Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/11/18
RUN DATES: 4/27/18 - 5/27/18
VENUE: San Diego Musical Theatre
San Diego Musical Theatre’s “South Pacific” is somewhat less than “101 pounds of fun.”
Though it’s a big production -- high energy and enjoyable -- there’s virtually no dancing in what should be a dance-happy musical. Numbers like “Bloody Mary” and “There is Nothing Like a Dame” should be choreographic show-stoppers. Here, there’s only the most basic of movement throughout.
The 1949 musical certainly retains Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 January 11, 2013 In our decidedly not post-racial society, any play that deals with prejudice has a way of feeling relevant, even if it was written more than six decades ago. And though “South Pacific” has been criticized for its preachy, on-the-nose coverage of the subject, especially in the number, “You’ve Read More →
Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, October 29, 2009 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-28/things-to-do/south-pacific-zombie-prom-san-diego-youth-theater-sings Quick Reviews of an array of one-night or last-night performances …Write-Brain THE SHOW: “State of the Art,” a one-act that premiered at the Fritz Blitz of New Plays in Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 28, 2004 In these days of Big Box stores and one-stop shopping, theater has also jumped on the get-it-all-in-one-place bandwagon. The Fritz just opened a new dinner-theater at 6th Avenue Bistro downtown, and Lamb's is about to inaugurate an attached restaurant and after-theater café. Since we're coming up on summertime, at both places, musical fare is the menu du jour. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: AUGUST 26, 1998 Before I begin, I’ve gotta come clean. I must confess to certain biases: 1) I love old musicals. And 2) I hate soap operas. You need to know that before I tell you about “South Pacific” and “The Gays of Our Lives.” Needless to say, if Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/25/22
RUN DATES: 7/20/22 - 8/6/22
VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions
1595, South London. The rebirth of Europe, known as, well, The Renaissance (which means rebirth).
William Shakespeare (David Burnham) is a superstar. A condescending, posing, foppish twit. But also a prolific, word-inventing genius. And an inveterate thief of other people’s ideas.
Nick Bottom (Cameron Bond-Sczempka), a marginal playwright, and his brother, Nigel (Bryan Banville), a promising poet, are trying to compete, but failing dismally. Their patron Read More →
