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“TIGER STYLE” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/17/16 RUN DATES: 9/6/16 - 10/2/16 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse It’s a big season for big cats in the theater. First, there was “The Last Tiger in Haiti” at the La Jolla Playhouse. Then, “The Lion King” at the Civic Theatre . Right after he departs, “The Lion” struts onto The Old Globe stage. And now, at the La Jolla Playhouse, we’re getting a lesson in growing up “Tiger Style!” This didactic comedy was written Read More →

“THE LION KING” -Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/12/16 RUN DATES: 9/7/16 - 10/2/16 VENUE: Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre Whether you view it as a riff on “Hamlet” (though the show’s got that weird ick factor of the nefarious uncle pawing at his nephew’s girlfriend as his future wife, instead of his sister-in-law, as in the source material) or a prime example of Social Darwinism (assume your legacy, your rightful position in the food chain; stay in your class, Read More →

“AMERICAN RHYTHM” at Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/23/16 RUN DATES: 6/13/16 - 9/25/16 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre Too much – and too little. That always seems to be the problem with musical survey shows – at which Lamb’s Players Theatre excels. In the updated return of “American Rhythm: 100 Years of Amazing Music” (presented in 2000 and 2007), some songs and singers get surprisingly short shrift (just one line for Springsteen?) and others get the full-number treatment (“Stardust Melody” and “Bye Bye Blackbird,” Read More →

“OKLAHOMA” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/16/16 RUN DATES: 8/5/16 - 9/25/16 VENUE: New Village Arts When it first opened in 1943, “Oklahoma” was a ground-breaker: a ‘book musical’ that integrated the songs and dances into a serious story that was about more than froth and humor. A 15-minute dream ballet (famously choreographed by Agnes DeMille) clinched its uniqueness. This first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II earned the prolific duo a special Pulitzer Prize in 1944. These days, Read More →

“GOOD PEOPLE” at OnStage Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/18/16 RUN DATES: 9/2/16 - 9/24/16 VENUE: OnStage Playhouse There aren’t really any good people in “Good People,” the 2011 comic drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay Abaire. People claim to be ‘nice’ or ‘good,’ but there’s an undertone of anger, resentment and malice that runs through just about everyone – from the Bingo ladies of the low-end, dead-end Southie part of Boston to the reproductive endocrinologist in Chestnut Hill, who got out Read More →

“METEOR SHOWER” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/26/16 RUN DATES: 7/30/16 - 9/18/16 VENUE: The Old Globe There are several well-worn theatrical tropes in Steve Martin’s new comedy, “Meteor Shower.” The total breakdown of civil behavior, for one. Couples hellbent on messing with the minds of others. A fine line between the real and the imaginary. And the replaying of entire scenes, with different power-plays and outcomes. Oh, and you can throw in a California sensibility, equal parts New Age- and nouveau Read More →