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“CAMP DAVID” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/27/16 RUN DATES: 5/13/16 - 6/12/16 VENUE: The Old Globe It’s a remarkable coincidence: two new plays at our two Tony Award-winning theaters, both based in fascinating historical fact. One is all surface, no substance. The other is almost all substance, maybe too much, with occasional comic relief. One has no three-dimensional characters; the other is all about character. And ironically, the drama about politicians making policy is more suspenseful than the so-called noir thriller. The Read More →

“HOLLYWOOD” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/27/16 RUN DATES: 5/10/16 - 6/12/16 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse It’s a remarkable coincidence: two new plays at our two Tony Award-winning theaters, both based in fascinating historical fact. One is all surface, no substance. The other is almost all substance, maybe too much, with occasional comic relief. One has no three-dimensional characters; the other is all about character. And ironically, the drama about politicians making policy is more suspenseful than the so-called noir thriller. The Read More →

“THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR” at Diversionary Theatre

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Aired at KSDS-FM on 5/20/16 RUN DATES: 5/5/16 - 6/12/16 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre There are some stories you just can’t imagine becoming musicals: but a serial killer gave us “Sweeney Todd” and Presidential murderers inspired “Assassins.” Now, along comes “The Boy Who Danced on Air,” a stomach-churning tale of the buying and abuse of young boys in Afghanistan, a long-standing tradition called Bacha Bazi, or “boy play.” The youths are dressed as girls and taught to dance for Read More →

“42nd STREET” at San Diego Musical Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/31/16 RUN DATES: 5/27/16 - 6/12/16 VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre It’s the classic Broadway Cinderella story. Star has accident; young chorine goes on and becomes a star. Sounds kind of far-fetched. But it actually happened, right here in Our Town. In 2000, Sutton Foster, a chorus girl, stepped up at the La Jolla Playhouse to assume the lead in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” and went on to win a Tony Award and become a Broadway Read More →

“NEWSIES” at Broadway San Diego

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/1/16 RUN DATES: 5/31/16 - 6/5/16 VENUE: Broadway San Diego It’s a big week for dance musicals: San Diego Musical Theatre is presenting the tap-happiest musical of them all: “42nd Street” (at the Spreckels Theatre, through 6/12); California Youth Conservatory has “Billy Elliot” on its boards (at the Lyceum, through 6/5). And now, along comes “Newsies,” the electrifying hoofin’ tuner making its San Diego debut at the Civic Theatre, courtesy of Broadway San Diego. The inspiring Read More →

“DINNER WITH MARLENE” at Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/3/16 RUN DATES: 4/29/16 - 5/29/16 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre He waited till he was 90 years old to tell anyone. Finally, not long before his death, Eric Hanes relayed the story to his daughter – of one unforgettable night in Paris, shortly after his marriage, when he met – and had dinner with – Marlene Dietrich and her high-end coterie. The daughter he told was Swedish-born Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey, long-time professor of theater at Read More →