San Diego County

By Carol Davis VISTA, California — Legally Blonde The Musical that earned seven 2007 Tony Award nominations is back in San Diego County, at the Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista through July 14th.   It is making its Southern California Regional Music Theatre premiere and it’s not only zippy, fast paced and high-spirited; it’s also fun for […]

   By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—At the opening night performance of Anna K. Jacobs (music) and Bill Nelson’s (book and lyrics) world premiere production of Harmony Kansas, Diversionary Theatre’s executive director John Alexander was so thrilled to announce its opening that he was almost tongue tied as he introduced and thanked its creators. In reality,

By Carol Davis CORONADO, California–When John Patrick Shanley’s wrote Doubt: A Parable for the stage in 2004 I doubt many knew that Moonstruck, the movie was his work as well. Or if they made the connection that he had written Joe Verses the Volcano (also a movie) in 1990, or that he would later go

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Wicked is back in town for another run and it is still rocking the house down because it’s just Pop-u-lar! The Tony Award Winning Broadway musical Wicked is back by popular demand at the Civic Theatre in downtown San Diego. Brought to us by Broadway/San Diego, it is expected to fill

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—The West Coast premiere of playwright J.T. Rogers’ Blood and Gifts is now in a solid but wordy production at the La Jolla Playhouse. Not that the words aren’t important, it’s just that the first act of this two-hour plus thriller (as it is marketed) takes too long to get