Episodes
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
we forgot to say it’s really really funny! {Fat Ham (Old Globe)}
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
We would walk a few miles carrying a styrofoam cooler with ice and beers to see this show. On the Annie-to-Endgame scale, this show is as challenging as Cabaret. By James Ijames Original direction by Saheem Ali Directed by Sideeq Heard The 2022 Pulitzer-winning, Tony-nominated sensation Fat Ham is a fresh and funny take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet that The New York Times called “a flat-out hilarious comedy.” During a Southern family cookout, Juicy is confronted by the ghost of his father, who demands revenge for his murder. But Juicy, a young, queer, Black man, has enough on his plate. James Ijames’s remarkable play uses uproarious humor and profound insight to explore the conflict between what you owe your family and what you owe yourself. “Smart, fearless, and wildly entertaining” (The Chicago Tribune). This production includes strong language, mature themes, sexual content, and mild violence.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
recast the beam of light! (Ballad of Johnny and June, La Jolla Playhouse)
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Book by Robert Cary and Des McAnuff Music and Lyrics by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and others Directed by Des McAnuff Love is a burning thing Country music royalty Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash remain to this day one of the most famous couples of the 20th Century. Created with the support of the family and told through the eyes of their son John Carter Cash, this new musical covers it all: their childhoods, their 1956 meeting at the Grand Ole Opry, the storied on-stage proposal in 1968, and the soaring highs and whiplash lows of fame, life on the road, addiction, arrests, controversies, marriage, family and devotion. This is a whole-hearted and clear-eyed telling of one of the most iconic love stories in music history, complete with a soundtrack of beloved hits — I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, Hey Porter, Jackson, I’ve Been Everywhere and many more.
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Covid & beans (Stir, Old Globe)
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Proclaimers Scale: we would drive one hour to see this show. Globe-commissioned world premiere By Melinda Lopez and Joel Perez Directed by Marcela Lorca A Globe-commissioned, world-premiere play about family, food, and healing. Two siblings, separated by distance and circumstance, meet to share their mother’s favorite recipe. What starts as a simple project leads to surprising connection as they reminisce and reveal secrets of their own. This tender comedy from Melinda Lopez (Mala at The Old Globe) and Joel Perez (Kiss My Aztec! at La Jolla Playhouse) invites audiences to grab a seat at the table and savor the possibility of reuniting with loved ones after a long time apart. This production includes strong language and mature themes. This production features the preparation of food, including black beans, onions, garlic, green bell pepper, and spices, which will be chopped and cooked onstage and will release natural aromas into the theatre. We ask patrons with airborne food allergies to please take note of this part of their visit. Total running time: One hour and 20 minutes (one act with no intermission).
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
best use of accordion (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Cygnet)
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
We would ride an hour in a sleigh in 10 degree weather with period-appropriate fur attire to see this show. WEST COAST PREMIERE Book, Lyrics and Music by Dave Malloy. Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Directed by Sean Murray Music Direction by Patrick Marion Choreography by Katie Banville Apr 10 - May 19, 2024 Low-priced Previews Apr 10 - Apr 13, 2024 Overview Artists Photos Talk & Events Romantic • Scandalous • Immersive Two-time Tony® Award Winner Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, is an innovative electropop opera, based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. This immersive performance tells the story of beautiful Natasha who falls for the devilishly handsome rebel Anatole while her betrothed Andrey is off at war. The thrilling, ground-breaking score melds rock, pop, soul, and folk, unlike anything you’ve heard. Join us for this Tony Award-winning spectacle that The New York Times hailed as “the most innovative and best new musical to open since Hamilton!”.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
finally a catchy tune! [Ride, A New Musical (The Old Globe)]
