San Diego Musical Theatre

THEATER REVIEW: “The Sound Of Music”

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
May 14th, 2013

It’s old, long, even a little sappy – and it gets me every time.

I’m talking about Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound Of Music,” now getting a splendid revival from San Diego Musical Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Todd Nielsen, the 1960 winner of five Tonys plays through May 26 at Birch North Park Theatre.

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THEATER REVIEW: SDMT’s “Chicago” at Birch North Park Theater

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
February 19th, 2013

Ah, the Roaring Twenties, when the Capone gang ruled Chicago, Prohibition brought speakeasies, and mouthy flappers in short hair and short skirts were in abundance.

Some of those women, taking advantage of the easy availability of hardware, wiped out their philandering (or simply annoying) spouses or boyfriends, landing in prison. Now they sing us their stories from the women’s cell block in the Cook County jail, under the watchful eye of Matron “Mama” Morton (Ria Carey).

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THEATER REVIEW: “Footloose: The Musical” gets the toes tapping

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
October 2nd, 2012

Teenagers have lots of problems, but high schooler Ren McCormack (Anton Gero) really feels put upon. Ren’s dad has deserted the family and he and his mom Ethel (Debra Wanger) are forced to move from that toddlin’ town of Chicago all the way to the nowheresville that is Bomont, described as “a small Midwestern town” (it looks a lot like Texas).

Small isn’t the half of it. It’s also small-minded and super-religious, run by a town council whose most influential member is the stuffy Rev. Shaw Moore (Cris O’Bryon).

VIDEO: "Rent" playing through July 8 at Birch North Park Theatre

SDGLN Staff
June 25th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- The popular musical "Rent" is now playing through July 8 at the historical Birch North Park Theatre.

San Diego Musical Theatre is staging the Jonathan Larson show, which won the Pulitzer Prize for drma and the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.

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THEATER REVIEW: Go see "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
September 27th, 2011

Two early Andrew Lloyd Webber shows hit local stages this season: “Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” For my money, these are also the best shows he’s ever written.

San Diego Musical Theatre is first out of the block with its colorful, jaunty and fun “Joseph,” playing through Oct. 9 at San Diego Repertory Theatre.

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THEATER REVIEW: San Diego Musical Theatre hoofs it up with “A Chorus Line”

Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
May 31st, 2011

Those high-stepping wannabe Broadway hoofers are back, submitting in public to the humiliation of auditions and nosy questions in the hope of making it big – or at least making the rent – on the Great White Way.

San Diego Musical Theatre presents “A Chorus Line” though June 12 at the Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza.

Winner of nine Tonys and for a short time holder of the record for the longest-running musical on Broadway (it was replaced by “Cats,” whose record later fell to “Phantom of the Opera”), “A Chorus Line” takes us inside the audition process for a new Broadway show.