Reviews

“sweeney Todd” At Moonlight Amphitheatre & “carthage” Produced By Theatre E

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KPBS AIRDATE:   SEPTEMBER 14, 1994 It's been a savage week of theater. Only for the strong of stomach. First, there was Mump and Smoot at the La Jolla Playhouse, those "clowns of horror" who take a journey to Hell and wind up sucking from each other's dismembered limbs. Then there was Spalding Gray, also at the Playhouse, describing in detail Read More →

“a Doll’s House” By Undergraund! Inc. & “the Way Of The World” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: September 7, 1994 There is an astonishing but somewhat understandable need for theater people to massage the classics. It just isn't enough that a play has lasted a century or two or three. It must be refreshed, refurbished, made relevant. Sometimes, these efforts are successful.   A fresh perspective can cast new light on an Read More →

“the Who’s Tommy” At Copley Symphony Hall

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 31 1994 > MUSIC... .   'SEE ME, FEEL ME') Tommy is back. And he demands to be seen, felt, touched and experienced. The Who' Tommy," written in 1969 and newly reborn at the La Jolla Playhouse two years ago, has been transported back to the place of its birth.   San Diego Read More →

“apocalyptic Butterflies” At The North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   August 24, 1994 1988 must have been a lean theater year in Chicago. That was when Wendy MacLeod's "Apocalyptic Butterflies" was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as one of the ten best productions of the season.   You know, they get squirrelly in those cold climates... Maybe in the waning days of winter, around holiday-time, when you're Read More →

“a Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” At The Starlight Musical Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   August 17, 1994 Something familiar. Something peculiar.   The first two words of the first song of one of the wackiest musical comedies ever written. It's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," and its current production sports plenty both familiar and peculiar. Familiar?   It's at Starlight Musical Theatre, for Read More →

The Good Person Of Setzuan At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 10, 1994 At first, I thought it was another clubbing by the PC Police; it seemed to be "politically correct" -- calling the Bertolt Brecht classic "The Good Person of Setzuan" instead of the more common "The Good Woman of Setzuan."   But actually, it's probably a better translation of the German, if you know what a mensch is.   Read More →