fun instrument.” The inspiration came
from a ukulele-loving stu- dent whose mom wanted him to learn guitar, but it fit with Wilson’s tendency to cycle through styles. He cites B.B. King as an influence and still has the cassette tapes Pup- ping used to make for his students — “all different guys, all different types of guitar. I listened to them endlessly.” Wilson hopes Fla-
mencolele proves a good example of giving people what they didn’t know they were looking for. But he knows there is also vir- tue in giving people what they’re looking for. “People used to say,
‘Oh, I love your music; I put it on when I go to sleep.’ At first, I was insulted: ‘Thanks a lot. My music puts you to sleep.’ Then I thought, Why fight it? I went on Google and I typed in ‘music for’
and looked at the auto- suggestions. Right after ‘music for cats’ was ‘music for sleep.’” His subsequent
album Classical Guitar Music for Sleep and Relax- ation is approaching a million paid streams on Spotify, “which frees me up to spend more time recording” — perhaps music for cats.
JEFF SMITH
Theater moves at
four Tony Awards in 2014, including best musical, came through the Globe on its way to New York, as did August Wilson’s immortal Joe Turner’s Come and Gone in 1988 and Two Trains Running in 1991. Other Globe gifts: Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Jack O’Brien’s Damn Yankees, Dirty Rot- ten Scoundrels, and The Full Monty. The La Jolla Play-
human speed San Diego has an inter- national reputation for quality theater. And far too many locals aren’t aware of it. In the past 25 years,
we’ve sent at least 45 shows to Broadway. We average around two a year. The most recent, the La Jolla Playhouse’s Come From Away — 38 planes diverted to the small Newfoundland
house and the Old Globe have also won Tony Awards for Achievement by a Regional Theatre.
The La Jolla Playhouse sent Come from Away to Broadway.
community of Gander during 9/11 — begins previews in New York at the Schoenfeld Theatre February 18. It’s scheduled to open March 12. If this one doesn’t fly, Broadway ain’t got wings. The Tony-winning
musical Big River origi- nated at the La Jolla Playhouse (2910 La Jolla Village Drive), as did Jer- sey Boys, I Am My Own Wife, The Who’s Tommy, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Memphis, plus Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations
and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, among others. The Old Globe The-
atre (1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park) has shuttled at least 20 shows off to the Great White Way. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which won
Musicals San Diego Musical The- atre now in the historic Spreckels Theatre (121 Broadway, downtown) which makes for a per- fect fit) does top-shelf, professional productions. Their upcoming season includes 9–5, Damn Yankees, and Pump Up the Volume.
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