Monthly archive April, 1998

Theatre Preview: “what The World Needs Now” At Old Globe Theatre

Theatre Preview:  “what The World Needs Now” At Old Globe Theatre

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine April 1998 You’d think she could just ‘Walk on By.’   Having served as choreographer for two of Broadway’s biggest blockbuster musicals (“Cats”), and (“The Phantom of the Opera”), not to mention nine lives of international stage, TV and film productions, you’d think Gillian Lynne might ‘never fall in love again,’ theatrically speaking. So, ‘what’s it all Read More →

Theatre Preview: Karin Williams And “third Voice Of The Nightjar” At Fritz Theatre

Theatre Preview:  Karin Williams And “third Voice Of The Nightjar” At Fritz Theatre

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine April 1998 A nightjar is a nocturnal bird.   So is a theater person.    And so, at times, is a mathematician. Playwright Karin Williams’ latest work “Third Voice of the Nightjar” (at the Fritz Theater, 4/9-5/10) was inspired by the diaries of Bertrand Russell. The brilliant British philosopher was trying to Read More →

Theatre Preview: “the San Diego Fringe”

Theatre Preview: “the San Diego Fringe”

APRIL 1998 Published in In Theater Southern California has long been known as a hotbed of alternative lifestyles. So why not alternative theater? Okay, San Diego has a reputation (not always undeserved) as a lovely, sleepy, conservative Navy town. But last year, there was higher attendance at arts and cultural activities than at the world-famous Zoo, Sea World and all Read More →