"Hamilton"

Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/1/19 RUN DATES: 1/10/19 - 2/1/19 VENUE:  Centro de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico  When an unexpected opportunity presents itself, you just have to grab it. So, when a friend called and said she had an extra ticket to “Hamilton” – in Puerto Rico, starring Lin Manuel Miranda, I leapt at the chance. Two days later, we were in the air and on our way. Miranda, the Pulitzer Prize-winning MacArthur ‘genius’ who created the Read More →

Aired on KSDS-FM on 1/12/18 RUN DATES: 1/3/18 - 1/28/18 VENUE: Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre  There are few things on earth that live up to their hype. “Hamilton,” the groundbreaking, blockbuster musical, actually exceeds expectations. I was familiar with the fast-paced, word-drunk music and lyrics of the genius Lin-Manuel Miranda. But the production blew me away. It’s every bit as brilliant as the score. The costumes, stylized moves, choreography and lighting create an unforgettable experience – stunning to Read More →

Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/29/22 RUN DATES: 6/21/22 - 7/10/22 VENUE:  The Old Globe Improvisation requires a very specific, felicitous skill set: humor, memory, flexibility, acute listening, openness, wit and wordplay. When you add in rhythm and rhyme, a human percussionist and two killer keyboardists, speed and agility — physical, mental and verbal —  what you’ve got is hip hop improv, brilliantly embodied in the Tony Award-winning “Freestyle Love Supreme” (FLS), now making a stop at The Old Globe Read More →

Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 5/1/22 RUN DATES: 4/22/22 - 5/22/22 VENUE:   North Coast Repertory Theatre If you know who Ethel Merman, Carol Channing and Robert Goulet are (er, were), you’re gonna love “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits.” The witty satire of all things musical from the Great White Way does include skewering of “Frozen,” “Dear Evan Hansen” (“Dear Evan Has-Been”) and “Once” — shows spawned in this century — but mostly, it’s all about the Oldies: “Phantom,” “The Lion King,” Read More →

Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/28/21 Whew! Whatta year! What a two-year debacle, actually. It’s been harrowing, distressing, depressing, anxiety-provoking and more. Oh, and lately, increasingly contagious. Just when we were getting back to going out to the theater… things aren’t looking so good again for indoor gatherings. Sigh. Theater cancellations have hit New York hard, and started to trickle in, in San Diego, at the end of the year. 2021 was sort of the inverse of 2020, which started Read More →