Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: December 20, 1995 There were plenty of reasons to celebrate this past year in the theater: It was the Old Globe’s 60th anniversary, and the San Diego Rep’s 20th. The Globe’s incredible, indomitable Craig Noel turned 80 -- and directed two delightful productions to boot! We had some wonderful out-of-town guests: John Goodman, Randy Newman, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 13, 1995 This time of year, we get equal doses of the true holiday spirit and the crass commercialism of Christmas. Well, local theaters can also be naughty or nice. There is the real, heartfelt holiday message, and there is the bogus Christmas cash-cow. In the former category is the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 6, 1995 Sledgehammer’s Peter Pan never really soars. That applies to both the character and the production. There are some wonderfully inventive moments, some terrifically creative ways of giving the illusion of flight, but there are also scenes in the almost three-hour evening that never get off the ground. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 29, 1995 It’s not about ‘Bah! Humbug!’ But if you’re up for a bit of a twisted Christmas, have I got two plays for you! Both are about finding and confronting your true identity. But that’s about it for similarities. One is about art and creative freedom; the other concerns Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 22, 1995 Well, the holiday season is officially upon us. You can tell by the sticky sweetness in the air. Out come the marzipan and the fruitcakes, drizzled with syrup and ribboned with saccharine. That is to say, theater fare for the next month will be nothing more than spun Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 15, 1995 It’s been a long road for Tiburcio Vasquez. All he did was steal some horses, rob a few stores, kiss a few women. He maintained to the end that he never killed a soul. But in 1875, he was the last man to be legally and publicly hanged Read More →