Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 1994 "A relentless dynamo, a prodigious writer, immensely theatrical. His life was quintessential Victorian, filled with triumph and tragedy." Director Will Roberson is rhapsodizing about one of his favorite subjects: Charles Dickens. A dozen years ago, at age 23, Roberson tried to write a musical about Dickens' life. He still Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 1994 Actors and musicians milled around the cavernous rehearsal hall. If, at gunpoint, I was asked to pick out the movie star in the pack, he would never have been the one. Ultra-casually dressed in a very faded green tee shirt and equally faded pink cotton-knit running shorts, his hair bedroom-rumpled, in the Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 1994 Something old, something new, something borrowed or a re-do. That's the projected formula for success for the new San Diego Music Theatre. Managing director Gregory Allen Hirsch plans for an annual three-play season at the Civic Theatre: one classic musical, one modern musical and one dramatically-revised old musical or a foreign import. Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 1994 Take 'im out! Strike the bum out! You idiot! Ahhh, the sweet, soothing sounds of America's favorite pastime! It's September, summer's over, and a young wo/man's fancy turns obsessively from back-to-school garb and gear (plaids, pencil cases and penny loafers) to diamonds and dugouts, stats and playoffs. Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 1994 Naomi Iizuka was born in Japan but she "flowered in Holland." That's the way the playwright tells it, in her quiet voice and self-effacing style. She was 7 when she moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, after a short stay in Indonesia. Her father, who worked for the World Bank, is native Japanese. Her Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine August 1994 Once upon a time there was a Seventh Avenue storefront. And two guys who thought they'd build a theater in the seedy side of town. They called it Events West. They were into theme parties and corporate entertainment; they didn't know much about theater. Enter friend Duane Daniels, a Cleveland boy who grew Read More →