Reviews

“mother Courage” By Backbone Theatre In Association With Lamb’s Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   October 23, 1996 MUSIC: “Mother Courage Theme” It’s all a matter of courage and backbone. It isn’t easy to start a new theater company, and it’s more than a challenge to begin with Brecht. So what could be more apt than “Mother Courage” as the first production of Backbone Theatre? Rosina Read More →

“cleopatra’s Wake” At The Lamb’s Players Theatre & “little Women” At The Christian Community Theatre & “the Boys Next Door” At The North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   October 16, 1996 This week, San Diego stages are crowded with smarmy girls, mentally disabled boys and one ‘erogenous’ senior citizen. Non-theater translation: “Little Women,” “The Boys Next Door” and “Cleopatra’s Wake.” Christian Community Theatre closes its 1996 season with a first-ever event:   a homegrown show, “Little Women, The Musical,” adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 Read More →

“execution Of Justice” At The Diversionary Theatre & “2.5 Minute Ride” At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE:   October 7, 1996 Remember the Twinkie Defense? It got to be kind of a joke. But it was no laughing matter in San Francisco when it helped get Dan White off on a manslaughter charge rather than first-degree murder. Junk food -- and rampant homophobia. It was 1978, a politically-charged, culturally Read More →

“poor Super Man” At The Fritz Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   October 2, 1996 Dateline:   1994. Cincinnati. The Ensemble Theatre, which commissioned the world premiere of “Poor Superman,” is threatened with criminal charges of obscenity if the show doesn’t close.   The County sheriff calls in the County prosecutor, and considers summoning a grand jury.   This in the same enlightened city where, in 1990, Cincinnati Read More →

“play On!” At The Old Globe Theatre & “cabaret” At The San Diego Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   September 25, 1996 The muse of music must be smiling down on us: It’s been a super time for glorious voices and engaging musical theater.   Last week, I rhapsodized about productions of “Carousel” and “Phantom.” This week’s fare is more sultry and sexy: a revival of “Cabaret” and a world premiere musical, “Play On!,” based Read More →

“macbeth” At The Old Globe Theatre & “12 Angry Jurors” By The Sd Black Ensemble Theatre At Ensemble Arts Theatre & “phantom” At The Moonlight Amphitheatre & “carousel” At The Orange County Performing Arts Center

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KPBS AIRDATE:   September 18, 1996 Dark musicals and disturbing drama -- I’d say it’s a great week in the theater.   But there’s one that got away -- and I only hope it somehow makes the trip to San Diego.   The fabulous, five Tony Award-winning Royal National Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” came to Los Angeles and it’s now at Read More →