Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 2001 Just in case you think the holidays are strictly for Sugar Plums and Hallelujahs, think again. San Diego stages are filled with musical and theatrical fare to satiate the kids … and overstuff the adults. Of course, we have our perennials: The San Diego Repertory Theatre presents its 26th production of A Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 The ad copy for the movie read: 'You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games." Beware; fun and games can be vicious. In 1966, four years after the controversial Broadway opening of the play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" went further than any prior big-studio film in its use of profanity Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 It isn't lost on feminist choreographer Gina Angelique that the Greek origin of hysteria means 'suffering in the womb.' "Women," she says, " have twice the rate of depression and twice the frequency of electro-shock therapy treatments, though men have more suicides. Women are over-diagnosed, and once they're packed away to institutions, they're invisible and forgotten." Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2001 It's "the best gala of the year." An arts-lover's fantasy. More than 680 performers from 60 local performing arts groups on over a dozen stages -- all under one roof. It's the third annual BRAVO San Diego, a giddy, festive commingling of our local civic, business and arts communities. More than 1100 guests are expected to attend Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2001 Okay, quick. Name the Seven Deadly Sins. If you can't, well, help is on the way. All seven make an anthropomorphic appearance at Lamb's Players Theatre, to tempt Dr. Faustus.. In the 16th century masterwork by Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus is a scholar and sorcerer of sorts, who seeks unlimited power through expansive knowledge. To help him Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 2001 Size 12 1/2. Big shoes to fill. You'd have to do some pretty fancy footwork to walk the walk (or, more aptly, dance the dance) of Savion Glover, the 28 year-old wunderkind of tap. He's been dubbed 'the tap ambassador of his generation,' 'the man who saved tap dancing,' 'the Michael Jordan of tap.' The New York Times Read More →