Posts tagged "2000"

Theatre Preview: Marilu Henner

Theatre Preview: Marilu Henner

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 2000 "Passion equals energy," proclaims Marilu Henner. And it's a good thing, too. Henner has so many passions, she needs a passel of energy to accomplish everything. In 48 years, she's achieved more than most people imagine for their whole family! Henner has been a Broadway star, a TV and film actress, a singer, a dancer, a mother, a teacher, Read More →

Theatre Preview: The Kirstens And “alice In Modernland”

Theatre Preview: The Kirstens And “alice In Modernland”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2000 Watch out! You're about to fall down a rabbit hole. You are now entering the dark, dank underworld of Modernland. Nothing is as it seems. Nothing is what you expect. This is about Sledgehammer Theatre, after all. "I always hated that singing flower crap," Sledge artistic director Kirsten Brandt says dismissively of the Disney version of Lewis Read More →

Theatre Preview: Feature On Alan Ayckbourn And “how The Other Half Loves”

Theatre Preview:  Feature On Alan Ayckbourn And “how The Other Half Loves”

Published in Pasadena Magazine November 2000 He's the Energizer bunny of the theater world. In his 61 years, Alan Ayckbourn has penned 56 plays -- and maintaining the rabbit metaphor, there's always another one on the way. But surprisingly, he hasn't devoted his life exclusively to playwriting. He's also served as actor, stage manager, sound technician, scene painter, lighting technician, propmaker and director. Read More →

Theatre Preview: Luis Valdez On “the Mummified Deer”

Theatre Preview: Luis Valdez On “the Mummified Deer”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2000 Viva la Raza! Viva Valdez! Luis Valdez is often considered the father of Chicano theater. It hasn't been an easy mantle to carry or a smooth road to ride. On the way from picking cotton at age six (in Delano, California) to his current 2-year residency at the San Diego Repertory Theatre (supported Read More →

Theatre Preview: Walter Murray In “the African Company Presents Richard Iii”

Theatre Preview:  Walter Murray In “the African Company 

Presents Richard Iii”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2000 The Good Guy plays the Bad Guy. Walter Murray is usually an upright, gentle man -- both onstage and off. So maybe he can't relate quite that directly with the villainous hunchback, Richard III. But he can certainly identify with many other elements of The African Company Presents Richard III (at North Coast Repertory Theatre, through November 5). Read More →

Theatre Preview: Austin Pendleton

Theatre Preview: Austin Pendleton

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 2000 At a website called The Austin Pendleton Worship Page, there's a quote from Harlan Ellison's 1973 review of "The Thief Who Came to Dinner": "Oh my. Austin Pendleton ought to be on exhibit in the Smithsonian. He is a national treasure. People ought to come pouring out of the studios and bury him in money to make film after Read More →