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THEATER REVIEW: Ion's 'Blasted' takes audiences on a disturbing ride

Sarah Kane's play "Blasted" may be named for the gaping hole a bomb tears through the set midway through the 100-minute play, but it also describes the way audience members will feel as they stagger, shell-shocked, from the theater afterward.

Feb 10, 2012 | 10:46 am | Loading…

North County teen explores 9/11 aftermath in Rep's 'In the Wake'

North County teen explores 9/11 aftermath in Rep's 'In the Wake'

Alexis Young barely remembers the planes flying into the Twin Towers. Who can blame her? She was only 5 years old.

Feb 09, 2012 | 8:34 am | Loading…

PREVIEW: Funnyman Rickles still enjoying the ride

PREVIEW: Funnyman Rickles still enjoying the ride

For a comedian who found fame by calling hecklers "hockey pucks" and famously told Old Blue Eyes during one show to "Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody!" Don Rickles is remarkably thoughtful and kind offstage.

Feb 09, 2012 | 6:30 am | Loading…

Broadway Theater opens season with 'Grace and Glorie'

Broadway Theater opens season with 'Grace and Glorie'

Every year in February, Broadway Theater in Vista kicks off its season with a musical, but this year the 49-seat theater is opening instead with a two-character drama about an unlikely friendship that grows between two very different women.

Feb 09, 2012 | 12:00 pm | Loading…

New Village director reworks Shakespeare's 'Comedy' as '50s TV sitcom

What if William Shakespeare had been alive during the early years of television? The possible answer to that question will be seen in the New Village Arts' production of "The Comedy of Errors."

Feb 09, 2012 | 8:27 am | Loading…

CALIFORNIAN: Van Selus exhibition celebrates Black History Month

CALIFORNIAN: Van Selus exhibition celebrates Black History Month

While growing up in the small, seaside California town of Santa Cruz, artist Donald F. Van Selus used a little creative intuition and a popular community pastime to help fund his education.

Feb 09, 2012 | 12:15 am | Loading…

THEATER REVIEW: Moxie's ripe 'Raisin' is powerful and thought-provoking

THEATER REVIEW: Moxie's ripe 'Raisin' is powerful and thought-provoking

In a vibrant new production at Moxie, Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 "A Raisin in the Sun" still speaks to our Age of Obama, when many issues raised by this landmark African-American drama might seem to have been put to rest.

Feb 06, 2012 | 5:40 pm | Loading…

THEATER REVIEW: Clash scores with zippy, funny 'American Night'

THEATER REVIEW: Clash scores with zippy, funny 'American Night'

Culture Clash is back in San Diego again this month, and this time with one of its most consistently funny and cohesive comedies to date, "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose" at La Jolla Playhouse.

Feb 05, 2012 | 3:52 pm | Loading…

THEATER: Playhouse's 'American Night' zeroes in on immigration debate

THEATER: Playhouse's 'American Night' zeroes in on immigration debate

Whichever side of the illegal-immigration debate you're on, La Jolla Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley promises that at least in one way, everyone will be on the same page after attending "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose."

Feb 04, 2012 | 11:00 am | Loading…

THEATER REVIEW: Intrepid's 'Enemy' a thrilling, modern examination of mob rule

THEATER REVIEW: Intrepid's 'Enemy' a thrilling, modern examination of mob rule

In 1882, Henrik Ibsen wrote his play "An Enemy of the People" after the critics and public turned on him over controversial subject matter in his play "Ghosts." Seventy years later, Arthur Miller adapted the play to criticize the "red scare" hysteria whipped up by the government and press…

Feb 04, 2012 | 7:44 am | Loading…

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