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Theatre Review: “the Lady With All The Answers” At The Old Globe & “the Invention Of Love” At Cygnet Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 26, 2005 Biography provides a fertile field for dramatization. Biopics abound on small screen and large, with varying degrees of success. Same goes for theater. Right now, occupying opposite ends of the profundity spectrum, we’ve got plays about a man of letters and a woman of letters: “The Invention of Love” at Cygnet Theatre and “The Lady with All the Answers” Read More →

“curtain Calls” Tranny Granny

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/19/05 There’s family feuding and lovers’ strife In the Fritz Blitz and ‘ Verona ’ life, But that’s nothing like being one’s own ‘Wife.’ It was the most frustrating moment of my professional life. Seeing a performance of the Read More →

Theatre Review: “i Am My Own Wife” By La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 19, 2005 It’s hard to say which is more astonishing – the plot or the performance. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a real-life East German transvestite who survived, on her own terms, through the Nazi and communist regimes. She and scores of other characters are brilliantly portrayed by Jefferson Mays, a graduate of UCSD, for whom the role in “I Am My Read More →

Theatre Review: The Fritz Blitz Of New Plays By California Playwrights & “ragtime” By California Youth Conservatory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 12, 2005 Summertime is a great time to check out some fresh new names and faces on local stages. Right now, you have two golden opportunities. One is the Fritz Blitz of New Plays by California Playwrights. And the other is the recently-formed California Youth Conservatory Theatre. The CYC—a little confusing, since we already have a CCT and a CYT – Read More →

“curtain Calls” A Little Jumor

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/12/05 Theater entertains us in so many ways: From a musical ‘ Zhivago ’ to a host of New Plays, From ‘Ragtime’s’ tale of American strife To the comic mayhem of the ‘Allergist’s Wife.’ Let’s face Read More →

Theatre Review: “the Winter’s Tale” By The Old Globe

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 05, 2005 Shakespeare believed that summer was for lighter comedies and winter for darker concerns. He even says so in “The Winter’s Tale”: “A sad tale’s best for winter,” young Mamilius tells his mother, the Queen. But the Bard’s penultimate creation really defies description. The tragic first half, set in Sicilia, is dark and brooding. A wildly jealous King falsely accuses Read More →