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Jul.31.2009
My novel, STARVING HEARTS was accepted by Robert Reed back in 2000. He did and still does vanity publishing but because he liked my writing and liked ME (don't fool yourself, people, it isn't always your talent that swings the pendulum your way) He agreed to design the cover, format the...
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Mar.03.2009
THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
THE 2009 SEASON: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW AND A BIG BRASS BAND
There is something magic about driving up to Ashland, Oregon to enter a world where theater is far more than entertainment. It is the raison d'être: the very justification for existence to everyone...
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Feb.20.2009
THEATER THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART:
SOUVENIR AT ACT
I have always loved stories about Florence Foster Jenkins. She was mentioned in a book called Eccentrics many years ago and last night at The Geary Theater I met someone who actually heard her sing. Apparently, she was as ridiculous...
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Feb.13.2009
Magic Theatre presents….
TOUGH TITTY
By
Oni Faida Lampley
Directed by Robert O’Hara
Until February 22, 2009
Magic’s Northside Theatre
Building D Fort Mason
San Francisco
Tickets and information www.magictheatre.org
415 441 8822
There is no disease more cruel than breast cancer. Its...
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Feb.09.2009
“Picasso was a fascinating figure both as an artist and a citizen,” says San Jose Rep’s artistic director, Rick Lombardo. “It’s a delight to see him square off in Hatcher’s play with a representative of the Third Reich… and an art critic to top it off.”
This play is set in Paris...
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Feb.09.2009
If you love gaudy, bawdy musicals, if you thrill to high energy glitz with amazing chorus lines that dazzle, and if you adore San Francisco, in all of its grime and glory, you owe it to yourself to see this exciting, edgy show that ridicules all the things that drive us wild: the filthy pan...
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Jan.29.2009
THEATREWORKS PRESENTS TWENTIETH CENTURY This Hecht-MacArthur comedy is set in the observation car of the Twentieth Century Limited a luxury transcontinental express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad from 1902-1967. It was intended for upper class passengers who wanted...
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Jan.29.2009
Marin Theatre Company presents:
MY COUNTRY MY AFRICA
I saw this play the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States. I thought it appropriate that on this day so many felt was momentous for all people of color, Anthol Fugard's magnificent work opened our eyes to the...
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Dec.12.2008
DECEMBER GEMS….
GREAT PLACES TO CHECK OUT FOR AFFORDABLE HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT
So much is going on in December in the Bay Area that it is very hard to pick which event is the best choice for your time and money. So often, we gravitate toward the bigger theaters with their huge ticket tabs and we...
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Nov.30.2008
An observation…….
WHAT IS COMMITMENT?
I saw a play last night called ON THE ROCKS with the tag line, “boys, beer and broken relationships.” Well, I know a bit about all three of those things and I was curious to see how much the modern take on what it’s all about has changed since I was initiated...
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Nov.29.2008
The Marsh presents…
Carlo D’Amore’s NO PAROLE
Directed by Margarett Perry
This is a one-person show about family and what we owe our parents no matter what kind of people they are. It combines the sentiment, “You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives,” with ”Home is...
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Nov.27.2008
Single
The more I see of men, the better I like dogs
Marie-Jeanne Roland
I am single. I spent a huge portion of my life trying to convince myself that this was not a good thing. I married, divorced, descended into deep depression, married, divorced, became suicidal, shopped the...
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Nov.27.2008
A Fabulous Discovery:
AGING IS AMAZING
When I turned seventy-five, I thought I would have all the answers to everything I wanted to know. Instead, I have discovered that I have double the questions that haunted me in the days when I was young, inexperienced and certain I knew...
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Nov.26.2008
Marin Theatre Company presents…..
THE SEAFARER
by
Conor McPherson
No one can peel the layers of civility from the human condition like the Irish writers. THE SEAFARER is a perfect example of a drama that shocks, repels and fascinates all at the same time. We all have different faces we present...
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Nov.26.2008
The Magic Theatre presents…
EVIE’S WALTZ
By
Carter W. Lewis
Starring Darren Bridgett, Julia Brothers, Marielle Heller
A San Francisco comedian said, “These days kids KILL their parents. When I was a kid, I didn’t know I had that option.”
That remark is uncomfortably true. Today, teen agers...
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About Lynn Ruth
Lynn Ruth Miller’s stories and feature articles have been published in over 100 publications throughout the country. She has compiled several of her essays into a book THOUGHTS WHILE WALKING THE DOG, published in January 2001, MORE THOUGHTS WHILE WALKING THE...
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