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“ANOTHER ROLL OF THE DICE” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/23/19 RUN DATES: 7/10/19 - 8/11/19 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre You can call them dames or dolls or molls, or even judys. And for every doll, there’s a guy (aka thugs, gamblers, grifters, skunks, lunks, punks, thieves and philanderers). They’re all denizens of Runyanland, the colorful underworld of 1930s/’40s New York created by journalist/short story writer Damon Runyon (1880-1946). Dese guys was canonized in the show many call ‘the perfect musical’: 1950’s “Guys and Read More →

“THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/25/19 RUN DATES: 7/6/19 - 8/11/19 VENUE: The Old Globe He’s the mouse that roared (in an unprepossessing kind of way). Big ears, huge heart, unflagging curiosity – and an unquenchable desire to be a courageous, dragon-slaying, Princess-rescuing hero. That’s “The Tale of Despereaux,” as told in a world premiere musical at The Old Globe. The show is based on Kate DiCamillo’s beloved 2003 Newbery Medal-winning fantasy novel, and the 2008 Universal Pictures computer-generated animated film Read More →

“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS” at New Village Arts

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/28/19 RUN DATES: 5/24/19 - 8/4/19 VENUE: New Village Arts Everywhere you look these days, there’s a book, show or movie about ‘the end of the world as we know it.’ We can die by disease, monsters, zombies, natural disaster, nuclear catastrophe… and then, of course, there’s the man-eating plant. That would be Audrey II, from the 1982 horror comedy rock musical perennial, “Little Shop of Horrors,” with its clever book and lyrics by the late Read More →

“STRAIGHT” from Loud Fridge Theatre Group

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/28/19 RUN DATES: 7/25/19 - 8/4/19 VENUE: Loud Fridge Theatre Group People like to categorize and dichotomize. Ambiguity is unsettling. But ambiguity abounds in “Straight.” Emily thinks she’s in a monogamous relationship with Ben. She can’t understand why, after five years, he’s still reluctant to move in with her. What she doesn’t know (and for her own sundry reasons, doesn’t probe too hard to find out), is that he’s simultaneously seeing Chris, a young college Read More →

“MATILDA THE MUSICAL” at Moonlight Stage Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/30/19 RUN DATES: 7/17/19 - 8/3/19 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions You gotta love a brainy, bookish young heroine. She may take guff for her smarts—ridicule, bullying—but she always winds up with a top-shelf ending. For instance, Belle gets her Beast-turned-Prince and Matilda gets a loving home. In “Matilda, the Musical,” the protagonist is not only brilliant; she has superpowers, though less than the film version exhibits. The stage offers different possibilities, cleverly executed at Moonlight Read More →

“THE LUCKIEST” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 7/19/19 RUN DATES: 60/30/19 - 7/28/19 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse You walk away from ”The Luckiest” thinking deep thoughts – like, how you want to live and how you want to die. The world premiere drama by Melissa Ross may sound dark, but it’s often very funny. The action begins nearly at the end, and leapfrogs back in time, as it reveals the evolution of a deep friendship and the devolution of a young woman’s health. Straight, Read More →