In case you missed the casting call for sadists, gloaters, Debbie Downers and those who relish schadenfreude (the joy of watching others fail), Lamb’s Players Theatre is now accepting audience members of similar persuasion for “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Lamb’s upcoming production is a post-modern meta-narrative about a theater company attempting to put on […]
Tony Le Calvez
Tony Le Calvez is a theater correspondent for The Coronado News, covering the live theater scene in Coronado. He graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with an M.A. in Writing, with a focus on nonfiction. He currently writes as a music journalist for The Needle Drop, and has been published in the San Diego Union Tribune and Paste Magazine.
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Review: Take a whimsical walk with ‘Barefoot in the Park’
Nothing tests a new marriage quite like sharing a one-bedroom apartment on the sixth floor of a building with no elevator. Or you would think. Add an over-doting mother-in-law and an intrusive upstairs neighbor to the mix, and you might have a recipe for an early divorce — or a night full of laughs at […]
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Coronado Playhouse launches anniversary season with ‘Barefoot in the Park’
The Coronado Playhouse (CPH) lifts the curtain on its 80th season with a stroll through Neil Simon’s 1963 classic comedy, “Barefoot in the Park.” Premiering on Broadway in 1963, the story follows Paul and Corie Bratter, a newlywed couple moving into a sixth-floor walk-up apartment in New York City. Corie is a free-spirited romantic excited […]
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Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful’ is a journey through grace, aging, and coping with regret
In 1991, Lamb’s Players Theatre first presented Horton Foote’s 1953 play, “The Trip to Bountiful,” co-starring Jeannette Clift George as the aging, lonely Carrie Watts, and Deborah Gilmour Smyth as a witchy, spiteful daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. Now, 35 years later, Smyth has returned to “Bountiful” to inherit the role of Carrie ‘Mama’ Watts in a […]
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Review: “Underground” leads the summer season in innovation and aspiration
The concept for “Underground” is ingenious and the effort involved in bringing it to life is palpable, but the weaknesses lie in the development of the narrative and execution of physical logistics of the production.
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Coronado Love Letter: Going one-on-one with Lamb’s Chris Turner
The Coronado News goes one-on-one with Chris Turner, the longtime art director of Lamb’s Players Theatre.
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Lonely? Let Coronado Playhouse Keep You “Company”
Should I get married? Or is that too complicated? I mean, with good friends, who needs anybody else? These questions, and more, are being asked by the troupe of “Company,” the latest musical comedy in residence at the Coronado Playhouse. Based on a book by George Furth, this is a contemporary adaptation of the Tony […]
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Hey Coronado, You Got Talent?
“Coronado’s Talent,” the community’s biggest variety show that helps youth arts programs, has its sixth annual showcase on March 16.
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Larry Delrose of Coronado’s Talent made film with Hollywood stars
Larry Delrose, also known as “Mr. Entertainment,” will lead the sixth annual Coronado’s Talent on March 16. He once made a movie with Natasha Lyonne and Hollywood legends.
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Sock it to me! “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” celebrates voices of the 1960s at Lamb’s Players Theatre
The 1960s were a challenging decade for the United States, full of political strife, societal upheaval and wars in foreign lands, but for every obstacle there were gleams of goodness, especially across the burgeoning world of popular entertainment and mass media. With the development of TV and radio came the proliferation of pop music; a new […]
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Lamb’s opens with a little “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
The Lamb’s Players Theater opened their 2023 season in January with “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,” a celebration of divas and singers from the 1960s. A staple of Coronado, The Lamb’s Players Theater is running its 29th season after opening in 1994 on Orange Avenue, with a total of four plays comprising this season. Standing three blocks away from […]
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Coronado Playhouse celebrates diamond anniversary with 2023 season
The Coronado Playhouse, a 75-year tradition, opened its 2023 season in mid-January, and the musical comedy “Company” is coming in March. The Playhouse, as part of its diamond anniversary, will host six plays this season and provide a new schedule that includes Saturday matinees, in addition to staged readings, concerts and cabarets that will be […]