Mainstage News: “The Royale” Reviews

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers prepare a large-scale protest against police brutality. (123 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxa6DVz_flM

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

A Scotland Yard inspector’s search for a missing film star leads him to a haunted house. The house sets the framework for four separate tales of terror written by the author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, and starring horror icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. All four stories center on the mysterious fates of tenants who have leased the mansion over the years. (102 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QaPqzNcu8

A Scotland Yard inspector’s search for a missing film star leads him to a haunted house. The house sets the framework for four separate tales of terror written by the author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, and starring horror icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. All four stories center on the mysterious fates of tenants who have leased the mansion over the years. (102 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QaPqzNcu8

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16 mm film, this film presents a raw look at what can happen when college students forego common sense and enter the world of voodoo and witchcraft. Presented as a straightforward documentary, the film opens with a title card explaining that in 1994, three students went into the Maryland backwoods to do a film project on the Blair Witch incidents. These kids were never seen again, and the film you are about to see is from their recovered equipment, found in the woods a year later. This is a horror movie staple, and probably one of the most effective of the found footage genre. (105 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Hw4bAUj8A

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

A Scotland Yard inspector’s search for a missing film star leads him to a haunted house. The house sets the framework for four separate tales of terror written by the author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, and starring horror icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. All four stories center on the mysterious fates of tenants who have leased the mansion over the years. (102 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QaPqzNcu8

Psychotic playboy Bruno Antony proposes, “exchange murders” to tennis pro Guy Haines to dispose of the person vexing each other’s life. Haines is appalled by the idea and is even more distraught when he finds out that Antony has carried out his end of the deal and expects Haines to do the same. (101 minutes)

The price of a ticket will cover entry to the film, a specialty cocktail from our bar, and hors d’oeuvres before the show.

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtdmbx4Ky-A

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

A Scotland Yard inspector’s search for a missing film star leads him to a haunted house. The house sets the framework for four separate tales of terror written by the author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, and starring horror icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. All four stories center on the mysterious fates of tenants who have leased the mansion over the years. (102 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QaPqzNcu8

A Scotland Yard inspector’s search for a missing film star leads him to a haunted house. The house sets the framework for four separate tales of terror written by the author of Psycho, Robert Bloch, and starring horror icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. All four stories center on the mysterious fates of tenants who have leased the mansion over the years. (102 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QaPqzNcu8

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16 mm film, this film presents a raw look at what can happen when college students forego common sense and enter the world of voodoo and witchcraft. Presented as a straightforward documentary, the film opens with a title card explaining that in 1994, three students went into the Maryland backwoods to do a film project on the Blair Witch incidents. These kids were never seen again, and the film you are about to see is from their recovered equipment, found in the woods a year later. This is a horror movie staple, and probably one of the most effective of the found footage genre. (105 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Hw4bAUj8A

The Hippodrome brings “The Blameless” by Nick Gandiello to stage as the second show of the Breaking Boundaries mainstage series.

The Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth and humor but they are put to the test on the anniversary of their son’s death. Achingly real and surprisingly funny, this story is a moving look at love, family, and hope in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

“Raw, authentic, and an understated gem…achingly real…surprisingly funny…and the play proves in the end, an eloquent tribute to the power of moving on.” — San Diego Union Tribune

The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate’s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there’s something wrong with Esther-this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be. Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther’s sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late for everyone. (123 minutes)

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywOPNNii9w