Monthly archive February, 1995

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine February 1995 The Gaslamp Quarter has undergone numerous transformations over the past fifteen years, and so has the theater that bears its name.   Evolving from the Women's Theatre Ensemble, the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre Company made its mark on the local theater scene, then kept growing and expanding until it burst, acquiring Equity status, two theater spaces and a mountain of debt. Read More →

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine February 1995 "The meaner, the funnier," said Stephen Sondheim.   And Gerard Alessandrini often complied.   The writer/director has spent the last 13 years spoofing Broadway musicals in his award-winning creation, “Forbidden Broadway”. Now he's turning his jaded eye Westward, for “Forbidden Hollywood”, which has its world premiere at the Theatre in Old Town (previews begin January 20; opening Read More →