Theatre, Film & Broadcast

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Following on the heels of The La Jolla Playhouse unveiling its world premiere docu-musical, Hands on a Hardbody by Doug Wright (book), Amanda Green (lyrics) and Trey Anastasiio (music), The Old Globe has unleashed another world premiere musical, Nobody Loves You by Itamar Moses (Book and Lyrics) and Gaby Alter […]

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California —Reality T.V. has never made it to the top ten of my favorite things to watch. However, I do like watching documentaries, especially when I find them informative and offer a new outlook on an old subject that I may or may not have already have formed an opinion.

 By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Before I went off to see the latest incarnation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago now playing for a limited run at the Civic Theatre downtown, I reached for my trusty CD of the movie soundtrack. Big mistake. In my mind’s eye I saw every scene and smiled

  SAN DIEGO—Just recently the curtain came down on Cygnet Theatre’s critically acclaimed Parade, Alfred Uhry’s historical musical drama depicting the story of Leo Frank and the lynching that led to his untimely death after being falsely accused of raping and killing young Mary Phagan. Frank managed an Atlanta pencil factory where Phagan was brutally murdered on the

By Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California— Remember that fictitious place Rydell High? That’s where the Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey 1959 high school musical Grease happens. The musical debuted in Chicago in 1971, quickly moved to Broadway where it ran for 18 years and 3388 performances. Grease was made into a movie in 1978 starring

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Suzan-Lori Parks’ 2002 Pulitzer Prize winning  TopDog/UnderDog marks the end of a remarkable season for ion Theatre Company that has produced some amazing theatre over this season. I say ‘the best for last’ with hesitancy because this season at ion was full of wonderful surprises and excellent theatre and to tag Park’s

By Carol Davis CORONADO, California — Confession: I still have my Brownie Pin. Yup! And I have my Girl Scout Pin and my Wings that were used to ‘fly me up’ from Brownie to Girl Scout. They are stored in a small wooden treasure box I put together and varnished in the arts and crafts

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO —When there is no past to reflect on, the now seems the norm and even the ‘now’ is questionable when equality and ‘pride’ in who we are and whom we choose to be our life partners are still being challenged legally and in the court of public opinion. Alexi Kaye

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — Melissa James Gibson’s new play This is on stage at The North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach through the end of the month. Gibson’s play revolves around the lives of four 30-something best friends who are in mid-life crisis but have problems articulating what they want for

  By Carol Davis ENCINITAS, California— The Turn of the Screw by Henry James appeared in Collier’s weekly magazine with a prologue followed by a twelve-part ghost story. Between January and April of 1898 it appeared as a serial and was later published in book version.  Then it was probably more frightening to read than

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California –When doing what you do best means bringing Sam Shepard back to your stages again and again, then Sam Shepard it is. Buried Child premiered at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco in 1978 and was directed by Robert Woodruff. It premiered in New York of that same year and

By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California —-Rita McKenzie has been called ‘bold and brassy’. ‘Dynamite’. Call her what you will, but there is no doubt that she embodies the voice, spirit and persona of the bold, brassy and dynamite Ethel Merman. Now, in a limited engagement at the Welk Resort Theatre in Escondido Ms. McKenzie will