Review: Diversionary's 'Eighty-Sixed' a moving look at life, love and fear during the '80s AIDS crisis
The world premiere musical is based on the 1988 novel by AIDS activist and author David B. Feinberg
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The world premiere musical is based on the 1988 novel by AIDS activist and author David B. Feinberg
Print Over the past three weeks, I’ve watched three filmed productions of “A Christmas Carol,” all with new stage adaptations performed by a male actor playing all the roles in Charles Dickens’ holiday tale. The first was the La Jolla Playhouse’s co-presentation of a multimillion-dollar special effects-laden show starring Jefferson Mays. The second was North Coast Repertory’s festive, Victorian-style version featuring James Newcomb as a surprise narrator with a vested interest in Scrooge’s transformation. Now comes Cygnet Theatre’s production starring Sean Murray, which strips...