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“the Grapes Of Wrath” By Ion Theatre / “it’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” At Cygnet Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: December 08, 2006 Ahhh… the classics. When heroes were admirable men with values and principles…. played by admirable actors like Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart. No trace of irony, sarcasm or cynicism. Just good stories and raw emotion. Well, those days are back, on San Diego stages. Ion Theatre is presenting a searing version of “The Grapes of Wrath” and Cygnet Theatre has lovingly re-created “It’s Read More →

”fortinbras” At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE: July 1, 1991 When was the last time you saw "Hamlet"? Whatever details you may or may not recall, surely you remember that laughter was not your primary response to the melancholy Dane. But guffaws greet the nattering Norwegian, "Fortinbras," the hero of Lee Blessing's new play, a comic sequel to "Hamlet" currently having its world premiere at the Read More →

“chekov In Yalta” At North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 11, 1992 There's this doctor, see? And he writes plays. Comedies, he says. But the guy who keeps directing them thinks they're tragedies. He's given to melodrama, histrionics and excessive sound effects. It's enough to drive a playwright to .... Yalta . Read More →

“the Importance Of Being Earnest” At Blackfriars Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: November 4, 1992 This is as Wilde as it gets -- Oscar Wilde, that is. "The Importance of Being Earnest" has been hailed as a comic masterpiece, a brilliant slice of satire on the upper classes, who richly deserve all the skewering they get -- both today, and in 1895 when the play was written. Read More →

“big River” At The Starlight Musical Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: June 27, 1993 Sometimes, when they make a musical out of another piece of literature, it really sings. The new format expands and enhances the original, gives it new breath and life. "My Fair Lady" springs to mind; the world is richer for Lerner and Loewe's adaptation of Shaw's "Pygmalion." How about what "Guys and Read More →

“blues In The Night” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: February 16, 1994 > To paraphrase an old Harold Arlen standard, everyone's "got a right to sing the blues." But African-Americans have the blues in their blood. For more than a century, they've known it, lived it, developed it, refined it. Blues songs typically tell of the pain of poverty, the loss of love, and the burden of Read More →