David Coddon

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

If at first you do succeed, why not try again? Playwright Steven Dietz began thinking about a second adaptation of an Agatha Christie work before his first, “Murder on the Links,” had even wound up its world-premiere engagement two years ago at North Coast Repertory Theatre. After an extended run at the Solana Beach theater, “Links” moved north to Laguna Playhouse.

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

ComedyActor/standup Chris Tucker is in good company. He’s a performing alumnus of the “Def Comedy Jam,” the groundbreaking series that ran 30 wow!) years ago on HBO. Over the course of its eight seasons, the show co-produced by Def Jam Recordings executive Russell Simmons and hosted by Martin Lawrence showcased a slew of standup comedians that, looking back, can make your head spin. Like Jamie Foxx. Dave Chappelle. Chris Rock. Bernie Mac. Adele Givens. D.L. Hughley. Kevin Hart.

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

For out-of-work chef Cordell Crutchfield, there’s much more at stake than trying to win first prize in the Memphis “Hot Wang Festival.”“He’s at the biggest transitional space in his life,” said Rondrell McCormick, who’s portraying Cordell in Cygnet Theatre’s production of Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2021 play “The Hot Wing King.” “Internally it’s a madhouse for him.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

Releasing a movie for just a few days in theaters is so Neil Young. The stubborn iconoclast once put out a sequel (“Chrome Dreams II” in 2007) to a record (“Chrome Dreams,” a bootleg) that had never been released. He once put out a 25-minute-“long” album (“Everybody’s Rockin’” in 1983) just to middle-finger his boss at Geffen Records. Young’s new documentary film “Coastal,” directed by his wife Darryl Hannah, will have a very limited release in theaters worldwide next week.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

Pride. Prejudice. And pregnancy. While “Regency Girls” isn’t a Jane Austen sequel, her famed novel of manners set in the early 1800s has inspired a world-premiere musical comedy at the Old Globe about a woman of that era who finds herself pregnant and sets out to do something about it. “It’s really a road trip,” said Gabrielle Allan, who with her longtime writing partner Jennifer Crittenden created the book for “Regency Girls.” “We call it sort of ‘Bridesmaids’ meets Jane Austen.