Posts tagged "2003"

Theatre Preview: David Ellenstein, Ncrt & ‘story Theatre’

Theatre Preview: David Ellenstein, Ncrt & ‘story 

Theatre’

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 2003 From the time he first saw his father perform, David Ellenstein wanted to make magic onstage. Robert Ellenstein, a noted film and television actor, inspired all his children. David became a sought-after stage actor and director. His brother Peter runs the William Inge Theater Festival in Kansas. His sister organizes arts festivals in Illinois. Read More →

Theatre Preview: Plays By Young Writers

Theatre Preview: Plays By Young Writers

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2003 We may try to protect our children, but they're as affected by the daily news as the rest of us. Witness this year's winners of the 19th annual statewide Plays by Young Writers competition, all of whom hail from San Diego. One play ("Forty Miles from Tel Aviv," by 18 year-old Brandon Alter) is about a Palestinian Read More →

Theatre Preview: Bravo

Theatre Preview:  Bravo

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine November 2003 Consider this mind-boggling numbers game: 1100 guests. 70 performance groups. 60 gourmet vendors. A 5th and a 20th anniversary… all adding up to one Big Night. It's BRAVO San Diego, the Performing Arts League's incomparable gathering of arts, business and civic leaders. Mark your calendar (November 22, 6pm-midnight) in red letters. Put on Read More →

Theatre Preview: Sam Woodhouse In “proof”

Theatre Preview: Sam Woodhouse In 

“proof”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2003 What's the probability of all these elements coming together? The right people for the right play at the right time.  Sam Woodhouse calls it "a confluence of opportunities." It all comes together as "Proof." As the opener of the 28th season of the San Diego Repertory Theatre, co-founder/artistic director Woodhouse has chosen David Auburn's award-winning Read More →

Theatre Preview: Trolley Dances

Theatre Preview: Trolley Dances

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine September 2003 You've heard The Trolley Song. But have you seen The Trolley Dances? This is the fifth year of the acclaimed and unique moveable dance-feast presented by Jean Isaacs' San Diego Dance Theater. The 2000 installment won a local dance Tommy Award for "Special Achievement in Artistry." Isaacs, who's been dancing and choreographing in Read More →

Theatre Preview: Harvey Family & “mamma Mia!”

Theatre Preview: Harvey Family & “mamma 

Mia!”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine August 2003 "I was a huge ABBA fan as a kid," 37 year-old Ellen Harvey confesses. "At 8, I danced to their first album on our sofa in Sweden." Now the former San Diegan, a professional dancer-singer-actor, is coming back 'home' in the national touring company of the smash-hit ABBA musical, "Mamma Mia!" (at the Civic Theatre, August 12-24). Read More →