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“CONSTELLATIONS” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/22/16 RUN DATES: 4/9/16 - 5/8/16 VENUE: The Old Globe How many times have you re-played a conversation in your mind, wishing you’d responded differently, and that the outcome had been different? How often have you lamented the paths not taken? In Nick Payne’s “Constellations,” we watch a couple replay multiple scenes and possibilities in their rocky relationship, illustrating the theory of a ”quantum multiverse,” in which “at any given moment, several outcomes can co-exist Read More →

“THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW” at Cygnet Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 3/25/16 RUN DATES: 3/10/16 - 5/7/16 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Don’t dream it; be it. That’s the ultimate message of the timeless time-warp that is “The Rocky Horror Show,” the sci-fi B-movie spoof that’s been a stage and film hit for more than 40 years. Release your inner corset-wearing, fishnet-stockinged, oversexed rocker. It’s just a jump to the left – and you too can join the Transsexual Transylvanians led by Read More →

“RAIN” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/8/16 RUN DATES: 3/24/16 - 5/1/16 VENUE: The Old Globe In adapting a piece of literature, there’s an obligation to maintain the spirit of the original. W. Somerset Maugham’s riveting 1921 short story, “Rain” (originally titled “Miss Thompson”), has certainly provided fertile ground for adapters: three films, and an aborted musical, called “Sadie Thompson,” created in 1944 with Ethel Merman in mind. Now, along come composer/lyricist Michael John La Chiusa and librettist Sybille Pearson, with a Read More →

“SKIN DEEP” at Scripps Ranch Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/6/16 RUN DATES: 4/1/16 - 5/1/16 VENUE: Scripps Ranch Theatre Remember the awkwardness of a blind date? Playwright Jon Lonoff does. And he’s written a doozy in his 2003 comedy, “Skin Deep,” for a couple of gun-shy, middle-aged never-been-marrieds. Maureen Mulligan, who is, shall we say, pleasingly plump, had her heart seriously broken years ago. Joe Spinelli is a nice guy, but perhaps a bit too forthright and abrupt, and not so suave linguistically. They’ve been Read More →

“THE DOYLE AND DEBBIE SHOW” at Broadway Vista Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/12/16 RUN DATES: 4/1/16 - 5/1/16 VENUE: Broadway Vista Theatre Doyle Mayfield has had a rough ride. He’s already been through two Debbies (two of his four wives) and now his third Debbie, the one he thought would catapult him back on top of the country western charts, is gettin’ ready to skedaddle. But they’ll do one last “Doyle and Debbie Show” for our delectation (‘we’ being a Nashville audience). It just seemed right to Read More →

“OFFICE HOUR” at South Coast Repertory

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/29/16 RUN DATES: 4/10/16 - 5/1/16 VENUE: South Coast Repertory Things are pretty hairy on college campuses these days – what with racist pranks, date-rape, even open-carry gun laws at some schools. In the world premiere, “Office Hour,” at South Coast Rep, playwright Julia Cho is wading into the deep, dark waters of campus terrorism English major Dennis is scaring his creative writing teachers and fellow students. He sits at the back of the room, hunkered Read More →