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“COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN” at Vista’s Broadway Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/12/17 RUN DATES: 5/4/17 - 5/21/17 VENUE: Vista's Broadway Theatre Denial and self-delusion run deep. But “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean,” a 1956 drama by Ed Graczyk, is getting a buoyant revival at Vista’s Broadway Theatre. The action is set in two timeframes in a tiny West Texas town, not far from Marfa, where “Giant” was filmed. That was the last movie of heartthrob and cult icon James Dean. In 1955, Read More →

“ON THE 20TH CENTURY” at Cygnet Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/24/17 RUN DATES: 3/9/17 - 4/30/17 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre In times of stress and distress, what you need is a diversion, maybe even a change of scenery. How about a nice train ride? Hop “On the 20th Century” at Cygnet Theatre, and prepare yourself for an evening of unalloyed bliss. This trip is engineered by some of the best, with book and lyrics by the legendary Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman, directed by Read More →

“RED VELVET” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/3/17 RUN DATES: 3/25/17 - 4/30/17 VENUE: The Old Globe Red Velvet conjures images of rich cake or plush curtains. Something soft and smooth. But Lolita Chakrabarti’s 2012 play of that name is rough and angular. “Red Velvet” is based in historical fact. It tells of two seminal episodes in the life of Ira Aldridge, the great 19th century African American actor. The drama, a memory play (Aldridge is telling his story to an Read More →

“FIRST DATE” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/21/17 RUN DATES: 3/31/17 - 5/7/17 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre Surely you’ve experienced “The Awkward Pause” a time or two. And you’ve had both accurate and erroneous “First Impressions,” while you were on the prowl for “The One.” Those are all song titles in the small-cast, small-scale musical comedy, “First Date.” Anyone who’s ever been on a blind date – and who hasn’t? – will find something to relate to – from the recognition that being Read More →

“THE WHO’S TOMMY” at the OB Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/19/17 RUN DATES: 3/31/17 - 5/7/17 VENUE: The OB Theatre The Pinball Wizard is a musical theater wiz as well. At the OB Playhouse, a musically outstanding rendition of “The Who’s Tommy” stars a wonderfully charismatic Jon White. But you’d better catch him fast; he’s off to Seattle come fall – to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Policy at U. Wash. Our loss. He’s outstanding in the role – a strong-voiced, natural rocker. All the Read More →

“TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/18/17 RUN DATES: 4/12/17 - 5/7/17 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre What every uptight, passive, bourgeois milquetoast needs is an Auntie Mame or an Aunt Augusta to show him the finer points of the amoral, hedonistic life. Henry Pulling spent his first 50+ years in a safe, predictable existence, a banker who never ventured out of his London suburb. Then his mother died, and at the funeral, he meets his dynamic, assertive, irresistible septuagenarian Aunt Augusta, and before Read More →