Reviews

“CARDBOARD PIANO” at Diversionary Theatre

“CARDBOARD PIANO” at Diversionary Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/9/18 RUN DATES:  1/25/18 - 2/25/18 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre  When a play begins with a hymn, and is set in a church, there are certain expectations. Considerations of sin, transgression, immorality, perhaps.  All those appear in “Cardboard Piano,” as do brutality, murder and war. But playwright Hansol Jung subverts expectations. Horrible acts are committed, and then re-committed. But there’s no real remorse, redemption or salvation. Homophobia turns to abject hypocrisy. And the ugly cycle continues. It all starts Read More →

Ay, Compadre! By Latino Ensemble De San Diego At Centro Cultural De La Raza And “ The Me Nobody Knows” At Sdsu

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 16, 1997 Rudolfo Anaya has been called “the poet of the barrio,” “the father of Chicano literature in English,” a remarkable storyteller who has written unpretentiously but provocatively about Mexican-American culture and identity. In his first and best-selling 1972 novel, “Bless Me, Ultima,” Anaya examines remembered youth. In his 1990 Read More →

“4000 MILES” at ion theatre

“4000 MILES” at ion theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/25/16 RUN DATES: 9/17/16 - 10/15/16 VENUE: ion theatre   A narcissistic young man drops into his grandmother’s Greenwich Village apartment at 3am, with backpacks and bicycle in tow. On his long-planned cross-country cycling trip, he had a traumatic experience. Then, when he arrives in New York, his girlfriend breaks up with him. He’s too insular and self-involved to talk about any of it, or to notice that his grandma is having trouble with her hearing, Read More →

“elmer Gantry” At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE:   October 31, 1991 Lock up your wives and daughters. Elmer Gantry's back. Preachin' the gospel-- and singin' it, too.   As seductive and provocative as ever.   The new "Elmer" just breezed into the La Jolla Playhouse, with script rewrites being penciled in right up until opening night.   A few more cuts and Read More →

“ruby’s Bucket Of Blood” At San Diego Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 4, 1992 The world is not a very promising place for women, in the eyes of Cajun playwright Julie Hebert.    They're either reined in by a man, by society, by their color or by some powerful self-imposed constraints. They've got, metaphorically speaking, a bucketful of problems.   Hebert's Read More →

“xxx Love Act” At The Fritz Theater / “the Dyke And The Porn Star” At 6 @ Penn

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KPBS AIRDATE:   JANUARY 27, 1999 If you haven’t had a bellyful of sex, violence and tough talk in the movies or the news, check out the theater – we’re in the midst of a veritable porn-fest.   There’s “Making Porn” at Diversionary, “XXX Love Act” at the Fritz, “The Dyke and the Porn Star” and “Ballistic Femme” at 6@ Penn Studio. I thought I’d Read More →