“THE BELLE OF AMHERST” at Lamb’s Players Theatre
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/16/21 RUN DATES: 10/2/21 - 11/14/21 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre The great poet returns Read the full review here. Read More →
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Pat Launer
Put a Little Drama in your Life
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“IRIS AND THE AXE” from Turnkey Theatre
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/13/21 RUN DATES: 10/1/21 - 10/31/21 VENUE: Turnkey Theatre Gothic, ghostly and interactive Read the full review here. Read More →
“BOOK OF LEAVES” streaming from The Roustabouts Theatre Co.
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/25/21 RUN DATES: 9/22/21 - 10/24/21 VENUE: Streaming from The Roustabouts Theatre Co. It’s a familiar setup. Estranged, dysfunctional family is summoned together one last time by an ailing parent approaching death (and revising his estate plan). But Will Cooper’s “Book of Leaves” has some tricks up its verdant sleeves. Nothing and nobody turns out to be what they seem. Relationships run deeper than at first glance. Family and legacy ultimately take primacy. There are, of course, Read More →
“HAIR” outdoors at The Old Globe
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/17/21 RUN DATES: 8/10/21 - 10/3/21 VENUE: The Old Globe Political protests. Racial and socioeconomic inequality. A deep generational divide. Controversy over a long-term, unpopular war. We could be living in the ‘60s. Even bell-bottoms and tie-dye are back (though, thankfully, not the Draft). No show embodied the adolescent angst and malaise of that era more than “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” which premiered at New York’s Public Theatre in 1967, opened on Broadway in Read More →
“ON YOUR FEET” at Moonlight Stage Productions
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/18/21 RUN DATES: 9/15/21 - 10/2/21 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions “Washing cleans the clothes,” Gloria Estefan’s mother tells her young daughter as they do the laundry. “Music cleans the soul.” Both were named Gloria. Both were singers with big dreams. Gloria got to live out her mother’s fantasies Big Time, becoming the first major Latin crossover artist and selling 100 million records worldwide, thereby making the list of the Top 100 Best-Selling Musical Artists in Read More →
“THE MINEOLA TWINS” at Moxie Theatre
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/5/21 RUN DATES: 9/26/21 - 10/24/21 VENUE: Moxie Theatre Polar opposites.... or are they? Read the full review here. Read More →
“San Diego is a hotbed of theater. Every year, I see 200-250 productions. This is fertile ground for new work. In addition to the prodigious local talent, theatermakers from around the country come here to premiere their latest creations. San Diego sends more shows to Broadway than nearly any other city in the U.S.”
-Pat Launer