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Theatre Review: “ Sight Unseen ” At North Coast Repertory Theatre & “ Beside Herself ” At6th@penn Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 22, 2003 Facing down your demons and confronting your past. Two amusing and intelligent dramas examine the paths not taken and the selves left behind. On the small scale, there's Joe Pintauro's "Beside Herself" at 6th@Penn Theatre, and on a much larger canvas, North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Donald Margulies' thought-provoking "Sight Unseen." This is the third time Read More →

“curtain Calls” Fringe Benefits

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By Pat Launer 8/19/03 'Times Flies,' we all complain In city or country, or on 'Eden Lane,' For put-upon husbands, frustrated wives Who can't conceal their 'Private Lives.' 'Mamma Mia!' Where did 'Midsummer' flee?…. Soon it's back to school (but Not for me!!) Local playwright Jack Read More →

“ Mamma Mia! ” At Civic Theatre & “ Nickels And Dimes ” At Lyceum Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 15, 2003 Short run. Good fun. If you like your musical or comic theater on the light side, "Mamma Mia! You don't have to Nickel and Dime it -- this is the week for you. The international megahit, "Mamma Mia!" just discoed its way into the Civic Theatre and, whether you like the songs of ABBA or not, the Read More →

“curtain Calls” Exit, Stage Left, Dancing

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By Pat Launer 8/12/03 The best of times, the worst of times; A theater week measured in "Nickels and Dimes," With a "Sight Unseen," an "Angry Inch." And a "Country" visit that makes you flinch. Add to that an exit from SDSU, To begin the next stage, my own Act 2. Read More →

“curtain Calls” All In The Family

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By Pat Launer 8/05/03 The weather was gorgeous; who could complain? It didn't stop us from "Singin' in the Rain." Another evening was also top-shelf: 6th@ Penn's "Beside Herself." I kinda wonder if they danced over to the dinner table, tapped their way through tooth-brushing. The Wards are the singingest, dancingest family Read More →

Theatre Review: “ Dirty Blonde ” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 01, 2003 The come-hither voice, the platinum hair, the swaggering gait, the corseted, buxom figure. They were unmistakable, and easy to impersonate. But the real thing was The Real Thing… well, more or less. In 1893, Mary Jane West was born a dirty blonde, but she refashioned herself as a solid-gold bombshell. In Claudia Shear's play, "Dirty Read More →