Bekah Brunstetter’s “Be a Good Little Widow” at The Old Globe is an interesting juxtaposition of happy and sad, reality and romanticism. The dialogue sometimes comes off as stilted, and I often felt that Melody’s character seemed very immature. However, the cast as a whole is terrific, and Hal Brooks’ direction centers the story well between the bookends of humor and pain.
This year will be the last under festival artistic director Adrian Noble, who has been at the helm since 2010.
Diavolo — the name, a mix of Spanish, Greek and Latin roughly meaning “I will fly through the day” — sounds about right for Diavolo Dance Theater, coming to La Jolla’s Jewish Community Center May 18 and 19. The company has been hailed by reviewers around the world for “leaping, flying, and spinning … with astounding athleticism and infinite grace.”
Here’s how Diavolo defines itself: “An internationally renowned dance company that reinvents dance, re-imagines theater, and redefines thrills, Diavolo takes movement, athletics, and daring to the extreme, creating abstract narratives about the human experience through surreal tableaux.”
he loss of loved ones is inevitable throughout life, but the experience can sometimes be made easier when we can laugh again or really understand our pain. Playwright Bekah Brunstetter explores this theme in the touching, quirky comedy, “Be a Good Little Widow,” directed by Hal Brooks for its West Coast premiere at the Old Globe Theatre.
The La Jolla Playhouse is celebrating 24 theater award nominations, including four Tony Award nods.
The production includes some audience participation; random theatre-goers will be asked to join the cast onstage to spell words.
The Crossing,” which won for best film, sound design and choreography, will screen May 22-23 at Cannes International Film Festival as an official selection.
Family secrets can either tear a family apart or bring them together. That’s the theme of playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s 2011 “Other Desert Cities,” directed by Richard Seer and opening April 27 at the Old Globe Theatre. The play went to Broadway just months after it premiered and was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
La Jolla’s Best Bets for Events from April 26-May 5, 2013 include music and dance performances, photography and art exhibits, La Jolla Half Marathon, Cinco de Mayo party, La Jolla Symphonny concerts and historical walking tours of La Jolla Village.
“100 Feet” is a one-woman dance theater performance with a supporting cast of 50 pairs of shoes. The multimedia piece, designed, choreographed and performed by Yolande Snaith, head of UC San Diego’s Graduate Dance Theater, is a tribute to 50 famous women who have influenced her thinking and left their distinctive footprints in the sands of time.
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