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“HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/20/18 RUN DATES: 4/11/18 - 5/13/18 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre He may be England’s most prolific playwright: 82 plays and counting, over the last 60 years. He may be a knight. He may create juicy and colorful characters. But the comedies of Sir Alan Ayckbourn are rife with cynicism – especially about marriage. And despite the fact that his 1982 diversion, “How the Other Half Loves,” is as clever as his other works, it Read More →

“HIR” at Cygnet Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/8/18 RUN DATES: 10/3/18 - 10/28/18 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Call the PC Police! If you have any penchant toward Political Correctness, Taylor Mac is here to disabuse you of every sacrosanct notion, every sacred cow, every meme, trope or bromide about… well, just about everything. Tighten your seatbelts; it’s gonna be a bumpy (but uproarious) ride. Mac, an acclaimed New York writer/composer/performer, is a pioneer of questioning gender norms who prefers to be referred to by Read More →

Theatre Review: “palm Beach, The Screwball Musical” At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE: June 24, 2005 Your weekend entertainment options are numerous. If you’re torn between the appeal of a movie and the attraction of live theater, now you can have both at the same time. Well, sort of. “Palm Beach, the Screwball Musical,” is a modern sendup of all those screwball comedies of the ‘30s and ‘40s that were made to help people forget about the Read More →

“curtain Calls” Lullaby Of Broadway

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/23/05 A tap-dance musical and an English drama sendup; The girl gets the guy – that’s how they both end up. Comedy depends not on laughter non-stop But on not being too too far over-the-top. On ‘ 42nd Read More →

“Curtain Calls” Up In The Air, Junior Bird-men

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 01/26/07 The Heart of a Dog is a very weird place There are Happy Endings in Night Music and Ace. If all this theater makes you feel thin-skinned Just stand up and aim Read More →

“THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY” at Diversionary Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/23/18 RUN DATES: 11/8/18 - 12/16/18 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre It was a city on a hill. Pastor Ted Haggard was determined to make Colorado Springs into the evangelical capital of the world. In 1984, he started his New Life Church, which ultimately grew to 14,000 members. Other Christian organizations, including the fundamentalist Focus on the Family, set up shop there, too. Everything was proceeding as planned; then crisis struck. Haggard was outed by a male prostitute Read More →