Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: January 14, 2000 The "Kingdom of Earth" is a little bit "Psycho," and a "Streetcar" runs through it. This quasi-gothic drama is a conglomerate of classics. It features a brutish, oversexed, Stanley Kowalski kind of ape and his half-brother, a fey nutcake who adores his dead mother and likes to dress up in her clothes. In other words, Tennessee Williams meets Alfred Hitchcock. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JULY 14, 2000 There's a frustrating brilliance to the work of Scott Feldsher. He's a beguiling director, with a wildly imaginative vision. He loves to tantalize and titillate his audience, shock and unnerve them. His work is exciting and unpredictable, but like the kid who taunts or teases or tickles, he always goes just a little too far. By the end, we feel assaulted, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: FEBRUARY 16, 2001 Echoing from a deep cavern in my mind, I could hear the still, small voice of that budding writer, nipped in the bud -- Anne Frank. "I still believe," she said, "in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." But that mindset seemed to come from another time, another place, another planet, from the writings of Martin McDonagh and Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 14, 2001 SUNG: To the tune of "Modern Major General" It's often problematic to stage plays that are historical They tend to be didactic or abstruse or sophomorical But this one's not cartoonish; it's not 'Lion King' or 'Seussical' In short, a magic Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 5, 2002 MUSIC: "Born to Be Wild" This is as Wilde as it gets -- Oscar Wilde, that is. "The Importance of Being Earnest" has been hailed as a comic masterpiece, a brilliant slice of satire, mocking the wealthy and the clergy, both of whom richly deserve the derision, in 1895 and today. Unfortunately, its author was Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 14, 2003 It's a big week for mammoth undertakings of political proportion. UCSD has tackled Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part I," still one of the most brilliant pieces of theater of the late 20th century. Under the direction of MFA student Meredith McDonough, they've infused it with a decidedly post-Enron esthetic; it still cuts chillingly to the bone. And choreographer Gina Angelique just Read More →
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