Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 23, 1998 Remember that old seventies TV show -- “Love, American Style”? Well, now you can see the late nineties version -- live, onstage. The original was a paean to a simpler time, with silly little tiffs and love conquering all. The current theatrical evening comprises three one-act plays that show a twisted rendition of Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 17, 1998 If an overdose of treacly holiday confections has left you feeling bloated and theatrically dyspeptic, you may want to sample some alternative holiday entertainment fare. Consider going to the edge with one of San Diego’s two edgiest theater companies, the already-venerable Sledgehammer and the young upstart Fritz. Frankly, though, in terms of the cynical, acidic antidote I Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 16, 1998 “Marley was dead, to begin with.” That’s the way the book starts, that’s the way the story starts, and that’s the way the holiday season has started for the past 22 years at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Marley may be dead, but Scrooge is very much alive. For 155 years, the brilliantly miserly creation Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 9, 1998 Let’s see.... there are 12 days of Christmas, 8 nights of Hanukkah, 7 principles of Kwanzaa, and 3 gripes about the Grinch. Those would be my personal beefs about the Old Globe’s new holiday musical, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” which is based on the Ted Geisel/Dr. Seuss classic of 1953: 1. The Music (by Mel Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: DECEMBER 2, 1998 Alfred Uhry was a 50 year-old, not-so-successful lyricist for Broadway musicals when he went to the theater one night and sat through a play bad enough to inspire him. “I could do better than that if I wrote about my grandmother,” he said. And so he did. The result was “Driving Miss Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1998 Never in 13 years has the word ‘sweet’ been uttered in the same breath as ‘Sledgehammer.’ The testosterone-drenched theatrical Bad Boys have repeatedly been maligned for misogyny. But now, new hormones are raging. Estrogen has taken center stage, as the balance of power shifts to the distaff side. Women are getting Read More →