Review: Idina Menzel’s World Premiere of “Redwood”
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, February 26, 2024 Can you ever outrun grief? La Jolla Playhouse’s newest world premiere musical, Redwood, follows...
Bong Cabrera Reflects on Blindspot's World Premiere Documentary Play 'Kagitingan'
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, Oct. 11, 2023 Documentary plays occupy a unique space in the art form, weaving together documentary content with...
La Jolla Playhouse Opens Stunning Coming of Age Story ‘Sumo’
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, Oct. 2, 2023 “Art can be very beautiful when you’re reaching into the other with humility and compassion,”...
Disillusionment Meets Literary Allusion in ‘The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical’
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, September 17, 2023 Contraceptives, literate children, funding for the arts, radical mercy, and weed. The demands...
The Old Globe Presents a Wickedly Funny Reimagining of Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, August 5, 2023 Wickedly funny and playful, Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen have delivered a unique brain child in...
World Premiere Musical 'Bottle Shock!' Debuts at CCAE
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, July 8, 2023 If there’s one thing that can be said about CCAE Theatricals, it is that they aren’t afraid to make...
Chilling World Premiere "Sharon" Runs Through July 2 at Cygnet Theatre
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, June 26, 2023 Playwright Keiko Green’s inclusion of a micro-expressions reference in the script is insightful (and...
Charming, Fast-Paced 'Murder on the Links' Earns its Applause
by Cassiopeia Guthrie, April 26, 2023 A body in a bunker, a shipping barge to Santiago, a Belgian sleuth, and a dizzying array of...
Quippy and Clever World Premiere ‘Exotic Deadly’ opens at The Old Globe
By Cassiopeia Guthrie, April 16, 2023 People of my generation or those who went hard on 90s canon during the pandemic may remember the...
Exquisitely Performed ‘Under a Baseball Sky’ Hits a Home Run in its World Premiere
World premiere Under a Baseball Sky has officially opened at The Old Globe, where it runs through March 12. Presented in the round at the...