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Theatre Review: “ M. Butterfly” At Diversionary Theatre (co-prod. With Asian American Rep) & “ Kiss Of The Spider Woman” At 6th @ Penn Theatre & “ The Gingerbread Lady” At Renaissance Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 26, 2004 Theater is all about illusion, and so, quite often, is love. We all see what we want to see, believe what we want to believe, even in the face of hard-edged reality. This theme recurs, poignantly, in three knockout productions currently on San Diego stages. What we expect of a lover, a mother, a woman, a man is not always what Read More →

Holiday Shows

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KPBS AIRDATE: December 10, 2004 If you’ve already had enough family drama this season… get out of the house and go see a show. Theater takes you out of your head, your home and your self-pity, and gives you a different perspective on humanity, humor, music, faith or sheer comic silliness. It’s all out there on San Diego Read More →

Theatre Review: “i Am My Own Wife” By La Jolla Playhouse

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 19, 2005 It’s hard to say which is more astonishing – the plot or the performance. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a real-life East German transvestite who survived, on her own terms, through the Nazi and communist regimes. She and scores of other characters are brilliantly portrayed by Jefferson Mays, a graduate of UCSD, for whom the role in “I Am My Read More →

“the Constant Wife” / “trying” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 28, 2006 Relationships can be trying, whether they’re marital or professional. And titles can be double entendres. The Old Globe is offering a hard-hitting double-header: two works of word play, written nearly a century apart, featuring liaisons that are either comical/fanciful or factual/historical. Best known for novels like “Of Human Bondage,” W. Somerset Maugham set a record in 1908, Read More →

“dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” By Ion Theatre / “la Pastorela De La Estrella” At Cygnet Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: December 15, 2006 Well, the Globe is all decked out for the holidays. There’s Who-Stuff behind every bush, the Grinch is peaking out over the buildings, and a big new Christmas tree is taking center stage in the plaza. Indoors, the Globe’s two theaters are serving up family-friendly confections. It’s the 9th year for the Grinch, and the 16th for La Pastorela. Both have a long Read More →

”the Trip To Bountiful” At The Lamb’s Players Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: July 3, 1991 Thomas Wolfe said you can't go home again. But Horton Foote says you can. In his warm-hearted 1953 play, "The Trip to Bountiful," widow Carrie Watts tries desperately to get back to her old Texas home town, Bountiful, the barren farmland that once lived up to its name. She's in the big city now, Read More →