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“the Fourth Wall” At The Poway Center For The Performing Arts & “home” At Octad-one & “pump Boys & Dinettes” At Lamb’s Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: May 4, 1994 > "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." Poet Robert Frost and playwright A.R. Gurney, for starters. In his latest endeavor, Gurney, chief chronicler of the wealthy WASP experience in America, has broken down the fourth wall, the imaginary boundary between actor and audience. It's by no means the first time this has been Read More →

“i Hate Hamlet” At North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: APRIL 27, 1994 Not only does it have a provocative title, "I Hate Hamlet," a play first produced in 1991, already has a place in theater history. During its brief but legendary Broadway run, in the middle of a duel scene, one actor actually tried to injure another, while he ad-libbed a variety of denigrating comments about the younger man's thespian prowess Read More →

“a Midsummer Night’s Dream” At San Diego State University & “woyzeck” At Southwestern College

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 20, 1994 Say Happy Birthday to the Bard. This week is William Shakespeare's 430th birthday. To mark the occasion, as well as the 400th anniversary of his most purely romantic comedy, the San Diego State University Drama Department has mounted a thoroughly enjoyable production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The school went all out on Read More →

Real Women Have Curves At The San Diego Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 13, 1994 In "Real Women Have Curves," not all the women are real and not all of them have sufficient curves. When playwright Josefina Lopez wrote the piece five years ago (at the tender age of 19), she intended it to be about five zaftig Latinas, just the kind of big women who never get big roles in interesting plays. Read More →

“dirt” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 6, 1994 > "Dirt" can just slip through your fingers. You'd think that playwright Bruce Gooch was on terra firma, with a rock-solid story about the connection between a father, a son and the land. That's a firm foundation for high expectations, but all we get is a sand castle, a gritty little fantasy that washes away before our Read More →

“jar The Floor” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 30, 1994 "If you can't get rid of the family skeleton," George Bernard Shaw once said, "you may as well make it dance." Well, seems like that's just what playwright Cheryl L. West has done. It's not clear just how autobiographical "Jar the Floor" is, but West sure knows a helluva lot about Read More →