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“A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/31/18 RUN DATES: 3/23/18 - 4/29/18 VENUE: The Old Globe “The only skill you need,” her mother tells young Mariam, is “Tahamul.” Endurance. And endure Mariam must – a tormented rural childhood followed by an abusive, barren marriage. And then Laila comes into her life: free-spirited Laila, who is urban, privileged, educated and blissfully happy – until a bomb destroys her home and family. Desperate and penniless, she agrees to marry Mariam’s monstrous husband – becoming Read More →

Zoot Suit At The San Diego Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: October 8, 1997 MUSIC, up and under: “Zoot Suit” Call it the “drapes” of wrath; “Zoot Suit” is back. The clothes were defiant style-setters; the dramatic musical was an audacious groundbreaker. The zoot suit, or “drape shape,” was popular in the early years of World War II, high-styled with its Read More →

“XANADU” at OnStage Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/14/18 RUN DATES: 7/13/18 - 8/18/18 VENUE: OnStage Playhouse Just how cheesy can you get? “Xanadu” has the ostentatious answer to that musical question. The 2007 musical (a parody of the airheaded, feather-light film of the same name) boasts a wacky book by playwright Douglas Carter Beane, and original direction by our own Christopher Ashley, artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, where he brought it, direct from Broadway, to launch the national tour in Read More →

“faith Healer” At The Old Globe Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: August 16, 2002 Step right up and meet 'The Amazing Francis Hardy,' "Faith Healer" extraordinaire. But be forewarned: his act may be more destructive than restorative. In Irish playwright Brian Friel's 1979 drama, "Faith Healer," it's never quite clear if Frank is a savior or a charlatan, but his story seems to symbolize the artist's fragile dependence on the accident of talent. Any Read More →

“antigone” / “a Skull In Connemara” At 6th @ Penn Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: April 22, 2005 At one of San Diego’s smallest theaters, 6th @ Penn, a big, international double-header – a Greek tragedy and an Irish comedy. The classic is Sophocles’ “Antigone” and the contemporary comedy is “A Skull in Connemara,” by acclaimed English/Irish playwright, Martin McDonagh. “Antigone” is considered one of the greatest tragedies ever written, successful from its first Read More →

Theatre Review: “the Adoption Project: Triad” At Mo’olelo At Centro Cultural

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 23, 2007 They say there are two sides to every story… but there are three sides to this one. “The Adoption Project: Triad” triangulates the issue of adoption, taking a woman’s eye view from three perspectives: the adopted daughter, the adoptive mother and the birth mother. The writer, Kimber Lee, is a Korean adoptee who spent three years researching and interviewing folks who’d been Read More →