Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: January 14, 2000 The "Kingdom of Earth" is a little bit "Psycho," and a "Streetcar" runs through it. This quasi-gothic drama is a conglomerate of classics. It features a brutish, oversexed, Stanley Kowalski kind of ape and his half-brother, a fey nutcake who adores his dead mother and likes to dress up in her clothes. In other words, Tennessee Williams meets Alfred Hitchcock. Read More →
SUBMISSION DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2000 I am Woman, hear me roar. Hear me scream. Watch me turn the Oresteia on its ear… and then throw bloody tampons at Apollo. The most amusing estrogen alliance since Kathy and Mo is back: playwright Kelly Stuart and director Kirsten Brandt. Together, they take no prisoners -- unless they're male. Read More →
at the San Diego Repertory Theatre KPBS AIRDATE: APRIL 14, 2000 Fasten your seatbelts. Spaceship Earth is on the launchpad. In a dizzying display of ideas, "The History (and Mystery) of the Universe" catapults us all into orbit. The one-man world premiere tour de force was conceived, created and directed by Douglas Jacobs, and it features the putty-faced, Read More →
POSTED: MAY 26, 2000 It's what you might call a "shticky" situation. The players are brilliant, the play's a modern classic. But the concept is so big and broad and over-the-top, the entire meaning of the original is lost, buried under every slap-shtick in the book. In its auspicious premiere production, the Renaissance Theatre Company brought in Joan Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JULY 14, 2000 There's a frustrating brilliance to the work of Scott Feldsher. He's a beguiling director, with a wildly imaginative vision. He loves to tantalize and titillate his audience, shock and unnerve them. His work is exciting and unpredictable, but like the kid who taunts or teases or tickles, he always goes just a little too far. By the end, we feel assaulted, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 SONG: "Getting to Know You" When in doubt, go for the known quantity. That seems to be the philosophy behind the Moonlight Amphitheatre production of "The King and I." The lush and lovely sets and costumes were rented, the choreographers, Don and Bonnie Ward, did the same service for the Welk Resort's "King" last year, and Read More →
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-Pat Launer