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“DIANA THE MUSICAL” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/8/19 RUN DATES: 2/19/19 - 4/14/19 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse What if your Prince turns out to be not so charming? The whole world watched the fairy tale wedding on TV in 1981 – the 20 year-old bride and the 25-foot train on her sumptuous gown. But Lady Diana Spencer’s storybook marriage had no happy ending – and not much of a rapturous royal beginning. There was Trouble in Paradise from the get-go, as the story Read More →

“TO FALL IN LOVE” at Melpomene Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/1/19 RUN DATES: 4/6/19 - 4/13/19 VENUE: Melpomene Productions If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I were a fly on the wall,” here’s your chance. Over the next two weeks (eight opportunities only), “To Fall in Love” is being performed in a private house in Pacific Beach, with a bridge-chair-seated audience of 12 in the living room, nearly nose-to-nose with the two actors. What you’ll be watching – often feeling more like a voyeur than a Read More →

“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/10/18 RUN DATES: 1/27/18 - 3/4/18 VENUE: The Old Globe The brilliant, famously flamboyant Oscar Wilde left us with an epigram for any occasion. When he wrote his masterwork, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” in 1895, he was taking potshots at his Victorian society: the vapidity of the wealthy, their posturing and condescension, the shallow flightiness of the women and the duplicity of the men. The latter seems particularly pointed these days, when Lies are peddled Read More →

“ROMEO ROMEO & JULIET” at The Roustabouts Theatre Company

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/29/18 RUN DATES: 6/14/18 - 7/8/18 VENUE: The Roustabouts Theatre Company Seven days to rehearse one of the greatest tragedies in all of literature. What could go wrong? It’s summer stock theater on Cape Cod. The actress playing Juliet has just bailed for a gig Off Broadway. Her replacement has never performed in a Shakespeare play before – and she’s afraid to die onstage. She thinks Romeo’s last name is Monta-goo. And she finds “alack” Read More →

“DR. SEUSS’S THE LORAX” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/20/18 RUN DATES: 7/2/18 - 8/12/18 VENUE: The Old Globe Move over, Mr. Grinch. There’s a new Seuss creation in town. He “speaks for the trees.” But no one listens – until it’s too late. “The Lorax,” published in 1971, was La Jolla author Theodor Geisel’s favorite book. And it couldn’t be more timely. Having been adapted for TV and film, the classic has now been musicalized as “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.” The show is making Read More →

“HAIR” at the OB Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/22/18 RUN DATES: 6/1/18 - 7/1/18 VENUE: The OB Playhouse Ah, the late ‘60s – the best of times, the worst of times. The youth revolution was an age of unparalleled camaraderie and anti-war simpatico, punctuated by battles with parents over hair, music, tuning in and turning on. It was flower power and free love. That was the great part. But the downside was the Draft, and guys you knew going off to Vietnam and maybe Read More →