Hollywood
2910 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, 92037
Cost: $39 - $92
Joe DiPietro's "noir thriller," now in its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse, isn't a mess, exactly, just quite messy: more film blanc than film noir. It's about 13 ways of looking at the murder of William Desmond Taylor, famed director, in 1922. So it's a whodunnit, but also a history, and at times even a spoof of itself. The characters (among them Will Hayes, who devised the repressive Production Code) are puddle deep, and range from somewhat serious to cartoony. Director Christopher and an all-star team of designers shore up things with theatricality. But the hectic script, like a remix in a mixmaster, can't make up your mind.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, June 12, 2016
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Tuesdays, 7:30pm |
| Wednesdays, 7:30pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 2pm & 8pm |