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“LYDIA” at ion theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/24/16 RUN DATES: 6/4/16 - 7/2/16 VENUE: ion theatre Summer is typically a time for lightweight musicals and other fluffy onstage fare. But that’s not how ion theatre plays it. They go for the dark, the dysfunctional, the disturbing and intense. If you’re up for that, you’ll be richly rewarded by “Lydia,” one of their deepest, darkest dramatic journeys, superbly enacted. The 2008 drama by Octavio Solis is also filled with beautiful, poetic imagery, most Read More →

“tokyo fish story” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/10/16 RUN DATES: 5/28/16 - 6/26/16 VENUE: The Old Globe Sushi-making, like many Japanese activities – from origami to ikebana – is a matter of tradition and perfection. Ritual and ceremony. So, Sushi Koji, formerly a highly regarded eatery, is strictly adhering to the old ways. The flip-side of Koji’s insistence on flawless convention is rigidity and inflexibility about trying anything new or changing with the times. Business is flailing and a slick new sushi place, Read More →

“THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THEATER (ABRIDGED)” at Point Loma Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/17/16 RUN DATES: 6/8/16 - 6/26/16 VENUE: Point Loma Playhouse New company status, new play – and an off-the-wall look at where it all came from. There’s a whole lotta silly going on in “The Complete History of Theatre (Abridged),” written and directed by Matt Thompson, artistic director of the newly non-profit and professional Point Loma Playhouse. The loopy proceedings are hosted by three theatrical luminaries, who call themselves “an iconic trifecta of the dramatic world”: the influential Read More →

“GOLDA’S BALCONY” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/13/16 RUN DATES: 6/5/16 - 6/26/16 VENUE: New Village Arts “We dreamed of a Paradise. What went wrong?” It wasn’t just in 1973 when that question was asked about Israel. But in “Golda’s Balcony,” the 2003 play by William Gibson, it comes up repeatedly. In the drama, which became the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history, Israel’s fourth Prime Minister, Golda Meir, is looking back on her life, recalling snippets and fragments and dates, always Read More →

“HEDDA GABLER” at North Coast Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/15/16 RUN DATES: 6/5/16 - 6/26/16 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre “Hedda Gabler” is a tricky piece – tonally, theatrically and dramaturgically. The title character is enigmatic – part petulant child, part adolescent flirt, part evil manipulator. Hedda would rather hold someone else’s life in her hands than be controlled in any way (the playwright, Henrik Ibsen, called her desire to influence other people “demonic”). Hedda is a fantasist with no realistic concept of life Read More →

“STUPID F**KING BIRD” at Cygnet Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/3/16 RUN DATES: 5/19/16 - 6/19/16 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre If you can say the title, you should certainly see the show. And even if you can’t, you should. Yes, it’s got language. Plenty of it. Coarse and clever, exciting and insightful. It’s even got a little nudity. It’s smart, sassy, sexy – and deep, especially on the subjects of theater and love. “Stupid Fucking Bird” captures all the angst of everyday existence, and in a brilliant way, Read More →