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“AND NEITHER HAVE I WINGS TO FLY” at Scripps Ranch Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/11/19 RUN DATES: 11/8/19 - 12/8/19 VENUE: Scripps Ranch Theatre Grief and loss. How to handle a surviving parent and a floundering sibling. When is it time to stop caregiving and start on a life of your own? These are timeless questions, but they take on added relevance in the Irish countryside in the mid’1950s in Ann Noble’s 1995 play, “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly,” a drama with delightful Irish elements: angst, storytelling Read More →

“HOLD THESE TRUTHS” at San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/22/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/8/19 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre There couldn’t be a better time to see “Hold These Truths.” The real-life story of a man who believed so strongly in the U.S. Constitution that he was willing to go to prison—more than once—to defend the document and its contents. Gordon Hirabayashi was only a college student in 1942 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He was a nisei (second generation Japanese American) who Read More →

“AMERICAN BUFFALO” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/29/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/7/19 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance at 10th Avenue Arts You kind of have to gird your loins for a David Mamet play. In addition to the explosive barrage of profanity and misogyny, and the lame machismo of lunkhead losers, you’re confronted by the underbelly of society at its most desperate and despairing. “American Buffalo” throws in a low-end, doomed swindle, mis-conceived by petty thieves embodying free enterprise in all its cutthroat splendor. Read More →

“A CHRISTMAS STORY” from San Diego Musical Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/13/19 RUN DATES: 11/27/19 - 12/27/19 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre at the Horton Grand Musicalizing a beloved film.. and a BB gun Read the full review here.http://www.jazz88.org/CenterStage/ Read More →

“THE SANTALAND DIARIES” at Diversionary Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/3/19 RUN DATES: 11/21/19 - 12/22/19 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre It's not easy being elfin Read the full review here. Read More →

FALL THEATER PREVIEW 2019

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/9/19 COVERING DATES: 9/19/19 - 12/19/19 Most people think summer is the time for musicals – warm nights, light fare. But San Diego is a hotbed of musical theater year-round. And this fall offers a veritable cornucopia of musical options. In fact, in September alone, there are no fewer than nine high-profile musical productions worthy of your early autumnal planning. Two world premieres come courtesy of our two Tony Award-winning regional theaters. At The Old Globe, Read More →