South Coast Rep – An Innovative Theatre Gone Bland?

Is Southern California’s South Coast Repertory Theatre “losing its Midas touch as an incubator for important new plays? This isn’t just an idle critic’s rumination intended to fill space during the summer lull. I’ve been hearing a rising tide of criticism from the theater community – critics, longtime season-ticket subscribers, and artists who have worked at SCR – that lately, the theater’s roster of new scripts hasn’t measured up to its traditional standards.”