theatre
by scott leonard
Coronado
Playhouse The playhouse by the bay continue its 2021 season with its 25th annual free classic production, streaming online from Friday, July 16 through Sunday, August 8. The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare’s early plays and his shortest one. It is one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humor coming from slapstick, mistaken identity, puns and word play. It’s about the misadventures of two sets of identical twins. Egeon, a Syracusan merchant, had
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One of the leading pop/jazz singers of our time has created an exciting night of songs and stories in celebration of one of America’s most beloved artists, Linda Ronstadt. The Tony nominee will perform Ann Hampton Callaway: The Linda Ronstadt Songbook at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Sunday, July 25. This will follow on the heels on
Callaway’s symphonic/PAC triumph, The Streisand Songbook. The new show will celebrate the many faces of love in Ronstadt’s iconic songs like “Different Drum” and “Long Long Time” from her Stone Poney Days to pop/rock classics like “You’re No Good” and “Desperado.” It will include unforgettable classics like “What’s New” and “Am I Blue” from her three Nelson Riddle albums to her iconic duets that Callaway will perform with her music director, Billy Stritch. Adding to the electrifying sound is Trey Henry on bass, MB Gordy on drums, and Linda’s longtime guitarist and arranger, Bob Mann. Romantic, rousing, and joyous, The Linda Ronstadt Songbook promises to be the perfect night of music.
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twin sons both named Antipholus. At their birth, he bought another pair of newborn twins, both named Dromio, as their servants. In a shipwreck, Egeon lost his wife, one of his sons, and one of the Dromios. Egeon’s remaining son, Antipholus of Syracuse, and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, later come to Ephesus, which — unknown to them — is the home of their lost twins. The new visitors are confused when local residents seem to know them. A series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to farcical and fantastic misunderstandings. In 1997, under the direction of Keith
A. Anderson, the playhouse started its annual Free Classic Festival, offering Shakespeare and other classics at no cost to the public, due to a generous grant from the city of Coronado. This beloved tradition has been a Coronado Playhouse staple since it began. Anderson brought much talent, love and dedication to Coronado Playhouse, San Diego theatre and beyond. He also directed scores of productions at the playhouse. Coronado Playhouse joined the local theatre community in mourning his passing earlier this year. The playhouse is dedicating this year’s free classic in memory of Mr. Anderson.
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DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE Live theatre is coming back in
Coachella Valley. A country-rock and blues musical about agoraphobia, adultery, 1980s nostalgia, spray cheese, roadkill, hysterical pregnancy, a broken electric chair, kleptomania, strippers, flan and disco is coming to Desert Rose Playhouse from Tursday, July 22 to Sunday, August 8. David Nehls and Betsy Kelso’s The
Great American Trailer Park Musical explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Starke, Florida, particularly between Pippi, “the stripper on the run,” the Dr. Phil-loving agoraphobic Jeannie, and Jeannie’s tollbooth-collector husband, Norbert. “Armadillo Acres” is a come- as-you-are kind of trailer park, where personalities and predilections might be noisy, but hearts are soft and true.
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