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‘Hot l Baltimore’

By Jean Lowerison

The once-elegant Hotel Baltimore has long since lost its class, along with the “E” in its sign. The hotel is now a flophouse where the water supply is often in question, hookers turn tricks and the socially discarded live out their days. But next month they’ll have to go elsewhere: the hotel is slated... »

‘The Habit of Art’

By Jean Lowerison

Playwright Alan Bennett follows his 2004 smash hit The History Boys with The Habit of Art, structurally a more complex piece using the play-within-a-play gambit to tell the story of a fictional meeting between two 20th century creative giants – poet W. H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten. But the real subject of the... »

‘Seven Against Thebes’

By Jean Lowerison

Those rulers of Thebes were a piece of work. Not above rape, murder or incest, they incurred the wrath of gods and mortals alike. You remember them. Oedipus committed the unpardonable sins of killing his father and marrying his mother (albeit unknowingly), continuing the family curse brought down by his grandfather Laius, who had raped... »

‘GAM3RS’

By Jean Lowerison

Listen up, geeks and gamers: there’s a late-night show at ion theatre just for you. Yes, you’ll have to turn off the electronics for an hour or so, but dude, take my word for it, it’s worth it. Brian Bielawski, avid gamer since the tender age of 7, managed to tear himself away long enough... »

‘Miss Julie’

By Jean Lowerison

Miss Julie’s psyche is disintegrating along with 19th century Swedish aristocracy in August Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie, a Stone Soup Theatre production playing only three more performances next week at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Directed by Lisa Berger, Miss Julie makes an interesting companion piece to NCRT’s current production of Ibsen’s Ghosts. Hamlet railed about... »

‘Baldwin New Play Festival’

By Jean Lowerison

There’s a lot of haunting going on in most of the student plays selected for the 2010 Baldwin New Play Festival at UCSD. Ghosts of racism and a runaway father haunt a black teen as he transitions into adulthood. A mother struggles to come to terms with her child’s disappearance. Five high school misfits... »

‘Into the Woods’

By Jean Lowerison

Those wild and crazy characters the Witch, the Baker, Little Red Ridinghood and Rapunzel (among others) are going back Into the Woods. This time the thicket is at OnStage Playhouse in Chula Vista, where Stephen Sondheim’s twisted sendup of fairy tales plays through May 1, directed by James M. McCullock. This multiple Tony- and Pulitzer... »

‘A Weekend with Pablo Picasso’

By Jean Lowerison

The lion of 20th century art comes alive on the San Diego Repertory Theatre stage in Herbert Siguenza’s one-man show A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, extended through April 18. Todd Salovey directs. Siguenza wrote the script and portrays the Cubist master in his studio at 76, confronting the challenge of producing six canvases and three... »

‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’

By Jean Lowerison

Omigod you guys! That perky but determined Elle Woods (you know, the proponent of terminal pinkness) is back to chase boyfriend Warner (Jeff McLean) all the way to (and through) Harvard Law School in the Legally Blonde road show. Based on Amanda Brown’s novel and the 2001 MGM film, the seven-time Tony- nominated Legally Blonde:... »

‘Speech and Debate’

By Jean Lowerison

Sex, secrets and “homo drama” abound in suburban North Salem (Oregon) High School, where three misfits form a reluctant and uneasy alliance. Playwright Stephen Karam borrows from a real-life sex scandal involving a politician and an 18-year-old he met in an Internet chat room for his smart and breezy Speech and Debate, playing through April... »

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