premiere, “A Dram of Drummhicit,” the truth is stretched far and wide, and there is no apology for the off-beat tale about strange happenings on Muckle Skerry—an island that sits off the Scottish coast. It’s a very strange fairy story indeed.
In his career, playwright Neil Labute has enjoyed pushing the envelope, writing plays that are unsettling and provocative. In 2000, he wrote a series of three short one-acts called “bash: latterday plays,” which is kicking off Season 6 at ion theatre company’s Black Box Theater.