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Proclaimers scale: we would ride from our house to The Old Globe on bicycles (if we had those bike shorts with padded butts) to see this show. March 30 – April 28, 2024 Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center American premiere Book, music, and lyrics by Freya Catrin Smith Music and lyrics by Jack Williams Directed by Sarah Meadows Ready, set, ride! The smash-hit London musical makes its U.S. premiere. It’s 1895, and Annie Londonderry wants to discover if a woman can ride a bicycle around the world. The problem? She’s only ridden one twice! As Annie and her unwitting secretary Martha share unbelievable adventures across four continents, they learn that no matter how far we ride, our past is always right behind us. With a high-energy score and a wildly versatile cast, this fresh and funny show is what Theatre Weekly called “an amazing piece of theatre and a must-watch for everyone.” This production includes strong language.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
man bro dude guy love [King James (Old Globe)]
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Proclaimers scale: we would drive across the country to see this. March 9 – April 7, 2024 Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center By Rajiv Joseph Directed by Justin Emeka The breathtaking career of NBA icon LeBron James is the backdrop for this energetic and funny play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph. Shawn is Black and Matt is White, and they couldn’t be more different—except for their love of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The friendship that develops between them, at turns contentious and compassionate, becomes something as enduring and profound as James’s legacy itself. Interwoven with moments of camaraderie, laughter, and poignancy, King James dives into the heart of basketball fandom and highlights the profound connections that sports can cultivate. This production includes strong language and mature themes.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Chaos Menu Disorder Up (Second City Toronto)
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
International mini Pubisode Proclaimers Scale: 0.5 - 2 watchings of the first Austin Powers movie.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
a nearly perfect show [Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Neptune)
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Proclaimers Scale: we would fly 6000 miles to see this again. Fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end. Hamlet is turned topsy-turvy in this brilliant modern comedic masterpiece that thrusts Shakespeare’s two minor characters to the forefront with no rules except one: they are destined to die. Reality and illusion mix as bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are trapped in a universe where their lives are left to chance with the flip of a coin. Can our hapless protagonists triumph in a battle of wits, escape their fate, and make sense of a senseless world? Starring from the Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the title roles of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or perhaps Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?) are Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) in this unique and stunning new production created by Halifax’s Neptune Theatre. Written by Tom Stoppard Directed by Neptune Theatre Artistic Director Jeremy Webb Starring Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
X (UC San Diego)
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Proclaimers Scale: 3 trips to Pluto X by Alistair McDowall. directed by Rosie Glen-Lambert (MFA 3) February 23 - March 2 |Mandell Weiss Theatre About the Show When X, by Alistair McDowall begins, we are introduced to five travelers waiting to be picked up from their mission on planet Pluto. We are in a near future where much of the earth is no longer habitable, and Pluto is being explored as a viable option for human life. But their research base has lost radio signal, and their expedition has already lasted much longer than expected. The group is tasked with trying to determine if their pickup is late, if their pickup is no longer coming, or--most frighteningly-if they've lost contact with their pickup because earth itself has ceased to exist. As the passing time becomes increasingly more difficult to track, events begin to move out of sequence, and the line between what is real and what isn't becomes blurred. The travelers are desperate to sort through their fragmented memories, and to maintain control of their own lives. X is an evocative, hilarious, and devastating play that uses the metaphor of being lost in space to explore the loss of personal and collective memory. As we as a planet creep closer and closer to having to face the existential threat of environmental degradation, X could not be more timely. How do we want to be remembered, and who will remain to remember us?
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
did we just go to the Getty? [Age of Innocence (old globe)]
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Globe-commissioned world premiere By Edith Wharton Adapted by Karen Zacarías Directed by Chay Yew This Globe-commissioned world premiere, based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, is set in 1870s Gilded Age New York City, where high society clashes with love. When the glamorous Countess Ellen Olenska sweeps into town, she upends the lives of everyone around her, especially the dashing lawyer Newland Archer. This new adaptation for the stage from Karen Zacarías (Destiny of Desire, Native Gardens) is the kind of lush period production for which The Old Globe is renowned.