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“AN ILIAD” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/11/17 RUN DATES: 1/27/17 - 2/26/17 VENUE: New Village Arts When men go off to war (waging battles men have initiated), it’s the women who stay behind, raising the children, praying and waiting, welcoming home the maimed and mentally ravaged, burying the ones who didn’t make it. So, although “An Iliad” was written by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare to be performed by a man (initially, O’Hare), it makes perfect sense, and offers heightened emotionality, Read More →

“EURYDICE” at Oceanside Theatre Company

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/14/17 RUN DATES: 2/10/17 - 2/26/17 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse Eurydice’s options are a little like Sophie’s Choice; whichever path she takes will leave grief and devastation in its wake: stay with her beloved father or go with her beloved husband. In Sarah Ruhl’s smart, sassy take on the ancient myth, the young girl leaves her wedding reception for a drink of water and is lured away by the self-proclaimed Interesting Man, an evil seducer Read More →

“9 TO 5” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/18/17 RUN DATES: 2/10/17 - 2/26/17 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre at the Spreckels Theatre There probably isn’t a Working Stiff alive who hasn’t, at one time or another, had a Boss Revenge Fantasy. The 1980 movie, “9 to 5,” took that fancy to the ultimate extreme – and threw in female empowerment, to boot. Many people have a warm, fuzzy, nostalgic recollection of the film. But having just seen it again, despite its Read More →

“ALTAR BOYZ” at Coronado Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/3/17 RUN DATES: 1/20/17 - 2/19/17 VENUE: Coronado Playhouse To borrow a phrase from Public Radio’s Michael Feldman, “innuendo and out the other.” Double entendres abound in “Altar Boyz,” which spreads the Good Word by using angelic voices in devilishly clever ways. The silly, spoofy musical, which satirizes boy bands and Christian music tropes, debuted Off Broadway in 2005 and ran for five years, subsequently becoming a sensation around the world. With book by Kevin Read More →

“MOBY DICK” at South Coast Repertory

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/10/17 RUN DATES: 1/20/17 - 2/19/17 VENUE: South Coast Repertory Prepare to be swallowed up in the belly of the beast. “Moby Dick” is thoroughly immersive. Not only does the set resemble both the ribcage of a great whale and the hull of a whaling ship, but the spectacular sound and lighting, the astonishing theatricality and escalating suspense reel you in, and then, in one of many magnificent coups de théâtres, a semblance of the Read More →

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/30/16 Politically, 2016 was an unprecedented year. It’s hard for theaters to react to immediate events, since productions and seasons are planned long in advance. But a handful of new works, including “The Bitter Game” and “Miss You Like Hell” at the La Jolla Playhouse, and “Manifest Destinitis” at the San Diego Rep, spoke to issues of immigration and the killing of African American men. In the most directly political act, the Playhouse brought Read More →