Monthly archive June, 2005

Theatre Preview: Moonlight Stage Productions

Theatre Preview: Moonlight Stage Productions

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine June 2005 Be Our Guest. It’s the signature song of the show – and the anniversary season. Moonlight Stage Productions is trumpeting 25 years of producing ‘musicals under the stars.’ And they’re opening this celebrational summer with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It all started back in 1981, on a cement slab in a Vista park. As Read More →

Preview: Craig Noel at 90, Jack O’Brien, Old Globe 70th Anniversary

Preview:  Craig Noel at 90, Jack O’Brien, Old Globe 70th Anniversary

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine June 2005 When Craig Noel first laid eyes on the Old Globe Theatre, it was just a temporary structure, erected for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. He was a 20 year-old camera-rental clerk, and he’d sneak away from his job to catch the condensed Shakespeare mini-plays performed in the replica of Shakespeare’s Old Globe. Once he saw it, he never left. Noel made his acting debut at the theater in Read More →