SAN DIEGO THEATRE BRIEFS:
SONGS OF PROTEST, SONGS OF PEACE The San Diego Human Dig-
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN San Diego Musical Theatre, the “little community theatre that could,”
keeps bringing to the stage some of the best local Broadway theater this side of the Rockies and has hit another bullseye! They’re roundin’ up thespi- ans for their version of the Great White Way’s much loved showand heading it west, lock stock and gun-barrel, right to our very own North Park Theatre from Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 25. Peter Stone reshaped the original 1946 book and libretto for the 1999 revival on Broadway, which starred Bernadette Peters. It’s a Wild West show-within-a-show that frames the ageless “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” love story of sharpshoot- ers Annie Oakley and Frank Butler, played by our favorite Wonderette, Beth Malone and our very own Mr. Grinch, Steve Blanchard. Come on out for a rip-roaring musical roundup! For tickets and more information call 619.239.8836 or go to
sdmt.org.
nity Foundation and the San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) proudly present this fundraising concert Songs of Protest, Songs of Peace, in benefit of the Lesbian Health Initiative at the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and the cho- rus, with featured special guests, Indigo Girls! SDWC will open the Sunday, May 18 concert with a diverse program of contemporary, pop, gospel and traditional music that touches on the struggles for equality, justice and peace throughout the 20th and 21st
century. A solo performances by Indigo Girls follows, who will later also join the chorus for other portions of the concert. A ticketed VIP reception will follow the event at the Hard Rock Café Gaslamp. To purchase VIP tickets or for more information call 619.291.3383. To purchase ticket for the concert taking place at the Balboa Theatre in Downtown San Diego, call 619.570.1100 or go to
sandiegotheatres.org.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE In this hilarious new Ameri-
can play, award-winning playwright
Christopher
Durang (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You) man- ages to meld Chekhov with
his own offbeat and hilarious sensibility. Coming to the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre fromSaturday May 17 to Sunday, June 22, this award-winning play sets middle-aged siblings Vanya (who is gay) and Sonia, named for characters in Chekhov’s plays by their parents (both of whom were professors active in community theatre), who still live in their family home in Pennsylvania. Money is provided by their movie star sister Masha, who owns the house and pays the bills— though things aren’t going so well for dear Masha and her actor-younger-lover-stud-boy, Spike. And that, dear readers, is just the beginning. For tickets and more information call 619.234.5623 or go
totheoldglobe.org.
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Cygnet is another one of San Diego’s phenomenal theatres that keeps
producing consistently well-produced musical theatre. Coming to the theatre from Thursday, May 15 through Sunday, June 22, is the to- tally irreverent Broadway hit musical,The Motherf**ker With The Hat, set in the middle of New York’s meanest streets. Main character Jackie has just been released from prison and filled with a load of good intentions and a whole lot of pent up testosterone. He has returned to the love of his life Veronica, the problem is, she just can’t shake her drug habit and, he suspects, another man. An exhilarating, hilarious and totally irreverent series of bed-jumping, heart wrenching, bat swinging high jinx, that ends with an accidental gunshot and a little more time behind bars. But Jackie is a survivor and even though he sometimes loses sight of his goal, he never loses his decency, in this surprising examination of acceptance, loyalty and love. For tickets and more information call 619.337.1525 or go to
cygnettheatre.com.
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