Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 1995 False alarm. Last year, Spalding Gray said his career was headed downhill. He was retiring. He was gonna be a ski instructor for children. No more monologues. No more touring. No more stage work. "I want to make a living with my body," said the acclaimed writer/actor/performer at age Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 1995 Will Peter Pan ever grow up? Will Sledgehammer Theatre?? The marriage of the two boggles the mind (“Peter Pan” at St. Cecilia's, November 5-26). Will it translate into an Oedipal triangle, with Wendy as wished-for mother/lover to Peter? Or will this be a Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 1995 It's a galvanizing, apocalyptic theatrical event. The most acclaimed and exalted play of several decades. It defines our generation, our country, and the tail end of our century. Frank Rich, long-term critic of the New York Times, called it "the most thrilling American play of my adult lifetime." Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 1995 He's frequently played Devil's advocate, but now he's cast himself as the Devil. In the upcoming all-star album of his new musical-comedy, “Faust” (world premiere production at the La Jolla Playhouse September 24-October 29), Randy Newman sings the role of the Devil, while James Taylor plays God, Don Henley (of Eagles fame) is the heavy-metal bad-boy Henry Faust, Linda Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine August 1995 If you've ever seen Linda Castro onstage, you imagine that she lives some kind of wild, outrageous life. Noted for playing the most bizarre of characters -- both male and female -- in the most astonishing ways, Castro is one of San Diego's delicious little theatrical secrets. But by day, she's a mild-mannered bookkeeper Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine July 1995 An interview with John Goodman. Everyone had input. "Oh, he seems like such a nice guy, just like Dan Conner on 'Roseanne.'" "I hear he's a big, warm teddy bear." "PEOPLE said he hasn't let success go to his head." "Esquire said all these high-power women think he's sexy." Read More →