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San Diego Theatre Scene Newsletter
Issue #360 March 7, 2008 - Published by Dale Morris |
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CORONADO PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
Vintage Christie, this 1930 hit marked the stage entrance of Dame Agatha's most popular detective, Hercule Poirot, into the mystery world. Sir Claud Amory, England's premier physicist,
summons Poirot to a gathering but is dead before Poirot arrives. A must see for all mystery fans.
Opening Night Dinner Details
This Week Dale's guests are Anne Marie Welsh - Rob Appel - Hitch
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San Diego Theatre & Dance News |
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Curtain Calls by Pat Launer
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"CURTAIN CALLS" #233
3/06/08
Every Shayna Maidel wants a loyal spouse,
A loving sister and a nice Clean House,
A life that's totally spic ‘n' span:
It's all part of The American Plan.
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PATTÉs Go NATIONAL" … The 11th Annual Patté awards for Theatre Excellence were written up in American Theater Magazine.'
Article Here
(Don't miss the cast photo of A Hundred Birds at the bottom of the page)
(Adobe Reader Needed) |
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 Mommie Dearest
THE SHOW: The American Plan, the belated West coast premiere of an early (1990) work by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (best known for Take Me Out and
the Pulitzer Prize finalist Three Days of Rain).
THE PLAY: Greenberg wrote The American Plan early in his career, not long after he graduated from Yale Drama School. He himself calls it a
"gothic-melodrama-high-comedy-problem play." It has elements of his later works – the clever repartee, literary references, sometimes self-congratulatory tone. It's a comedy underscored with pain (so what else is nu? it's a Jewish
comedy!), but like bubba's sofa, it's overstuffed -- with revelations and complications. And even though I know full-well that you can't impose autobiography on every literary creation, I couldn't help but wonder if Richard
weren't having a particularly bad time with Mom when he wrote this. The mother in the play is a high-class, white-gloved harridan, an ogre with a slick veneer, hell-bent on controlling (read: destroying) her daughter's life, all in the
name of love.
From the vantage point of 2008, the play reverberates with echoes of other works, old and new, from Henry James' "Washington Square" (known onstage as The Heiress) to "Brokeback Mountain" and The Light
in the Piazza, from "Delta Dawn" to "Dirty Dancing."
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Read all of Pat's column at www.sdtheatre.com
 Southern California Theatre / Concerts / Cabaret / Special Events
BRAVISSIMO MINI-REVIEWS & FEATURES
By Arts Columnist ROB APPEL
SAN DIEGO BALLET
Invites You …
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this weekend of Fri/Sat/Sun, March 14th(8pm), 15th (8pm), and Sunday Matinee (at 2pm), the San Diego Ballet Company will present a Don Quixote pas-de-deux, and one of Javier Velasco's
signature pieces, MAMBOMANIA. Also some new choreography for next year's World Premier of a new treatment to ROMEO & JULIET will be featured. While you have an opportunity to see their beautiful new studios at DANCE PLACE SAN
DIEGO (inside the NTC Promenade), arrive early, see and meet the dancers in class. As seating is limited, it is suggested you call for reservations at
(619) 294-7311
, or go online at
http://www.sandiegoballet.org/
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And Much More...
Read Rob's Entire Column
 Behind the Scenes
by Jenni Prisk
Jenni is in New Zealand
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Read all of Jenni's Column at www.sdtheatre.com
 Interviews & Playwrights Corner
by C. Kish
Dear San Diego Theatre Scene:
My recent trip to Atlanta was delightful, especially that pass my friends and I received (think shopping!) allowing us access to the downtown Design Center. I was surprised to discover that this 'Southern Belle' city
actually has a good number of theatres in the area. Atlanta still doesn't have any water to green-up their lawns as yet and congestion on their freeways is like a Wal-Mart parking lot.
It's always so wonderful to get back to San Diego after ‘exploring' elsewhere. I ran back into several theatres and was entertained on many levels. The Old Globe's The American Plan has some fine muscle, both script-wise
and otherwise. Mòolelo's Permanent Collection offered up thoughts about race, art and the role of the media. Moxie's Rhubarb or How to Play with a Rollergirl had some fine moments about a female odd couple
with visiting oracles while North Coast Rep offered up A Shayna Maidel that has Jessica John playing one of two sisters reunited after a 20year separation. And my favorite, San Diego Rep's The Clean House. It's a howling
experience that will have you laughing until your belly hurts. This week's openings include Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa at New Village Arts, a story of five sisters living in rural Ireland.
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Read all of Kish's Column at www.sdtheatre.com
 Community Theatre Beat
by Hitch
"The Crazies take over Ark Theatre
We are met by an attendant garbed in white. He reminds us that we must be quiet, electronic devices are not allowed, and then slams the barred gate behind us. We enter the day room. Off to our right is a
door to the dormitory, the locked nurse's station with the drugs and records, and the lavatory. In front of us is a small table and some folding chairs. We are locked into a mental hospital in Dale Wasserman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ...
read all of Hitch's Column
San Diego Theatre Teen Perspective
by Alice Cash
Now playing at the J*Company Youth Theatre in La Jolla is the Southern California Youth Theatre Premier by Elton John and Tim Rice's rock musical Aida. Based on the famous opera written in the 1870's by Giuseppe Verdi. The
Broadway version of Aida was remade in 2000 by the rock star and Disney, the show tells the fateful tale of the love triangle between Nubian Princess Aida, Egyptian Captain Radames, and his betrothed the Egyptian Princess, Amneris,
all during the time of war between the two countries. Aida becomes captured by Radames and brought back as a slave to Amneris, which leads to them becoming involved and falling in love.
Michelle Cabinian played Aida in this production. She captivated the audience with her beautiful voice that was wrought with emotion. Matthew Maretz gave a
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Read all of Alice's Column at www.sdtheatre.com
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