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PROGRAM NO.
008
POSTED
5/7/2008
LENGTH
0:53:23
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CONTENTS
HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
MICHAEL
THOMAS TOWER
1.
0:00:00 - 0:01:56
• Welcome by the hosts.
2.
0:01:56 - 0:17:34
• Rob Appel tips his hat to summer musicals: 101 Years of
Broadway (Cal-Ctr for Arts), A Little Night Music
(Cygnet), All Night Strut (Welk). And a glimpse of what's
coming: Broadway Diva Betty Buckley (Balboa Theatre), The Big
Band (NCoast Rep), The Wedding Singer (Cal-Ctr for Arts),
Cats (SD Civic), The King & I (Welk), Forever Plaid
(CCT), Bye Bye Birdie (SD Musical Theatre).
3.
0:17:34 - 0:35:51
• John Whitley from the cast of Diversionary Theatre's
Corpus Christi discusses the mounting of the controversial play.
4.
0:35:51 - 0:53:23
• On Stage Playhouse's cast members and the director of
Groucho: A Life in Revue relive many Marxist moments and share a
few laughs on their way to production.
5.
0:53:23 - 0:59:48
• The hosting gang concludes with discussions about Welk
Resorts Theatre and Scripps Ranch Theatre.
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PROGRAM NO.
007
POSTED
5/3/2008
LENGTH
1:23:28
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HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
MICHAEL
THOMAS TOWER
1.
0:00:00 - 0:20:43
• Welcome & Introduction including a critique of Pat
Launer's criticism of Hysterical Blindness and acknowledging
the travails of a critic in general.
2.
0:20:43 - 0:32:15
• Rob Appel discusses the latest news concerning the problems
and possibilities of the San Diego Performing Arts League before
paying tribute to recent programs of the classics: San Diego
Symphony, Ben Vereen, La Jolla Music Society, Seattle Symphony,
California Center for the Arts, Hershey Felder.
3.
0:32:15 - 0:36:55
• Rob Appel wraps up with mention of future performances:
Westwood Brass Ensemble, Hershey Felder, Young Artists Symphony, San
Diego Symphony.
4.
0:36:55 - 0:57:40
• Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg shares the experience of
directing Prelude to a Kiss at New Village Arts and tells of
plans for Moxie Theatre.
5.
0:57:40 - 1:15:32
• Debbie David discusses the production of Barefoot in the
Park at Powpac.
6.
1:15:32 -
1:23:28
• The Follow Spot team concludes by paying tribute to North
Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe.
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PROGRAM NO.
006
POSTED
4/25/2008
LENGTH
1:00:47
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HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
MICHAEL
THOMAS TOWER
1.
0:00:00 - 0:08:55
• Welcome & Introduction
2.
0:08:55 - 0:28:28
• Jenni Prisk reviews Hysterical Blindness (Backyard
Productions at Cygnet), La Gaviota (Ion Theatre) and
Prelude to a Kiss (New Village Arts).
3.
0:28:28 - 1:00:47
• David Wiener, along with the Follow Spot team, discuss
David's work and the work of the playwright in general: the process
of writing, the necessities of marketing and the curse of submission
fees.
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PROGRAM NO.
004
POSTED
4/10/2008
LENGTH
0:52:22
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HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
MICHAEL
THOMAS TOWER
1.
0:00:00 - 0:04:24
• Welcome & Introduction
2.
0:04:24 - 0:27:42
• J. D. Boucharde discusses his new one-man show, Happy Songs
about the War.
3.
0:27:42 - 0:42:50
• Jessica John tells about Backyard Productions' new staging
of Hysterical Blindness.
4.
0:42:50 - 0:52:22
• Closing includes J. D. Boucharde's "Wakeup Call" from
Happy Songs about the War.
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PROGRAM NO.
003
POSTED
4/3/2008
LENGTH
1:16
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HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOSTS: KELLY LAPCZYNSKI
MICHAEL
THOMAS TOWER
1.
0:00:00 - 0:19:41
• Intro • Glenn Paris discusses (1) his view on the condition
of San Diego Performing Arts League; and (2) Ion Theatre's upcoming
staging of Chekhov's La Gaviota (The Seagull).
2.
0:19:40 - 0:38:14
• Marybeth Bielawski-DeLeo discusses the new staging of Terra Nova
by Inukshuk
Productions.
3.
0:38:14 - 0:49:26
• Rob Appel gives his perspective on the state of San Diego
Performing Arts League.
4.
0:49:26 - 1:04:44
• Rob Appel reviews Cynget Theatre's A Little Night Music
and California Ballet.
5.
1:04:44 - 1:16:00
•
Morris, Tower and Lapczynksi talk about 6th at Penn Theatre's
Challenge Theatre program and its April-May production. |
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PROGRAM NO.
002
POSTED
3/27/2008
LENGTH
1:34
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HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOST: MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER
0:00:40
• Jennie Prisk, chairperson of Actors Alliance of San Diego,
discusses in detail the big changes AASD is experiencing
and many of the rumors and questions that abound.
0:28:57
• Kelly Lapczynski, president of New Perspective, talks about
that new organization's upcoming theatre festival.
0:45:13
• Scott Feldsher, founding artistic director of Sledgehammer,
tells about their new production of Strindberg's Miss Julie,
as well as lots of news about the company along with a good many memories.
1:21:52
• Jenni Prisk reviews some of the exciting new productions in
the area as well as enticements for others about to open. |
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PROGRAM NO.
001
POSTED
3/8/2008
LENGTH
1:06
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CONTENTS
HOST: DALE MORRIS
CO-HOST: MICHAEL THOMAS TOWER
• Anne Marie Welsh, former
theatre and dance critic with the San Diego Union-Tribune for 24
years, discusses people, organizations, performances, and theatre
generally and specifically.
PART 1
• Rob Appel
reports news, comments and reviews with a focus on music
and dance
events.
• Hitch
gives news, comments and reviews relating to San Diego's community
theatre scene.
• Anne
Marie Welsh and Dale
Morris continue their conversation.
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Lapczynski,
Morris and (almost) Appel podcast from the elegant Green
Room at Compass Theatre |
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John Whitley
discusses Corpus Christi going up at Diversionary
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Michael Dean
Grulli and Charley Miller from On Stage Playhouse's cast of
Groucho: A Life in Revue lay out a scene from the
show |
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