Sign up for our eNewsletterDazzling company adds to ‘Other Desert Cities’ success By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic Jon Robin Baitz’s 2011 Broadway hearth drama “Other Desert Cities” is set on Christmas Eve 2004. The Wyeth family – or at least what’s left of it – gathers at the elder Wyeths’ luxurious Palm Springs home.
Read MorePremiere musical is timeless & precise, led by virtuosic Jefferson Mays By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic How frequently does a D’Ysquith die in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder”? The answer is eight times, through a dizzying array of means – one more than once – and all hilariously so; especially when all the aristocratic D’Ysquiths, male and female, are played by virtuosic, Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays.
Read MoreREP’s latest keeps secrets that unfold through exceptional acting By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic Through March 31, San Diego Repertory Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop,” billed as a drama about the last night in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read Moreion theatre’s latest is a meticulous, timely & suspenseful production By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic Staged by ion theatre founding producing artistic director Glenn Paris, British playwright Simon Stephens’ 2009 work titled “Punk Rock” is so outrageously suspenseful that at its conclusion one realizes one has breathed only by gasps for nearly two hours.
Read MoreMeticulous, splendid production is best yet; to miss is to err By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic Like most of August Wilson’s plays, “Gem of the Ocean” (playing at Cygnet Theatre Old Town through February 24) leaves one awestruck over the late playwright’s abilities and suffering of extreme separation anxiety.
Read MoreExtraordinary casting and heroic performances fascinate in ‘The Brothers Size’ By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic Who are they, these people who speak in unfamiliar accents, seem so simple and rough, and yet have such profound emotions? Who is this playwright, who has actors speak their stage directions before they perform the movements?
Read More‘Clybourne Park’ WHERE: San Diego REP, 79 Horton Plaza (Downtown) WHEN: Sun., Tues. and Wed. 7 p.m., Thurs. – Sat. 8 p.m. through Feb. 10 INFO: 619-544-1000 WEB: sdrep.org Not to be missed, ‘Clybourne Park’ is emblematic of the REP’s fine work of late By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic
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