Pandemic aside, 2020 was a year of real progress for me in my pivot away from advertising and toward archaeology. Archaeology? This time last year it was Shakespeare/literature, and I was looking into master’s programs,…
In the bright and fearless days before COVID-19 shut everything down, I considered watching my first real opera. I thought I’d first try one of Verdi’s operas based on a Shakespeare play, Macbeth or Otello…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has a lot of life on hold right now. Schools, classes, and programs are closed, as are parks, beaches, trails, and many businesses. Yet, despite the coronavirus shutdown, life goes on. Like everyone…
I was introduced to August Wilson by a Study of Filmed Played class at San Diego City College, in which we watched Fences, the film with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Fences, set in the…
We thoroughly enjoyed God of Carnage at Lamplighters Community Theatre in La Mesa. This is becoming our home theatre because it’s so close, and runs a regular season of excellent plays and musicals. God of…
Time for a look back on 2019 and a look ahead at 2020. In 2019 I saw 12 live plays, which is more than I thought I would see. Three were for a college class,…
My wife and I saw Romeo and Juliet at The Old Globe earlier this week. Director Barry Edelstein delivered an entertaining, high-energy interpretation that at times veered into parody, such as numerous meta nods to…
Last Sunday, my wife and I enjoyed the USD/San Diego City College co-production of credible by Lily Padilla and Alanna Bledman, loosely based on Six Characters in Search of an Author. Walking around the picture-perfect…
Sweat by Lynn Nottage is something of a very-recent-history play about what the author calls “the de-industrial revolution,” a time at the turn of the 21st century when American factories closed down and blue-collar workers…
I took my teenage son to see Heathers at San Diego City College’s Saville Theatre. He knows the story – we’ve seen it before – and loves the music. It was a great show, exploring…
