ErinMarie Reiter

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

In “The Counter,” Meghan Kennedy places us in a small-town diner, where coffee is always brewing and regulars never need to look at the menu. Here, waitress Katie and diner customer Paul are two lonely people who find a connection over coffee and conversation, and a chance to change each other's lives. Katie (Kate Rose Reynolds) is a waitress who knows when to expect someone and has their cup of coffee poured and the pastry ready.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

A world-premiere dramedy about food, family, and figuring out the future, "House of India" is a flavorful new production written by San Diego playwright Deepak Kumar and directed by Zi Alikhan. It's a heartfelt, humorous, and occasionally dramatic look at tradition, legacy, and living a life of your dreams, not someone else's. The show is playing at The Old Globe through June 8th.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

Sequins? Check. Showtunes? Check. If you like your cabaret with a little culinary flair and your cooking shows accompanied by show tunes, then Erica Marie Weisz has the dish for you: "I CAN COOK, TOO!" Through May 26th, this savory cabaret blends comedy, jazz standards, musical theatre gems, and cooking tips—hold the actual stove, but keep the heat. Weisz wrote, directed, and stars in this one-woman cabaret, inspired by her pandemic-era streaming series “Quarantine Cooking with Erica Marie”.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

The world premiere of House of India by San Diego playwright Deepak Kumar,and directed by Zi Alikhan, takes audiences to a struggling Indian restaurant in a Cleveland strip mall, where family, food, and the future are all on the menu. At its center is Ananya, a widow trying to keep her late husband’s dream alive while navigating modern pressures from her cook, Jacob, and her opinionated adult children, who have their own ideas.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

By the looks of the audience filling the San Diego Civic Theatre, even ten years later, “Hamilton” still has audiences clamoring to be in the room where it happens. “Hamilton” is running at Broadway San Diego through May 18th. I’ve had the privilege of seeing “Hamilton” a few times, but it was a few years and a few viewings of the filmed version in the past, and I had to wonder how time has treated the musical.