A Hammer, A Bell, and a Song to Sing
79 Horton Plaza, San Diego
The San Diego Rep has "expanded and enhanced" an earlier draft of this tribute to music advocating change. The idea grabs, but most of the new material gets in the way of the songs, which protest injustices from the American revolution to the Occupy movement. This new version does as much explaining as singing. It's got strong moments, as when Jim Mooney talks and sings of Vietnam and the draft, and when Lisa Payton finally gets to sing up to her abilities. The overall style feels toned down (and at times too cartoony), as if it's an old-time hootenany, a folk songfest, than to-the-barricades protest piece. The result: the songs play like museum pieces without urgency or import.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, December 2, 2012
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Wednesdays, 7pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 2pm & 8pm |