‘Leonardo’ is like an unfinished portrait
Mary Zimmerman’s play has plenty of acrobatics, but not much excitement.
SAN DIEGO — If “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,” the performance collage written and directed by Mary Zimmerman, no longer seems as revelatory as it did when it burst into existence at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in the mid ’90s, it’s partly because Zimmerman’s trailblazing work has steadily raised theatrical expectations over the ensuing decades.
Her 2002 Broadway production of “Metamorphoses,” a reimagining of Ovid’s classic that earned Zimmerman a Tony Award for her direction, had a marvelous simplicity that found trans
Where: Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, San Diego
When: 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. (Check for exceptions.) Ends Feb. 26.
Tickets: Start at $33
Info: TheOldGlobe.org or (619) 234-5623
Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes