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Theatre Review: “two Noble Kinsmen”

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 27, 2004 Director Darko Tresnjak has an uncontrollable attraction to "bruised beauties." That's what he calls the neglected literary wallflowers he loves to tease into the dramatic dance. Fresh from a well-received production in New York's Central Park, Tresnjak has brought to the Old Globe a lesser-known, rarely-produced Shakespearean tragicomedy, "The Two Noble Kinsmen." Written in 1613, just three years before the Read More →

“curtain Calls” What A Piece Of Work Is Man! How Noble In Reason!

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/25/04 A beautiful weekend for taking a chance On Two Noble Kinsmen and Celebrating Dance. And since the Park was where we Boomers began, We paid a little visit to the Music Man. "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is an enigma within Read More →

Theatre Review: “saturday Night At The Palace” Ion Theatre/common Ground At 6th@ Penn & “12th Night” At New Village Arts

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 20, 2004 Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. They appear in literature and in life, in all eras, countries and cultures. One man's practical joke is another's humiliation, provocation or pain. So choose your poison: a Shakespearean comedy or a South African tragedy. "Twelfth Night" is frothy fare, mostly concerned with love and its many Read More →

“curtain Calls” An Even 2-dozen

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/18/04 There was bigotry and malice On 'Saturday Night at the Palace.' But a tuneful 12th Night And a Fritz Blitz delight Traded comic and cool for callous. Question: If you attend two "12th Nights," does it add up to Read More →

Theatre Review: “las Meninas” At Cygnet Theatre & “art” At Lamb’s Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 13, 2004 The power of a painting. It can inspire a play … or ruin a friendship. An ultra-modern, white-on-white oil-on-canvas becomes the inflammatory fulcrum of Yasmina Reza's "Art." In "Las Meninas," written by award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, a 17th century portrait by the Spanish master, Velasquez, provided a title and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the royal court. Read More →

“curtain Calls” Hi-ho!

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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/11/04 Despite the 'Freedom Fries' outrages French will be heard on local stages. Frogs triumph -- centuries apart -- In "Paris Commune," "Las Meninas" and "Art." Now, throw in Cole Porter and toss in the Fritz And …Vive la France! Long Live Read More →