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“CARRIE THE MUSICAL” at OnStage Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 10/11/19 RUN DATES: 9/27/19 - 11/3/19 VENUE: OnStage Playhouse Everyone knows about the horrors of high school. Stephen King famously turned high school into a horror story. Then, in 1988, “Carrie” was made into a musical. It was a notorious flop on Broadway, costing more than $7 million and closing after only five performances. But it has gained cult status, especially among young performers. So it’s appropriate that several cast members at OnStage Playhouse come from Read More →

“FOXFIRE” at Scripps Ranch Theatre and Oceanside Theatre Company

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 104/19 RUN DATES: 9/6/19-10/6/19 at Scripps Ranch Theatre 10/11/19 - 10/27/19 at Oceanside Theatre Company Foxfire. It’s a 50 year-old magazine, an influential book series, an experiential education program, and a play with songs. All pay nostalgic homage to the simpler life of the Appalachians of Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Foxfire is actually a bioluminescent fungus that clings to rotten wood. In the 1982 dramedy by theater legend Hume Cronyn and Susan Cooper, “Foxfire” is Read More →

“NOURA” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/28/19 RUN DATES: 9/13/19 - 10/27/19 VENUE: The Old Globe “Noura” isn’t a ‘women’s play,’ per se. But it will pierce deep into the soul of women. Loosely inspired by the central character, Nora, in Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 masterwork, “A Doll’s House,” this 2018 drama shares, sadly, some of the same concerns — 140 years later. That story concerned doors bolted and unlocking. Women have been straining against the constraints society imposes on them — pretty Read More →

“ALMOST FAMOUS” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/30/19 RUN DATES: 9/13/19 - 10/27/19 VENUE: The Old Globe A beloved San Diego-set film has become a rockin’ San Diego-launched musical. The 2000 film, “Almost Famous,” told a version of writer Cameron Crowe’s own story: his formative years (Crowe attended University of San Diego High School AKA Cathedral Catholic), his writing about music for underground papers, his meeting with legendary rock critic (and former San Diegan) Lester Bangs, and being unleashed, at age 15, Read More →

“MAN OF LA MANCHA” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/04/19 RUN DATES: 9/27/19 - 10/27/19 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre We could all use a few stars in our eyes right now. A few more people who see others through rose-colored (instead of turd-colored) glasses. A bit more chivalry and honor. Compassion. Ethics. Morality. Nobility. High-mindedness. Those qualities are in short supply these days. But they were in 16th century Spain, as well. It was, after all, the time of the Inquisition (which, I’m Read More →

“AIDA” at San Diego Opera

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 10/25/19 RUN DATES: 10/18/19 - 10/27/19 VENUE: San Diego Opera/Civic Theatre It takes a good-sized village to mount an opera. And “Aida” is giving us a peek inside. To kick off its 55th season, San Diego Opera is presenting its eighth production of the beloved 1871 Verdi masterwork in a new way—a ‘theatricalized concert’ that puts the 80-piece orchestra right onstage with the black-clad 41-member chorus. The pit is sealed off, so the principal singers can Read More →