tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post113898056447335327..comments2024-03-28T00:18:42.009-04:00Comments on The Wicked Stage: Very South Coast RepRob Weinert-Kendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-1139302514349639612006-02-07T03:55:00.000-05:002006-02-07T03:55:00.000-05:00For the record, I don't hate South Coast Rep, by a...For the record, I don't hate South Coast Rep, by any means, any more than I necessarily hate all "mature, tasteful" plays directed by Daniel Sullivan. SCR is where I saw, and loved, "Kimberly Akimbo," not to mention "Lobby Hero," Culture Clash's "The Birds," a lovely "Cherry Orchard," a fine production of "Happy End," and too many other good shows to mention here. But with its arid, well-appointed, upper-middle-class white suburban angst, "Rabbit Hole" embodied, to me, a sort of default SCR house style. (SCR is also where I first saw "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way," sort of the comic flip side of the same well-heeled coin.) I also made the association because "Rabbit Hole" was featured last year as part of SCR's Pacific Playwrights Festival, and I happened to see Jerry Patch at the press preview last week. No argument, SCR is one of America's finest regional theaters, but even the best have their quirks and biases, just as did Gordon Davidson's Taper (it's too early to recognize Michael Ritchie's stamp), Jack O'Brien's Globe, Des McAnuff's La Jolla, and so on. And I defy anyone who's logged a lot of South Coast hours to tell me they don't know what I'm talking about.Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-1139273057627149512006-02-06T19:44:00.000-05:002006-02-06T19:44:00.000-05:00Can you clarify why you hate "South Coast Rep"? Th...Can you clarify why you hate "South Coast Rep"? They usually do very good "mainstream" work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com