Project #1: Genres

San Diego Academic Theatre: San Diego State University

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (produced 2011)

“dramatic comedy”

 http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/7100

“mix of quirky comedy and tragedy”

http://www.curtainup.com/eurydice2ndstage.html

Little Women lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, book by Allan Knee (produced 2011)

“exhilarating new musical”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2010-2011season/littlewomen/showpage_littlewomen.html

“upbeat, appealing musical”

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s696.html

Paradise Hotel by Georges Feydeau (produced 2010)

“bedroom farce”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2010-2011season/paradise/showpage_paradise.html

“door-slamming comedy”

http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-diego-ca/paradise-hotel.html

The Labyrinth of Desire by Caridad Svich (produced 2010)

“witty romantic comedy”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2010-2011season/labyrinth/showpage_labyrinth.html

“complex comedy”

http://labyrinthofdesire.blogspot.com/2006/05/so-ive-begun-working-on-and.html

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (produced 2010)

“enchanting comedy”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2009-2010season/midsummer_nights_dream/showpage_midsummer.html

“Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy”

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theater-review-brooklyn-ny-a-midsummer/

NEST by Bathsheba Doran (produced 2010)

“dramatic satire”

http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/popup.php?op=view&id=30210370&crd=ttfevents&

“dour drama”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/1486/dead-babies

Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (produced 2009)

“Tony Award-winning musical”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2009-2010season/into_the_woods/showpage_woods.html

“brilliant Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical”

http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2008/10/theater_review_into_the_woods.html

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (produced in 2009)

“quirky romantic comedy”

http://theatre.sdsu.edu/html/events/2009-2010season/the_clean_house/showpage_cleanhouse.html

“compassionate comedy”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/theater/reviews/31clea.html

Dear Harvey by Patricia Loughrey (produced in 2009)

“part tribute and part documentary”

http://www.patricialoughrey.com/index_dear_harvey_reviews.htm

“funny, personal, inspirational play”

http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-diego-ca/dear-harvey.html#event_description

The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht (produced in 2009)

“inter-cultural play”

http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=ttfevents&op=cal&month=5&year=2009

“comic parable”

http://vtsopac.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/theatre-review-good-person-of-szechuan/

San Diego Professional Theatre: La Jolla Playhouse

Little Miss Sunshine Music and lyrics by William Finn, book and direction by James Lapine (produced in 2011)

“outrageously funny and surprisingly touching new musical”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/plays/little-miss-sunshine

“musical adaptation”

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/little-miss-sunshine-musical-heads-to-la-jolla-playhouse/

Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith (produced in 2011)

“one-woman play”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/theater/reviews/08easy.html

“documentary theatre”

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/17913.html

Surf Report by Annie Weisman (produced in 2010)

“domestic comedy/drama”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/press/North%20County%20Times.pdf

“provocative play”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/press/Union-Tribune%20Weisman.pdf

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (produced in 2010)

“Shakespeare’s classic story”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/plays/a-midsummer-nights-dream

“romance-drenched Shakespeare comedy”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/24/gravitys-rainbow-hebert-review/

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (produced in 2010)

“eerie monologue”

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=NOTES%20FROM%20UNDERGROUND%20(MONOLOGUE)&pdate=20030521&byline=By%20BRUCE%20WEBER&id=1077011430962

“stark, piercing drama”

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/oct/11/lets-talk-notes-underground/

Cankerblossom directed by Dan Rothenberg (produced in 2011)

“dark fairytale”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/plays/cankerblossom

“crackpot fantasy”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/theater/08festival.html

Tombs of the Vanishing Indian by Marie Clements (produced in 2010)

“contemporary tragedy”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/plays/native-voices

“powerfully compelling play”

http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

Creditors by August Strindberg adapted and directed by Doug Wright (produced in 2009)

“19^th century psychological thriller”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/2009-2010-season/creditors

“tragicomedy”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/10/theater-review-creditors-at-la-jolla-playhouse.html

The 39 Steps by Alfred Hitchcock adapted by Patrick Barlow (produced in 2009)

“thrilling, riotous, unmissable comedy”

http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/2009-2010-season/the-39-steps

“vaudevillian”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/aug/14/quick-8216steps8217/?features&zIndex=149076

Restoration by Claudia Shear (produced in 2009)

 “leisurely new comedy”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/theater/reviews/20restoration.html

“genial humanistic comedy”

http://www.didhelikeit.com/shows/off-broadway/restoration.html