theatre
by scott leonard
The Old Globe San Diego’s Old Globe, which reopened last month to live
performances after a 14-month shutdown, will continue its summer 2021 outdoor concert series An Evening With . . . in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Critically acclaimed artists will perform the best of Broadway show tunes and delight audiences with classic and contemporary songs for an extraordinary San Diego experience under the stars. “The Globe is reopening with the work of three of the great
voices in the contemporary American musical theatre, and that’s a huge happiness,” Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edel- stein said. “Carmen Cusack, Eden Espinosa and Solea Pfeiffer are thrilling talents gifted not only with rich and dynamic musician- ship but also with emotional reserves that turn songs into deeply engaging human experiences. Each has led world premiere musicals at The Globe, and so our audiences will have the chance to visit with old friends even as they celebrate this new chapter in our post-pandemic world with the talent, professionalism and charisma that have always been the hallmark of this theatre. I’m grateful to all three of these true stars, and I can’t wait to enjoy the special evenings they are bringing to San Diego.” This month’s performances will be from Friday, July 9 to Sunday, July 11, and feature the return of leading lady Eden Espinosa, who is no stranger to San Diego audiences, as she returns to The Globe after originating the role of Sadie Thompson in the world premiere of Rain. She is most recognized for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway and in Los Angeles and San Francisco. From beautiful musical theatre ballads to famous anthems from her career, Espinosa’s powerhouse vocals never cease to amaze.
theoldglobe.org
San Diego
Repertory Theatre San Diego REP will present a filmed version of Cris Franco’s
one-man memory play. Directed by REP Playwright-in- Residence Herbert Siguenza and REP Artistic Director Sam Woodhouse, 57 Chevy will star Siguenza’s Culture Clash co- founding comrade Ric Salinas. This original film will stream from Monday, July 26 to Sunday, August 15. “I have been creating American theatre with Ric Salinas for
37 years. It’s safe to say that Ric is the most authentic, most charming, most charismatic performer I have ever seen,” Siguenza said. “You will fall in love with him all over again with this tour-de-force, one-person show about the Mexican American experience.” “Playwright Cris Franco’s father was, in his eyes, ‘a classic,’ just like the 57 Chevy his father cherished,” Woodhouse said. “In this extraordinary one-man performance, actor Salinas plays dozens of characters as he paints a deeply heartfelt portrait of a father who would do, and did do, everything he could to raise his family to a higher ground.” It’s 1964 and 10-year-old Junior is in crisis: His Old-World
Mexican dad is loading the 1957 Chevy and moving the entire family from their familiar and diverse East Side neighborhood to a new tract home in the middle-class and eerily homogenous San Fernando Valley. This one-man memory play was written by Emmy Award- winning writer/comedian Cris Franco, and humorously explores the generation of “double immigrants” who first moved from their homelands to the U.S. barrios in search of opportunity, then moved up into the suburbs in search of color TV and the middle-class American dream. 57 Chevy is a hilarious and deeply endearing tale performed by a brilliant and lovable master of comedy and storytelling.
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