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8 stories by "John Orr"

'Promised Her the Moon' in Palo Alto a bittersweet true story of women pilots by John Orr

Playwright Lauren Ollstein based her bittersweet play "They Promised Her the Moon" on the story of real-life pilots Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45am on March 2, 2020[SHARE]

Thinking about what he's singing: Chic Street Man by John Orr

Chic Street Man was absolutely steamin' in 2009 when he stalked sensuously on stage at the Lucie Stern Theatre, playing guitar and singing John Lee Hooker's "Crawlin' King Snake." He took tu…

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:42am on October 2, 2019[SHARE]

Theater: Finding the inner beauty of Cinderella's stepsister by John Orr

How does a beautiful young woman who was named Miss Santa Clara and Miss Silicon Valley become one of the ugly stepsisters of "Cinderella"? Simple. Douglas Carter Beane rewrote the book for …

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 6:01am on July 17, 2019[SHARE]

Theater: The show that made James Corden a star by John Orr

Here's a clue about the knock-down-drag-out comedy of "One Man, Two Guvnors," which Palo Alto Players is staging: In addition to having a director, it has a "physical comedy" director. The s…

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 6:01am on June 13, 2019[SHARE]

Theater: Recalling the absurd past to comment on the absurd present by John Orr

When he reviewed the world premiere of  "Archduke" in 2017, Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty praised the first scene of the Rajiv Joseph play, which is about the teenager …

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 6:01am on May 31, 2019[SHARE]

Theater: 'Mamma Mia!' comes to Hillbarn by John Orr

Well, yes, "Mamma Mia!" has been on pretty much every stage from San Francisco to San Jose. Kindergarten classes have probably staged it. What's your point? Is it overdone? Hillbarn Theatre …

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:15am on May 8, 2019[SHARE]

Theater: 'Flower Drum Song' brings the true immigrant experience by John Orr

There are at least three versions of the musical "Flower Drum Song" in the world, and the main thing they have in common are the songs of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical…

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 6:01am on April 24, 2019[SHARE]

Sign Language brings rich new dimension to Sarah Ruhl's 'Eurydice' in San Jose by John Orr

City Lights Theater Company presents Sarah Ruhl's evocative "Eurydice" with sign language actors complementing the action.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 8:51pm on March 21, 2019[SHARE]
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