KPBS AIRDATE: December 13, 2002 Miniature lighted metal sculptures twinkle and glide across the stage. Each will make a return appearance later, larger-than-life. The curtain rises to reveal an eye-popping splash of modern art and a giant, chartreuse-clad barker who draws us in, singing the haunting anthem of the evening, "Misery's the river of the world… everybody row." The carnival has begun. Robert Wilson is on Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 16, 1992 Sholem Aleichem means "Peace be with You." But it also means Solomon Rabinowitz. Sholem Aleichem was the pen name for one of the most literate, humorous and revered of Jewish poets and writers. Born in 1859 near Kiev in Russia , he died Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 9, 1992 There's A Christmas Carol everywhere you go these days. Not only in elevators, department stores and telephone hold-lines, but also on stages around the county. The story by Charles Dickens has been with us for almost 150 years. And the San Diego Repertory Theatre has been twisting, turning, revising, revamping Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 2, 1992 Season's "Greetings"!   The holiday theater season has officially begun. It's been launched with a laugh at North Coast Repertory Theatre, with "Greetings!" by Tom Dudzick, a new playwright with a great sense of humor. His plot-line is silly and predictable and his play is old-fashioned, Read More →