“curtain Calls” #194
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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/25/07 Into London and Florence we’re heartily hurled In Bunbury and The School of the World. RETURN OF THE NON-EXISTENT THE SHOW: Read More →
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“FOREVER PLAID” at the Welk Resort Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/3/18 RUN DATES: 7/14/18 - 8/26/18 VENUE: Welk Resort Theatre Funny thing about plaid. Every time the cross-stripe fabric waltzes out of style for a while, it somehow sashays back in. Same goes for “Forever Plaid.” The 1989 musical revue keeps re-surfacing, with its wacky costumes, geeky quartet and goofy premise. Now the tale of four nerds is back, a nostalgic reminder of the close-harmony guy-groups of the 1950s. The Plaids were killed enroute to their first professional Read More →
“THE KID THING” at Moxie Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/25/16 RUN DATES: 11/13/16 - 12/11/16 VENUE: Moxie Theatre The decision about whether and when to become parents is private, personal, even political. For lesbian couples, there are no potential accidents or pregnancy surprises. Every step must be judiciously planned. So, when two best-bud duos get together, and one pair breaks out the pre-natal champagne, the four-way relationships become both charged and threatened. Sarah Gubbins, an L.A.-based playwright and screenwriter, sets her award-winning 2011 comic Read More →
“curtain Calls” My Week With Wendy
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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/09/06 Bright and funny, sweet and meek; This was Wendy Wasserstein week. Three nights of Wendy and her ‘sisters’ And all their (undesirable) Misters. And all Read More →
“SEVEN GUITARS” and “KING HEDLEY II” at Cygnet Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 10/14/16 RUN DATES: 9/28/16 - 11/6/16 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre August Wilson wrote jazz; he wasn’t a composer, but in his plays, the language is distinctly musical, with dips and riffs, crescendos and stunning solos. The late playwright famously chronicled the African American experience in the 20th century, through ten decade-by-decade dramas, mainly set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Cygnet Theatre, which relishes presenting plays in repertory, has brilliantly paired two Pulitzer-nominated Wilson pieces, set in the 1940s and Read More →
“SUNSET BOULEVARD” at Moonlight Stage Productions
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/19/17 RUN DATES: 8/16/17 - 9/2/17 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions Forget the closeup, Mr. DeMille. The best line in the Oscar-winning 1950 Billy Wilder film classic, “Sunset Boulevard,” is “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.” Sadly, the musical version of the bleak Hollywood exposé is also kind of small, a pale shadow of its superb and unforgettable forbear. It’s also long, surprisingly static, and the score, except for two excellent songs, is Read More →
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