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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://calitreview.com/23773 http://calitreview.com/23773#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:18 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=23773 Neighbourhood Watch never feels like an “issue” play, but the London riots, the increasingly draconian Law and Order rhetoric from the Conservative-led government, and a series of police shootings make it exceptionally timely.]]> http://calitreview.com/23773/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23425 http://calitreview.com/23425#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:37 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=23425 Hamlet framed as a study of a mind in disintegration.]]> http://calitreview.com/23425/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/22519 http://calitreview.com/22519#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:50:14 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=22519 http://calitreview.com/22519/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22504 http://calitreview.com/22504#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:35:16 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=22504 http://calitreview.com/22504/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22498 http://calitreview.com/22498#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:53:03 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=22498 http://calitreview.com/22498/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22216 http://calitreview.com/22216#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:52:25 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=22216 http://calitreview.com/22216/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22271 http://calitreview.com/22271#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:26:21 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=22271 Hay Fever, Present Laughter or Private Lives – you realize that we’re in here for the duration. It’s like a moment of mild claustrophobia.]]> http://calitreview.com/22271/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22074 http://calitreview.com/22074#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:01:51 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=22074 http://calitreview.com/22074/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21962 http://calitreview.com/21962#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:04:25 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=21962 http://calitreview.com/21962/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21884 http://calitreview.com/21884#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:56:22 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21884 Private Lives. Cattrall and Gross, who both sport impressive theatrical résumés in addition to their IMDB credits, are perfectly at home with Coward’s pacing, elegance and theatricality. At the same time, they wisely steer clear of old school stiffness or stock deliveries of the play’s well known zingers.]]> http://calitreview.com/21884/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21678 http://calitreview.com/21678#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:40:41 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21678 http://calitreview.com/21678/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21585 http://calitreview.com/21585#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:49 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21585 Beautiful City, in which Christ speaks not of a kingdom of heaven awaiting us after death, but of faith in the possibility of a better world here on earth. The pained relationship between Jesus and Judas Iscariot is played with moving delicacy by Parrish and Smith. The crucifixion scene, which could easily have been cringeworthy, is instead cathartic and powerful, thanks in part to the way David Weiner lights its Rembrandt-like tableau.]]> http://calitreview.com/21585/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21406 http://calitreview.com/21406#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:25 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=21406 Chinglish, the new biting comedy of manners that depicts the gulf between Chinese and American cultures through the misadventures of language in translation.]]> http://calitreview.com/21406/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21058 http://calitreview.com/21058#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:45:01 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21058 Honeymoon Motel, young bride Nina Roth (Ari Graynor) enters a gaudy roadside inn with not-so-young novelist Jerry Spector (Steve Guttenberg). They’re excited to get away from all the wedding hoopla and take pleasure in simple joys like pizza and tacky furniture. Obviously, this is no typical pair of newlyweds. In fact, as it is soon revealed, they aren’t a couple at all. Nina was betrothed to Jerry’s stepson, but has run off with Jerry in an impulsive moment.]]> http://calitreview.com/21058/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20598 http://calitreview.com/20598#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:42:57 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=20598 Star Trek episodes, just for starters. This week, lend your ears to Brett Harrison Davinger and me (Dan Fields) as we look at some of our favorite films to borrow a title from the works of Shakespeare.]]> http://calitreview.com/20598/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19945 http://calitreview.com/19945#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:46:55 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=19945 Follies, however, the Broadway revival creates the perfect situation to reflect on the musical's themes of regret, nostalgia, and getting older. With a book by James Goldman and music and lyrics by Sondheim, song and story intertwine to reveal that a show-stopping musical number is the only way these characters can express who they really are.]]> http://calitreview.com/19945/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19971 http://calitreview.com/19971#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:52:12 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=19971 Heart of a Soldier at San Francisco Opera, the creators chose to concentrate on the personal story of Morgan Stanley's security head Rick Rescorla, whose actions led over 2,700 World Trade Center South Tower workers to safety, only to lose his own life when he reentered the building to search for stragglers. The opera focuses on his journey from childhood in Cornwall, England, to his role in the tragic events on 9/11. An exploration of a life that culminated in those heroic actions is a story worth examining. Unfortunately, it was poorly told.]]> http://calitreview.com/19971/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/19649 http://calitreview.com/19649#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:12:24 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=19649 http://calitreview.com/19649/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19579 http://calitreview.com/19579#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:48:20 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=19579 http://calitreview.com/19579/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19522 http://calitreview.com/19522#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:41:08 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=19522 http://calitreview.com/19522/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19509 http://calitreview.com/19509#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:02:03 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=19509 http://calitreview.com/19509/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19503 http://calitreview.com/19503#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:30:02 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=19503 http://calitreview.com/19503/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19410 http://calitreview.com/19410#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:00:30 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=19410 Butley hones in on one man frenetically working his own destruction in an academic office. Gestures are made towards student radicalism and changing mores, but Butley’s existential battle is conducted on viciously hand-to-hand terms.]]> http://calitreview.com/19410/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19331 http://calitreview.com/19331#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:48:20 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=19331 http://calitreview.com/19331/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/18481 http://calitreview.com/18481#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:00:29 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=18481 Hospital 2011 written and directed by Randy Sharp.]]> http://calitreview.com/18481/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/17679 http://calitreview.com/17679#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:12:19 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=17679 http://calitreview.com/17679/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17357 http://calitreview.com/17357#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:45:29 +0000 Jeff McMillan http://calitreview.com/?p=17357 http://calitreview.com/17357/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/16648 http://calitreview.com/16648#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:07:15 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=16648 http://calitreview.com/16648/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/15483 http://calitreview.com/15483#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:41:01 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=15483 http://calitreview.com/15483/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/15112 http://calitreview.com/15112#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:14:49 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=15112 http://calitreview.com/15112/feed 0