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“A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO” at New Village Arts

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/16/19 RUN DATES: 8/10/19 - 8/25/19 VENUE: New Village Arts He was a genius, a Communist, a clown. A painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, playwright, poet – and one of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century. And you get to spend some time with him. “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso” is a wonderful one-man show created and performed by Herbert Siguenza, first produced at the San Diego Repertory Theatre in 2013, Read More →

“AND NEITHER HAVE I WINGS TO FLY” at Scripps Ranch Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/11/19 RUN DATES: 11/8/19 - 12/8/19 VENUE: Scripps Ranch Theatre Grief and loss. How to handle a surviving parent and a floundering sibling. When is it time to stop caregiving and start on a life of your own? These are timeless questions, but they take on added relevance in the Irish countryside in the mid’1950s in Ann Noble’s 1995 play, “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly,” a drama with delightful Irish elements: angst, storytelling Read More →

“HOLD THESE TRUTHS” at San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/22/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/8/19 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre There couldn’t be a better time to see “Hold These Truths.” The real-life story of a man who believed so strongly in the U.S. Constitution that he was willing to go to prison—more than once—to defend the document and its contents. Gordon Hirabayashi was only a college student in 1942 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He was a nisei (second generation Japanese American) who Read More →

“AMERICAN BUFFALO” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/29/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/7/19 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance at 10th Avenue Arts You kind of have to gird your loins for a David Mamet play. In addition to the explosive barrage of profanity and misogyny, and the lame machismo of lunkhead losers, you’re confronted by the underbelly of society at its most desperate and despairing. “American Buffalo” throws in a low-end, doomed swindle, mis-conceived by petty thieves embodying free enterprise in all its cutthroat splendor. Read More →

FALL THEATER PREVIEW 2019

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/9/19 COVERING DATES: 9/19/19 - 12/19/19 Most people think summer is the time for musicals – warm nights, light fare. But San Diego is a hotbed of musical theater year-round. And this fall offers a veritable cornucopia of musical options. In fact, in September alone, there are no fewer than nine high-profile musical productions worthy of your early autumnal planning. Two world premieres come courtesy of our two Tony Award-winning regional theaters. At The Old Globe, Read More →

“THE SUNSHINE BOYS” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/8/19 RUN DATES: 10/23/19 - 11/24/19 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre “The Sunshine Boys” has some timeless themes—and some poignant ones: Partners who work together for decades, but really can’t stand each other. The ravages of time, and being forced to retire before you’re ready. In Neil Simon’s 1972 comedy, one member of a 43-year vaudevillian duo decided to call it quits. The other was furious. They haven’t spoken in over a decade. Now they’re being Read More →