ErinMarie Reiter

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Editor and Theatre Correspondent, San Diego at BroadwayWorld

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Review: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at The Old Globe

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

Some Shakespeare plays stir the soul. This one stirs the question: where are Helena’s friends? Because if she had any, they would not let her obsess over this Bertram. The Old Globe gives “All’s Well That Ends Well” the royal treatment with glam costumes and a game cast, but that only goes so far in distracting from the lack of romance in this romantic comedy.
Feature: Joy Yvonne Jones Discusses the Juneteenth Black Arts Festival by San Diego Black Artist Collective

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

Joy Yvonne Jones is an actress, playwright, and artist who is no stranger to bringing visions to vibrant reality. As co-founder of the San Diego Black Artist Collective and a driving force behind the Juneteenth Black Arts Festival, she brings passion, purpose, and deep artistic roots to a celebration that is anything but ordinary.
Review: INDIAN PRINCESSES at La Jolla Playhouse

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

In elementary school, I had friends who participated in a group called “Indian Princesses,” and though I never was a part of it, I always wondered what happened in that program. Thanks to La Jolla Playhouse and playwright Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, audiences and I have the chance to discover this funny, heartfelt, and observant play.
Review: OKLAHOMA! at Cygnet Theatre is Classic Musical Theatre with a Modern Kick

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

Director Sean Murray brings a fresh twist to this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic with a spirited, skillful blend of the classic and the contemporary. There is toe-tapping joy with frontier tension in a land where romance is risky, rivalries are real, and the possibilities rise "as high as an elephant's eye."Oklahoma! follows cowboy Curly McLain (Michael Louis Cusimano) and farm girl Laurey Williams (Ariella Kvashny) as they flirt, fight, and navigate their feelings.
Feature: Ariella Kvashny on playing Laurey, Love and Independence in OKLAHOMA! at Cygnet Theatre

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

When “Oklahoma!” opens at Cygnet Theatre on Saturday, June 14th, it brings a fresh take on an American classic complete with romance, tension, and timeless tunes. At the heart of it is San Diego native Ariella Kvashny as Laurey Williams.
Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON at Broadway San Diego

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

“The Book of Mormon” has landed in San Diego again. This irreverent juggernaut musical comedy remains equal parts send-up and sincere love letter to the power of belief (no matter how embellished). The story follows two mismatched Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda to convert villagers who are far more worried about warlords and disease than the golden plates of Joseph Smith.
Review: BIRTHDAY CANDLES at North Coast Repertory Theatre

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

“Birthday Candles”, now playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre, is a curious mix because existentialism and birthday cake are not a combo I usually crave. Yet thanks to a charming cast and a moving central performance by Margot White, this blend of humor, heartache, and hope is something richer than expected. Margot White stars as Ernestine, a woman we meet on her 17th birthday, full of questions and grand ambitions, and journeys with her as she ages to 101.
Review: LA LLORONA ON THE BLUE LINE at TuYo Theatre

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

TuYo Theatre’s “La Llorona on the Blue Line”, written by Mabelle Reynoso and directed by Maria Patrice Amon, transforms the historic National City Depot Museum into a haunting vessel for storytelling. Set aboard vintage San Diego trolley cars from the 1920s, 1940s, and 1980s, this immersive production blends myth and memory into a powerful, time-jumping ghost story—where La Llorona doesn’t just wail, she bears witness.
Review: ONE OF THE GOOD ONES at The Old Globe

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

Gloria Calderón Kellett’s “One of the Good Ones,” now onstage at The Old Globe, is like a live taping of your favorite sitcom—complete with fast banter, heartwarming family chaos, and the kind of well-meaning disaster that can only be caused by bringing a piñata to a dinner party.
Review: THE MOUNTAINTOP at New Village Arts

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | ErinMarie Reiter

“The Mountaintop,” now at New Village Arts through June 22, imagines a very human Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the last night of his life. He’s tired, cranky, chain-smoking, and wants a cup of coffee. What he gets instead is a cosmic surprise disguised as a hotel maid. Welcome to Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, where the play opens with King (DeAndre Simmons) fresh from delivering his final speech.