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Lynn Ruth Miller's Blog
July 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 book and publish it under his imprint. The design was approved, the date of publication set and I began ...
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March 3, 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 there. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has been providing top quality drama to the West ...
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February 19, 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 and touching in real life as she is portrayed in this superb play written by ...
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February 12, 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 treatments destroy your body, your sense of self and life as you once ...
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February 9, 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 in 1941 when the city was occupied by the Germans. Pablo Picasso (James ...
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February 9, 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 handlers, the drug dealers, the crammed busses, vindictive meter maids and littered streets set against a ...
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January 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 to red carpet treatment when they traveled from New York City to Chicago. It was famous for its ...
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January 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 real need of those among us who been victimized by racism. MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! takes ...
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December 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 think, “I can’t afford THAT, so why bother?” The good news is that you have many ...
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November 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 into the game women played way back in the early fifties. And wow! I couldn’t ...
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November 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 where they have to take you in.” Carlo D’Amore’s mother was a flamboyant, ...
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November 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 dating circuit as zealously as women today scan Craig’s List and finally gave up. ...
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November 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 what life should be about. I had a very clear picture of the world I was going to ...
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November 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 to the world that conceal who we really are. And it is those masks that Colin McPherson ...
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November 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 not only have that choice, but the internet has made it easy for them to act on ...
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