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“THE YEAR TO COME” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/11/18 RUN DATES: 12/4/18 - 12/30/18 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse There’s an M&M reference in the new play at the La Jolla Playhouse – about the candy, and the rapper, Eminem. That’s an apt metaphor for “The Year to Come.” It’s pretty sugary on the surface, but there’s a nut of truth and wisdom deep inside. It takes a while to get there, though. The world premiere starts off like a sitcom, a family gathering filled Read More →

“CLINT BLACKS LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS” AT THE OLD GLOBE

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/23/18 RUN DATES: 11/11/18 - 12/21/18 VENUE: The Old Globe It’s got all the ingredients of a holiday hit: kids, Christmas, country music – and a special sauce: 20-million album-selling Grammy Award-winner Clint Black. The country superstar isn’t in the production but he helped create it. And yet, with all the right stuff, “Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas” the good-natured, well-intentioned world premiere musical at The Old Globe, feels familiar and predictable. Most of the country/bluegrass-tinged Read More →

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL” at Cygnet Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/14/18 RUN DATES: 11/28/18 - 12/30/18 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre It just isn’t Christmas without “A Christmas Carol.” Every year, we need to be reminded to live a life of generosity and open-heartedness. This is Cygnet Theatre’s seventh inventive production. Artistic director Sean Murray started his adaptations with a radio play. Over time, he’s expanded the show into a full production and has added many changes, but he’s maintained the clever, onstage making of sound effects. This Read More →

“AWAYS PATSY CLINE” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/21/18 RUN DATES: 12/12/18 - 12/30/18 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre What could be better for a fervent fan than to have the object of your adoration eating bacon and eggs in your kitchen? The story behind “Always… Patsy Cline” is so far-fetched, it could only be true. The first time Louise Seger heard Patsy Cline sing, in 1957, she said, “that voice absolutely stopped me dead in my tracks.” She started calling in to her Read More →

“MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/26/18 RUN DATES: 11/24/18 - 12/23/18 VENUE: New Village Arts When we last saw Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” they had gotten past the tempestuous early parts of their relationship, ultimately realizing that they were perfectly matched, totally in love, and ready to tie the knot. Now it’s two years later, 1815, and they’re still blissfully – and quite co-equally – wed, and happily ensconced in Darcy’s grand estate, Read More →

“THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY” at Diversionary Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/23/18 RUN DATES: 11/8/18 - 12/16/18 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre It was a city on a hill. Pastor Ted Haggard was determined to make Colorado Springs into the evangelical capital of the world. In 1984, he started his New Life Church, which ultimately grew to 14,000 members. Other Christian organizations, including the fundamentalist Focus on the Family, set up shop there, too. Everything was proceeding as planned; then crisis struck. Haggard was outed by a male prostitute Read More →