947 stories by "James Hebert"
India's greatest architectural landmark looms large in Rajiv Joseph's "Guards at the Taj" " and in the life of the playwright, too. Just ask Facebook. "Literally one year ago we were at the …
Untitled show, centered on singer-songwriter's music, will debut in 2017.
Live musical earns a well-deserved ratings success.
Almost 20 years ago, Jay Donnell saw the musical "Ragtime" and, to hear him tell it, suddenly knew his place was on the stage instead of in the audience. Now Donnell is about to star as Coal…
'Late Late Show' star and 2012 Tony-winner to head up June telecast.
It takes a pretty strong marriage to portray one that's sinking like a sabotaged battleship in a sea of gin and recriminations.But Robert Smyth and Deborah Gilmour Smyth, the married pair ab…
"Outside Mullingar" is a play laced with misgivings and disappointments and the specter of death. And if San Diego Rep's production of the John Patrick Shanleypiece doesn't make you laugh ou…
Eden Espinosa among Broadway regulars joining world-premiere musical.
Just-announced tour will start in California next year (but miss San Diego).
Old Town theater's seven-show 2016-17 season takes in three musicals.
Headstrong heroes (and heroines) highlight Broadway/San Diego's just-announced lineup of touring musicals for 2016-17, with classic shows and a few newcomers all figuring into the mix for th…
There's poetry within the lines of "The Metromaniacs," and poetry within the minds of the verse-happy people who populate the play. So drenched, in fact, is this David Ives-adapted comedy in…
Lineup of seven new works brings top playwrights (and notable returnees) to town.
A play that features a witty, even slightly heroic drama critic as a key character? If I'd known that about "The Nerd" beforehand, I might've made like Axel (the theater scold in Larry Shue'…
In theater circles, the struggle of female playwrights to get their work produced on America's stages has been a hot topic of late. At Playwrights Project? Not really an issue. At least not …
It's a long way from London to the wilds of Alaska, and in North Coast Rep's folksy and often funny new Sherlock Holmes mystery, suspense is a little slow to make the trip.
Green is the color of renewal. It's also the color that defines Ireland. And OK, it might also be the color of greed and envy and bile. Those aren't quite the shades that San Diego Rep is go…
The Old Globe Theatre has just announced the cast for its upcoming world premiere of "The Last Match," and love figures into this tennis-centric play in more ways than one (yes, we just went…
More details on the first-of-its-kind event taking place next month.
Musical 'Lazarus' still running in New York; pop icon also once appeared on Broadway.
Idina Menzel was in excellent form for the start of the Civic run (one of only seven cities in which she is reprising her Broadway role). And "If/Then" offers plenty of opportunity to see an…
The Old Globe Theatre-developed musical "Allegiance" will close on Broadway in February, just over three months after it began performances there. Producers of the show, which features the "…
Critics Circle announces field for annual celebration honoring local theaters and artists.
Festival of staged readings spotlights playwrights' latest works
In the musical "If/Then," Idina Menzel plays the lead role of a divorced woman whose life diverges on alternate paths after she moves to New York. It's a fitting showcase for this Tony Award…
