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FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS 2019 at Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/20/19 RUN DATES: 12/5/19 - 12/29/20 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre For 42 years, Lamb’s Players Theatre has celebrated the season with a “Festival of Christmas.” Resident playwright Kerry Meads has written a sleigh-ful of plays, highlighting the warmth, heart, song and spirit of the holiday. There’s almost always a plan that goes horribly awry, often due to a snowstorm. Nerves are frayed, tempers explode, last-minute substitute performers save the day — and music conquers all. “It’s Christmas Read More →

“EBENEZER SCROOGE’S BIG SAN DIEGO CHRISTMAS SHOW” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/6/19 RUN DATES: 11/23/19 - 12/29/19 VENUE: The Old Globe “A Christmas Carol” is like a Christmas tree: No matter what you hang on it, it still stands tall and strong. The beloved 1843 Dickens tale is so well-structured and robust, it can withstand just about anything — including a zillion re-settings, musical, comical and political. The latest incarnation, at the Old Globe, is the brand new “Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show,” by Gordon Read More →

” A CHRISTMAS STORY” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/13/19 RUN DATES: 11/27/19 - 12/27/19 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre Adult admonitions and fear for a brother’s safety feature prominently in “A Christmas Story,” the beloved 1983 cult classic film. Don’t worry; the 2012 musical version wouldn’t dare leave out “You’ll shoot your eye out!” or “Daddy’s gonna kill Ralphie!” Of course, neither comes to pass in the story based on humorist Jean Shepard’s quirky, homespun reminiscences about his childhood in small-town Indiana. 1940 was one Read More →

“MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE” at the Ahmanson Theatre, L.A.

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 1/3/20 RUN DATES: 12/3 - 1/5/20 VENUE: Ahmanson Theatre, L.A. If the mention of “Swan Lake” calls up images of dainty ballerinas fluttering in starched white tutus — you haven’t seen “Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake.” Sir Matthew, the UK’s most popular and successful choreographer, has been creating wildly imaginative dance theater pieces for decades. And this magnum opus won acclaim around the world, including Tony Awards for both Direction and Choreography. Using the music of Tchaikovsky, Read More →

“DEAR EVAN HANSEN” from Broadway San Diego

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 1/10/20 RUN DATES: 12/31/19 - 1/12/20 VENUE: Civic Theatre Although the internet has always encouraged self-invention, when “Dear Evan Hansen” was birthed in 2015, we did not yet live with a perpetual tsunami of lies and social media distortion. Since the musical won six Tony Awards in 2017, its story of one depressed, anxious teenage misfit has become emblematic of a generation, and perhaps the country. The show was inspired by the real-life school experiences of Read More →

“WEST SIDE STORY” at Moonlight Stage Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/17/19 RUN DATES: 8/14/19 - 8/31/19 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions The song says “Something’s Coming,” but actually, it’s here. “West Side Story,” the beloved 1957 musical based on the Romeo and Juliet tragedy of star-crossed lovers, has returned to Moonlight Stage Productions, after earlier airings in 1987 and 2007. And it’s a knockout. The magnificent score was composed by Leonard Bernstein, and the lyrics were written by a 25 year-old Stephen Sondheim, making his Broadway debut. Equally iconic Read More →