Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 15, 2000 It's 10:30, New Year's Eve. First Night, as they say in New England. Danny Fleming is getting ready to close up the video store for the year. And then, out of the snow -- actually, out of the blue -- in walks Meredith O'Connor. It's been 20 years. He has obsessed about her since 8th Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 8, 2000 Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages…. Step right up to the Scrooge and Marley Circus. You'll see clowns and jugglers, acrobats and aerialists, a giant, a midget, a sword-swallower. And, in the center ring, you'll thrill to the transformation of the hard-hearted, tight-fisted, whip-snapping ringmaster, Ebenezer Scrooge. It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. Circuses were Read More →
DECEMBER 2000 Published in Theatremania December 2000 Who's on first? This season, Whoville has become Main Street, USA. On stage and screen, from coast to coast, the Whos are eating Who hash. And re-hash. There's no question Who's on top financially. That would be Jim Carrey and Ron Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 1, 2000 It was one of those remarkable moments that only happens in live theater. On opening night of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," 20 minutes into the show, the stage was suddenly bare and the suspension of disbelief was shattered by a voice-of-God booming over the Civic Theatre P.A. system. There would be a delay, we were told, because of "a little accident backstage." The houselights Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 24, 2000 UCSD has gone Greek. Not for fraternities, and not for long. But for two weekends only, the highly-rated Department of Theatre is presenting Euripides' classic drama, "Medea," in a modern, updated translation by Philip Vellacot. This Medea is no howling harridan. She is the original ultra-radical feminist. She will not be crushed or abandoned by a Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2000 When you go to a world premiere musical, you might expect scintillating sounds, but you may have to settle for sparkling sights. At Sledgehammer Theatre, appearance is everything…. But you can't walk out singing the set. The musical "Alice in Modernland" is as lackluster as its title. But the production of this "Alice" is incandescent. Read More →
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