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Theatre Review: “a New Brain” At The San Diego State University & “songs For A New World” At Actor’s Asylum

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KPBS AIRDATE: November 01, 2002 One new brain plus one new world = two new musicals. The San Diego premieres of two small, off-beat musical diversions are featured in surprising venues: Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World" is at Actor's Asylum, and William Finn's "A New Brain" at SDSU. Both are intimate, personal pieces about critical moments in life. They're quirky, challenging, complex and Read More →

Theatre Review: “imaginary Friends” At The Globe Theatre

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It was fertile but rocky ground to plow. Two fascinating, larger-than-life women. Literary lionesses. Lifelong social-political-personal rivals. Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy. There was just one problem: they'd only been in the same room together once or twice in their lives. Acclaimed screenwriter/director Nora Ephron ("When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail") remained enthralled and undaunted. She'd written about smart, strong women before (Karen Silkwood in Read More →

Theatre Review: “the American Dream” And “the Zoo Story” At The Diversionary Theatre

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Published in Gay and Lesbian Times November 18, 2002 From his first play to his latest, three-time Pulitzer Prizewinner Edward Albee has been obsessed with communication, alienation and the dissolution of the American Dream. His breakout one-act, "The Zoo Story," and his most recent, Tony Award-winning Broadway success, "The Goat," confront these themes with a devastating intensity. Two years after he wrote "The Zoo Story" in 1958, Albee penned Read More →

Theatre Review: “working” At The San Diego Repertory Theatre & “nickel And Dimed” At The Mark Taper Forum

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KPBS AIRDATE: October 18, 2002 "Work," said psychotherapist Abraham Low, "is getting paid to bear discomfort." Or, as essayist Alfred Polgar put it, "Work is what you do so that some time you won't have to do it any more." On stages in San Diego and L.A., working stiffs are getting their 15 minutes of fame -- celebrated in song in a reprise production of "Working, Read More →

Theatre Review: “zoo Story” And “the American Dream” By The Renaissance Theatre Company At 6th @ Penn

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KPBS AIRDATE: October 11, 2002 From his first play to his latest, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee has been obsessed with alienation, lapsed communication and the dissolution of The American Dream. His breakout play was "The Zoo Story" in 1958, a short one-act that tackles these themes with devastating intensity. Two years later he wrote a bizarre, thinly veiled autobiographical piece, "The American Dream," that esteemed critic Read More →

Theatre Review: “the Barber Of Seville” At The San Diego Comic Opera

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Published in Gay and Lesbian Times October 04, 2002 Rossini was true to Beuamarchais, and Comic Opera is true to Rossini (in one way, at least). The French dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais wrote "The Barber of Seville," in 1775 to satirize the follies and foibles of the upper class. The play was distinguished by its clever dialogue and intricate plot. When Rossini composed his adaptation in 1815, Read More →