BILLY ELLIOT at San Diego Musical Theatre proves that no matter how crazy the dream, “all you really have to do is shine.” Billy is a young boy in a Northern England mining town that is impacted by a strike. There is a gravity to the towns struggle to survive, and the violence the strikers…
The Old Globe Gala was an Evening of Illusions
The Old Globe 2017 Gala Evening of Illusions was on Saturday, September 23rd at the Old Globe Campus in Balboa Park. More than just party, this event was held to support the theatre’s artistic and arts engagements programs. Attendees at the opening reception enjoyed watching aerialists performing daring feats of gymnastics on silks while looking…
BENNY & JOON at The Old Globe
The 1990’s are back in a big way, in fashion, in remakes, and now on stage with a new musical version of the indie hit movie BENNY AND JOON, now playing at the Old Globe through October 22nd. This show has things younger generations may have only heard of, like VHS tapes, pagers, and (gasp)…
IN THE HEIGHTS is a neighborhood worth the visit at Moonlight Stage
Before there was HAMILTON, there was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other Tony Award winning show, IN THE HEIGHTS. Though different in story, this is was no less an impactful work as it showcases a Latin community at the top of Manhattan as they struggle to achieve the American dream and redefine what they consider home. William Cooper…
WILD GOOSE DREAMS is a fantastical fable
WILD GOOSE DREAMS at the La Jolla Playhouse is a play that juxtaposes the familiar and the unfamiliar, the real and dreamlike. It’s a drama that is incredibly funny, it explores family dynamics by separating families, it deals with realities by augmenting it with fantastical elements, it talks about technology as a thing that connects…
Francis Jue has WILD GOOSE DREAMS at La Jolla Playhouse
Television, Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally around the country, Obie and Lucille Lortel award winning actor Francis Jue is always looking for that next acting challenge. Having performed in everything from David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face”, “Pacific Overtures”, and in the Tony winning musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” as Bun Foo, to recurring roles on TV’s “Law&…
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is S’Wonderful at the San Diego Civic Theatre
If you are yearning for quick trip you need only travel to the San Diego Civic Theater where you can immerse yourself in the romantic city of light with AN AMERICAN IN PARIS now playing through Sunday, September 10th. Based on the 1951 movie of the same name, this musical is an elegant and gorgeously…
Kyle Vaugh brings some Paris to his hometown of San Diego
Kyle Vaughn is a San Diego native who is bringing Paris to the Civic Theatre with the cast of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS playing through September 10th. Kyle was a student at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts as well as performing around the world with an Irish dancing company. He moved…