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Theatre Review: “ A Christmas Carol” At San Diego Repertory Theatre & “ It’s Christmas… And It’s Live!” At Lamb’s Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: December 19, 2003 Holiday traditions come in all shapes and sizes. But if you like yours with harmonious singing and an uplifting message, I've got some sugar-coated theatrical Christmas confections with your name on 'em. Both have been around for more than two decades, in various incarnations, and this year's productions are especially tasty. The San Diego Repertory Theatre Read More →

Theatre Review: “ Macbeth” At Sledgehammer Theatre & “ The Pearl Fishers” At San Diego Opera

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KPBS AIRDATE: February 20, 2004 Lovers united and divided. Lashed together to die, separated by murder. Juicy stories of operatic proportion. One fanciful, the other, supernatural, and both highly anticipated: the Opera's "Pearl Fishers" and Sledgehammer's "Macbeth." The Scottish Play, as superstitious theater folk call it, is a perfect fit for Sledgehammer Theatre: dark, emotionally intense, bloody, brutal and spookily supernatural. Read More →

Theatre Review: “ Oedipus At Colonus” At 6th @ Penn Theatre & “ The House Of Blue Leaves” At Lynx Performance Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 16, 2004 Fame -- everyone wants it, few get it, and it weighs heavily on those who have it. The price of success features prominently in two vastly different plays: the Greek drama "Oedipus at Colonus" and the 20th century tragicomedy, "The House of Blue Leaves." In one, a man can't get back to his homeland; in the other, a woman never Read More →

Theatre Review: “the Intelligent Design Of Jenny Chow” By The Old Globe Theatre & “kid-simple” At Cygnet Theatre & “an Experiment With An Airpump” By Backyard Productions

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KPBS AIRDATE: June 25, 2004 Robotics. Embryonic research. Sub-sonic sound. Science has firmly implanted itself on San Diego stages -- and the results are often as brilliant as the science itself. Three new plays, three marvelous directors, three outstanding casts. The scientific method is working… and life is good in local theater. This isn't about didactic information exchange. All three plays Read More →

Theatre Review: “cabaret” At Moonlight Stage Productions

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KPBS AIRDATE: September 03, 2004 The climatic conditions and prevailing winds in 1930 Germany were not so different from today. Ambi-sexuality was rampant. Moral decay, debauchery and decadence were all around. And there was a silently creeping, mounting menace, trying to clamp down, steal freedoms and mandate morality. A very scary time, then and now. A perfect time for a "Cabaret." The brilliant, 1966 Read More →

Theatre Review: “a Dream Play” At Sledgehammer Theatre & “the Goat: Or Who Is Sylvia?” At San Diego Repertory Theatre & “macbeth” At Poor Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: November 5, 2004 A killer, a dreamer and a goat-lover. Take your pick; it's a wild week of high-tension drama -- on the theatrical as well as political stage. The murderer is "Macbeth," that megalomaniacal Thane who, with his malignant wife, kills a passel of people in order to fulfill the kingly prophesies of the cackling, cauldron-stirring Read More →