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Monday, September 18, 2017

Old Globe World Premiere "Benny & Joon" by Bill Eadie

In the end, though, Mr. Pinkham and his castmates are weighed down by an overstuffed story.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:23PM
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

La Jolla Playhouse Premiere: "Miss You Like Hell" by Bill Eadie

Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote a sweet, street-smart, and somewhat sentimental book for the musical In the Heights, so naturally there is considerable interest in her book for the La Jolla Play…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:26PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Joe DiPietro's "Hollwyood" Debuts at La Jolla Playhouse by Bill Eadie

It's a sturdy, entertaining, mystery set in the heyday of silent filmmaking and in the early days of the Hays Code, which limited how commercial filmmakers would tell their stories

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:37AM
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

"Office Hour" - World Premiere of New Julia Cho Play by Bill Eadie

Ms. Cho turns her attention to a conversation in which one person ostensibly refuses to communicate. It's a touchy, timely, potentially high-stakes subject, and were it not for a thoughtful …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:48PM
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

"Up Here" world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse by Bill Eadie

Starting at the top, we have Robert Lopez, who is the youngest person to have achieved EGOT status�that is, he's won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. And spouse Kristen Ander…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:05AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Little Miss Sunshine - San Diego Review by Bill Eadie

Falsettoland meets Spelling Bee. Think of the possibilities. Can't? Cat got your tongue? Then you might have some idea of the unmitigated disaster that is Little Miss Sunshine, playing throu…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:58PM
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" U.S. Premire by Bill Eadie

There's classic source material from the author of Les Mis�rables, music and lyrics by two current kings of Broadway, a book by a noted playwright, an excellent production by cast and creati…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:51AM
Monday, October 20, 2014

The Old Globe's "The Royale" by Bill Eadie

... it uses powerful and poetic language and visual symbolism to show a black boxer's struggle to find his power by overcoming a myriad of expectations from the audiences he helped to creat…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:47AM
Friday, October 3, 2014

Old Globe World Premiere Edie Brickell and Steve Martin's "Bright Star" by Bill Eadie

Bright Star expertly wears its heart on its sleeve, and as long as you're willing to take it on its own terms you'll be won over.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:34AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

La Jolla Playhouse World Premiere "Kingdom City" by Bill Eadie

Sheri Wilner's play, about a high school staging of The Crucible in a conservative Missouri town, tries to be fair to all sides of the conversation�and in doing so diminishes its coherence.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:59PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Old Globe "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" by Bill Eadie

These are the dog days of summer, and the Old Globe is marking the occasion by performing not-too-taxing Shakespeare in the pleasant outdoors, where the human performers are almost upstaged …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:34AM
Sunday, July 20, 2014

"Into the Woods" at the Old Globe by Bill Eadie

In short, productions of Into the Woods can get bogged down in details of the various fairy tales and relationships that become mashed up while the characters are "in the woods." Not here.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:46PM
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Old Globe "Othello" by Bill Eadie

[Barry Edelstein's] brought key elements of the New York model to the Old Globe's long-running Summer Shakespeare Festival, and if his production of Othello is any indication, that model sho…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:12AM
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Old Globe World Premiere "Dog and Pony" by Bill Eadie

Is it possible to write a successful musical where there's almost no character arc for the leading couple? If you answered no to that question, you might find that Dog and Pony, a world prem…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:31AM
Sunday, February 23, 2014

San Diego "The Winter's Tale" and World Premiere "The Who & the What" and "The Winter's Tale" by Bill Eadie

San Diego's two largest theatre companies, the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe, recently hosted major openings within days of each other. Turns out that both plays were about the variet…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:19PM
Sunday, February 2, 2014

"Bethany" at Old Globe by Bill Eadie

The Globe's current production, Laura Marks' Bethany, deals with homelessness, particularly among women.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:09PM
Monday, November 18, 2013

La Jolla Playhouse "Side Show" by Bill Eadie

Side Show will probably always have a cult popularity, but now the rest of us can better see what the fuss was about.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:04PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

San Diego Old Globe "The Last Goodbye" by Bill Eadie

e late Jeff Buckley provides the music. The resulting mash-up is surprisingly effective and contemporary.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:39PM
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

La Jolla Playhouse "Sideways" by Bill Eadie

The problem, of course, with Sideways is the movie.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:44PM

Old Globe "Double Indemnity" by Bill Eadie

What is it about summer that we're willing to lock ourselves up in the dark and watch people try to get away with murder?

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:43PM
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Old Globe 2013 Shakespeare Festival by Bill Eadie

If you can make it to San Diego before the end of September, make it a priority to see one or more of these absolutely first-rate productions.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:09PM

Old Globe "The Rainmaker" by Bill Eadie

Hope and hopelessness engage in an unfair debate in the Old Globe's revival of N. Richard Nash's play The Rainmaker.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:09PM
Sunday, July 14, 2013

La Jolla Playhouse "Tribes" by Bill Eadie

This production, which features the work of the cast and creative team of the Off-Broadway version, wouldn't be nearly so effective in less skillful hands.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:44PM
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

La Jolla Playhouse "His Girl Friday" by Bill Eadie

In the right hands, journalism can be fun. The trick is to define the right hands.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:43AM
Monday, May 6, 2013

San Diego Old Globe "Other Desert Cities" by Bill Eadie

Jon Robin Baitz's play Other Desert Cities is, perhaps, ideal for San Diego audiences. Even though it's set in the desert playground northeast of us, we know Polly and Lyman Wyeth.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:34PM
Monday, March 18, 2013

"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" by Bill Eadie

The 2013 San Diego theatre season shifts into high gear with the West Coast debut of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and Darko Tresnjak's fast-paced and whimsical production will be …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:49PM
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Hershey Felder's "An American Story" by Bill Eadie

Hershey Felder has made a name for himself doing solo performances about musicians (Gershwin, Chopin, Beethoven, Bernstein). His new project, An American Story, marks a departure from that p…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:32AM
Monday, November 26, 2012

La Jolla Playhouse Premiere "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" by Bill Eadie

... my vote for best new musical of 2012 goes to the just opened Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, performing through December 16 at La Jolla Playhouse.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:28PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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