Reviews

“the Triumph Of Love” / “therese Raquin” At The La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE:   JULY 27, 1994 They were separated by style, substance and a century, but now they're as close as cousins.   The seventeenth century comic playwright Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux snuggles up to nineteenth century Naturalistic novelist Emile Zola, compliments of the La Jolla Playhouse. The Playhouse has done it again: pairing two disparate but Read More →

1995 Actors   Festival At St. Cecilia’s

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KPBS AIRDATE:   March 1, 1995 All riiiiight, contestants! This is your final question. What’s five years old; has 29 plays; 120 actors, writers and directors; and lasts for three weeks?   You have five seconds.....   Remember, it’s 1995.   And the word actors is a clue.   And there’s a festive atmosphere Read More →

“the True History Of Coca-cola In Mexico” At The San Diego Repertory Theatre & “the Best Of Forbidden Broadway” At The Theatre In Old Town

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KPBS AIRDATE:   November, 1995 [MUSIC: “Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery” from “Forbidden. Broadway”] You heard it right from the horse-mouth, Carol Channing (or a reasonable facsimile thereof). “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” And satire is one of the funniest forms of comedy. Especially if it’s done well, Read More →

“a Perfect Ganesh” At The North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE:   August 28, 1996 There’s one more elephant still lingering in town -- at least for another week or so.   Well, it’s not totally an elephant, only from the neck up. That would be the Hindu god Ganesha, and he is, as advertised, “A Perfect Ganesh.” Ganesha, the Lord of Obstacles, Prince of Fortune, has a jeweled Read More →

The Cherry Orchard At The Fritz Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 30, 1997 Chekhov is known as a master of simplicity and compassion. All his great works were motivated by one guiding principle:   to show life as it is, without story-telling contrivances or hyperbolic behavior. Despite the tragedy and melodrama the Moscow Art Theatre brought to his plays, Chekhov always thought of them as comedies. Read More →

My Three Angels At Octad-one Productions

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KPBS AIRDATE: December 3, 1997 “My Three Angels” is a holiday perennial for several very good reasons: it’s a little unpredictable, not too sentimental and often very funny.   It’s not half as clever as the book Sam and Bella Spewack wrote for the musical “Kiss Me, Kate,” but then they were touched by genius: composer Cole Porter with inspiration from William Shakespeare. Read More →