san diego on stage A MAN OF


NO IMPORTANCE The Coronado Playhouse’s 2018 season is


“A Family Affair” and as a part of that theme, they are presentingA Man of No Importance, fromFriday, July 20 through Sunday, August 26. Winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and penned by Tony-winningRagtime creators Terrence McNally (book), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), and Stephen Flaherty (music), the musical tells


the story of Alfie Byrne, a bus conductor with a poet’s heart. By day he dispenses tickets and Oscar Wilde’s poetry to his passengers. After work, his passengers become his actors and stage crew at St. Imelda’s Players, an amateur theatre group housed in his local church. Alfie’s heart holds a secret that he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante, the Irish playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde. When he attempts to stage a production of Wilde’sSalome, the church authorities balk at the play’s “immodest dancing” and his safe little world begins to crumble. He confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love “that dare not speak its name.” Truths tumble out and judgments fly, but when the accounts of friendship are reckoned, Alfie’s true goodness, and his quiet philosophy, “you just have to love who you love” wins out. For tickets and more information, call 619.435.4856 or go to coronadoplayhouse.com.


QUEENS In a timely piece, especially consider- ing the chilling immigration stories being told over the last months, the La Jolla Playhouse, located at 2910 La Jolla Village Drive in La Jolla, brings to the stage Martyna Majok’s bold story of immigration, humanity,


and Americanization, as they collide between two generations of immigrants. Running fromTuesday, July 3 through Sunday, July 29, the play tells the story of a young immigrant who arrives at a tenement in Queens, New York in 2017. She is met by her new landlord, who stood on the same doorstep 16 years earlier and as they get to know one another, the old brownstone reverberates with the voices of the fierce and proud women who preceded them. “We are deeply honored to host this exquisite new play by Martyna Majok, fresh off winning the Pulitzer Prize,” said Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley. “Searing, powerful and compassionate,Queens explores the contemporary immigrant experience and the cost of leaving behind a life in one country for the tenuous promise of something better in another.” For tickets and more information, call 858.550.1010 or go to lajollaplayhouse.org.


ON YOUR FEET I don’t know about you, but we spent a whole lot of the ‘80s and ‘90s dancing to Miami Sound Machine’s hits. Songs like “Get On Your Feet,” “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Conga,” and the stunning anthem “Reach” one of two official songs of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.On Your Feet tells the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s emigration to America, stories about their history and families and how they managed to break through barriers to become a crossover sensation at the very top of the pop music world. Just when they had it all, a fated bus trip and a collision with a semi-truck (a real life occurrence) leaves Gloria with a broken back and nearly ends it all for the couple. Directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell ofKinky Boots, and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo of Jersey Boys.On Your Feet also features an original book by Academy Award-winner Alexander Dinelaris who wroteBirdman as well as some of the most iconic songs of the past quarter-century.On Your Feet takes place at the Civic Theatre in Downtown San Diego fromTuesday, July 31 through Sunday, August 5. For tickets and more information, call 619.564.3000 or go to broadwaysd.com.


XANADU Remember the roller-skating, glittery disaster that featured Olivia


Newton John in the ‘80s fantasy filmXanadu? Though in spite of the film’s failure, the album went on to be a huge success for John, earning her certi- fied double platinum in the United States! Winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical,Xanadu, written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel, follows the journey of a beautiful Greek muse who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California. Her quest? To inspire a struggling artist to build his greatest artistic creation…the first roller disco! When Kira falls in love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters are enraged and chaos ensues. This hilarious musical adventure, set to a hit score, including pop-rock hits such as “Magic,” “Evil Woman,” “Have You Never Been Mellow” and of course “Xanadu,” is all about following your dreams in spite of limitations set by others. OnStage Playhouse is located at 291 Third Avenue in Chula Vista. For tickets and more information, call 619.422.7787 or go to onstageplayhouse.org.


BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Who can forget the film version ofBarefoot in the Parkstarring Jane Fonda and the oh-so-delicious, young Robert


Redford andbased on Neil Simon’s romantic comedy play of the same name? Simon’s original play premiered to critical acclaim on Broadway in 1963at the Biltmore Theatre, staring Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. It’s time to refamiliarize yourself with Simon’s hilarious story by catching The Old Globe’s fresh staging fromSaturday, July 28 through Sunday, September 2. Free-spirited Corie and her buttoned-down husband Paul are fresh off a honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel and find themselves struggling to adjust to married life, in their run-down New York walk-up. Add a loopy meddling mother, an eccentric Bohemianupstairsneighbor, a double date that goes hilariously wrong and you’ve got the perfect recipe for great laughs. Director Jessica Stone (Ken Ludwig’sRobin Hood, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) returns to the Globe to reworkBarefoot in the Park, taking a fresh new look at Simon’s play and continuing the decades-long relationship with the comicgiant and playwright. For tickets and more information, call 619.234.5623 or go to theoldglobe.org.


70


RAGE monthly | JULY 2018


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88