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“SEX WITH STRANGERS” at San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/10/17 RUN DATES: 2/23/17 - /19/17 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre Two authors meet-cute at a writer’s retreat in a secluded cabin. A Michigan blizzard conveniently guarantees that no one else will arrive. He’s a 20-something, aggressive and seductive. She’s a decade older, dubious and wary. He’s a sleazy blogging phenom, whose exploits have led to a wildly successful, salacious book and movie deal. She’s still smarting from the marketing misstep that caused her dazzling first Read More →

“THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN” at San Diego Opera

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/14/17 RUN DATES: 3/10/17 - 3/12/17 VENUE: San Diego Opera Donna Reed meets David Bowie and Rocky Horror, backed by a ‘70s light show. “The Tragedy of Carmen” may not have had something for everyone. But it certainly had a little something of everything. The stripped-down, 90-minute version of Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, “Carmen,” was adapted by acclaimed English director Peter Book, with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and composer Marius Constant. Brook’s original 1981 production featured a bare Read More →

“PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE” at The Old Globe

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/10/17 RUN DATES: 2/4/17 - 3/12/17 VENUE: The Old Globe What is the mark of a true genius? Originality. Creativity. Natural ability. And the perfect medium for expressing those unique qualities. The name Einstein has come to be synonymous with Genius. But in the artistic realm, no one would deny Picasso that moniker. Now, Schmendiman – well, he’s another story. And then, there’s that hip-swiveling Visitor from the future. Steven Martin imagined a meeting of these minds Read More →

“PERFECT ARRANGEMENT” at Intrepid Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/12/17 RUN DATES: 2/2/17 - 3/12/17 VENUE: Intrepid Theatre Some people hark back to the 1950s as a simpler time – of “golly-gee” and pearls, white gloves and Jello. Everything neat and tidy and well-defined. Except, a good deal was roiling beneath the ultra-polite, unruffled surface. The air was thick with paranoia. Racism was endemic, Red-baiting became a national pastime. And then there was the Lavender Scare. The State Department, charged with ferreting out Communists, Read More →

“URINETOWN” at the OB Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/15/17 RUN DATES: 2/2/17 - 3/12/17 VENUE:OB Playhouse “If you gotta go/ you gotta go through me,” sings Miss Pennywise, cash-collector and keeper of Amenity #9. Given the 20-year drought, private toilet facilities are unthinkable. As Pennywise (vocal powerhouse Meredith Russo) puts it, “It’s a Privilege to Pee.” A mega-corporation, Urine Good Company (UGC), controls all citizens’ excretions. And if someone can’t pay, it’s off to Urinetown… from which they never return. “Urinetown,” the Tony Read More →

“HOPE” at Talent to aMuse Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/25/17 RUN DATES: 2/10/17 - 3/5/17 VENUE: Talent to aMuse Theatre “Hope” is a triple whammy: mystery/thriller, sci-fi fantasy and space odyssey. Each genre is a dramatic challenge in its own right; combining the three onstage, without massive special effects, is a theatrical Everest. O.P. Hadlock, a veteran of 300 productions in San Diego (he’s served as actor, director, writer, designer and probably chief cook and bottle-washer, at various local theaters), has written, designed and Read More →