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“MARGIN OF ERROR” at Roustabouts Theatre Company

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/28/17 RUN DATES: 4/20/17 - 5/4/17 VENUE: The Roustabouts Theatre Company Does genius grant exemption from morality? Certainly, many brilliant artists and scientists have exhibited less than brilliant behavior. Take Anton Myrvold. He’s just become a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Physics. He considers himself, and his work, beyond reproach. He’s actually labeled himself the “conscience of science.” He’s passionate about his work on astronomical Dark Matter. But, over the course of one evening, Read More →

“AMELIE” at the Ahmanson Theatre L.A.

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/30/16 RUN DATES: 12/4/16 - 1/15/17 VENUE: Ahmanson Theatre, L.A. How do you take a gorgeously shot, thoroughly cinematic French film and adapt it for the stage? Making the delightfully offbeat 2001 movie, “Amélie,” into a musical is actually less of a challenge than capturing the stunning look and sensibility of the source. The new musical, “Amélie,” premiered in 2015 at Berkeley Rep, and after some tweaking and cast changes, it’s now running at the Read More →

“GYPSY” Revisited at Cygnet Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/29/16 RUN DATES: 7/14/16 - 9/4/16 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Opening nights are a double-edged sword. Critics are invited, and their early reviews help to spread the word about new productions. But the flip side of that free advertising (“ink is ink,” whether positive or negative) is the fact that shows are rarely 100% ready at the opening. Even after an intense rehearsal period, every show – and its cast – needs some time to Read More →

“BAD JEWS” at Cygnet Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/23/17 RUN DATES: 1/12/17 - 2/12/17 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Truth be told, the characters aren’t so much “Bad Jews” as they are odious people. Well, two of them, anyway – the most verbal and vociferous. The family in Joshua Harmon’s 2013 dramedy – three cousins (plus one shiksa girlfriend) – don’t interact; they scream, berate, pontificate and judge. Oh boy, do they judge. Daphna (née Diana), the über-Jew, has nothing but contempt (laced with jealousy) for Read More →

“LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES” at New Fortune Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 1/20/17 RUN DATES: 1/10/17 - 1/28/17 VENUE: New Fortune Theatre Not all of the Seven Deadly Sins are on display in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” but it sure seems like it. Okay, there’s no gluttony or sloth. But there’s plenty of lust, envy, pride and wrath to compensate. Adapted by Christopher Hampton from the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the play is a deliciously wicked piece of seduction and manipulation. Two privileged, cynical aristocrats in 18th Read More →

“SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN” at InnerMission Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/11/16 RUN DATES: 11/26/16 - 12/10/16 VENUE: InnerMission Productions Neither magic nor ghosts, prayer nor healing power can eradicate the ravages of war. In the fictional Latin American town of San Ysidro, the battles aren’t with “the neighbors to the north.” This is a civil war (though there’s nothing civil about it). And the damage devastates every small village, every loving couple. In Martín Zimmerman’s “Seven Spots on the Sun,” we meet two such couples, the Read More →