Oakland native Ted Lange back in Bay Area with ‘Satchmo’

Director Ted Lange, left, and actor L. Peter Callender talk to the audience following a performance of “Satchmo at the Waldorf” at San Jose Stage Company on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)

Most audiences would remember Ted Lange for his role as bartender Isaac Washington on the 1970s TV hit “The Love Boat.” What those TV viewers might not realize is that Lange, who grew up in Oakland, is not only a gifted actor but an accomplished director, too.

And it’s as a director that he returned to the Bay Area this month for San Jose Stage’s production of

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