Is there anything more exhilarating than the start of a new relationship? HUNDRED DAYS at La Jolla playhouse explores those first days of romance, anticipation, and apprehension through the personal lens and story of Abigail and Shaun Bengsons, aka The Bengsons as the duo is known. This couple, joined by the immensely talented band, Ashley…
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SEIZE THE KING at La Jolla Playhouse
There are few names that instantly bring to mind a ruthless, scheming sort of greed, someone for whom there is no act too low, than the name of King Richard III of England. In SEIZE THE KING, the new play at the La Jolla Playhouse by Will Power, Richard and his machinations are moved to…
SMOKEFALL by Backyard Renissance
SMOKEFALL, by Backyard Renaissance and playing through September 16th is a dark comedy that is looking to explore some weighty topics. The play, written by Noah Haidle, opens with a narrator character called Footnote (Brian Mackey) introducing the family, the events, and the area to the audience in a way that feels like Rod Serling…
QUEENS at La Jolla Playhouse looks at the price of the American dream
QUEENS, playing at the La Jolla Playhouse through July 29th is a timely and unflinching look at the often unseen side of the immigrant story. It focuses on the lives of a handful of women trying to make their way in a secret basement dwelling in the borough of Queens, New York Told in a…
The SQUIRRELS are acting a little nutty
Squirrels…you see them in parks, or running around looking adorable with their fluffy tails and the cute way they eat. But we all know, even as we may throw them scraps of food from a park bench, deep down in every squirrel lurks the heart of a vicious animal with Machiavellian tendencies, ready to fight…
Summer at the Playhouse
The La Jolla Playhouse wants the audience to say, “I Feel Love” towards the ‘Hot Stuff” that is the new Donna Summer jukebox musical SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL. With a long list of hit songs “On The Radio”, there is plenty of material to work with for this show (and review, but “Enough is…
Dance class taught by Ariana DeBose inspires next generation of performers
The air in in a dance studio in Point Loma’s Liberty Station on Monday night, was so charged with energy and excitement it probably could have lit the entire city. Students of all ages were there for a class taught by Broadway star Ariana DeBose, currently appearing in SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER STORY musical at…
Ariana DeBose brings SUMMER to San Diego in the winter
Ariana DeBose has performed in so many popular shows it may be hard to figure out where you first saw her perform. It may have been on TV in “So You Think You Can Dance?,” or cheering in BRING IT ON, creating a pivotal presence as “The Bullet” in HAMILTON, or when she stepped into…
SUPER NIGHT SHOT & the WITHOUT WALLS FESTIVAL by LJP
SUPER NIGHT SHOT starts, paradoxically, at the end, as the audience is told to wait outside of the theatre to celebrate the triumphant return of the cast. The cast arrives to the San Diego Central Library scantily clad, with their cameras, and the audience follows them into the theatre to see what art they have…
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&…
Laughter, family, and a lot of blood in the dark comedy KILL LOCAL at La Jolla Playhouse
Running a small business can be tough; the larger and more sophisticated entrepreneurs are crowding out the neighborhood finds. Walmart and Target are pushing out Mom and Pop grocers, Amazon is killing local independent bookstores, and those slick impersonal contract killing companies are pushing out the little guys. That’s how it feels for Sheila, Abi,…