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“MY FAIR LADY” at the Welk Resort Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 1/13/17 RUN DATES: 1/6/17 - 4/2/17 VENUE: Welk Resort Theatre It’s a classic by any definition: brilliant, timeless and definitive. “My Fair Lady” is musical theater perfection, with a sterling, provocative story, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” which was in turn adapted from Ovid’s mythology. And it boasts a spectacular score by that dazzling duo, Lerner and Lowe. The 1956 masterwork can, however, be a bit long for modern tastes; several local productions have Read More →

“ABUNDANCE” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/31/17 RUN DATES: 3/16/17 - 4/2/17 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company Mail-order marriages are a pretty big risk. But then, so was moving to the Wyoming Territory in the late 1860s. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley, known for her Southern Gothic sensibility, took her sardonic humor out West with her 1990 melodrama, “Abundance.” Told in short, episodic bursts, like a serial penny-dreadful, it’s the tale of two couples, centering on the mail-order brides who become homesteading Read More →

“THE BLAMELESS” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/17/17 RUN DATES: 2/23/17 - 3/26/17 VENUE: The Old Globe Playwright Nick Gandiello thinks his new work is a comedy. It isn’t. Although there are a few mildly amusing lines in his world premiere, “The Blameless,” the subject couldn’t be more serious. The Garcia family is still reeling from the murder of young Jesse a year ago. Now, on the anniversary of his death in a school shooting, they’re about to entertain the father of the Read More →

“FREAKY FRIDAY” at La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/17/17 RUN DATES: 1/31/17 - 3/19/17 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse It’s a wonderful old adage: You never really understand someone till you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Or, according to a Native American proverb, in their moccasins. That’s the premise of “Freaky Friday,” where a battling mother and daughter are forced to inhabit each other’s bodies – and lives -- for 24 hours. From the Mary Rodgers children’s novel, Disney created two film versions of the Read More →

“2.5 MINUTE RIDE” and “WELL” at Diversionary Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/21/17 RUN DATES: 2/9/17 - 3/19/17 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre Lisa Kron won two Tony Awards in her first foray on Broadway: Best Book of a Musical and (with composer Jeannine Tesori) Best Score. The show, “Fun Home,” was named Best Musical of 2015, and it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. . But long before that, Kron was known as a founding member of a satirical, feminist theater troupe, The Five Lesbian Brothers. And Read More →

“THE ILLUSION” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/3/17 RUN DATES: 2/22/17 - 3/19/17 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre “The Illusion” is steeped in wizardry and awash in words. In its play-within-a-play structure and its luxuriant language, it’s all about the magic of theater. While he was working on his deep, dark, AIDS-era masterpiece, “Angels in America,” Tony Kushner diverted himself by adapting a 17th century French comedy, “L’Illusion Comique.” It’s a humorous, sumptuous feast, in which there may not be a direct Read More →