“MEL BROOKS’ THE PRODUCERS” at Moonlight Stage Productions
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/17/19 RUN DATES: 6/12/19 - 6/29/19 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions Big, brash, boffo Read the full review here. Read More →
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Pat Launer
Put a Little Drama in your Life
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“THAT 24-HOUR THING” at the 2019 San Diego International Fringe Festival
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/9/19 RUN DATE: 6/16/19 VENUE: San Diego Central Public Library Art takes time, we’re told. But if you had only one day to create a piece of theater art, could you do it? That’s the challenge of “That 24-Hour Thing,” the closing event of the 7th annual San Diego International Fringe Festival. The experience is stressful, nerve-racking, energizing and enervating for the participants, and pretty thrilling for the audience. It all started about a decade ago, when Read More →
“PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER” at The La Jolla Playhouse
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/21/19 RUN DATES: 6/2/19 - 6/30/19 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse The zombie apocalypse is coming Read the full review here.http://www.jazz88.org/CenterStage/ Read More →
“WHAT YOU ARE” at The Old Globe
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 6/14/19 RUN DATES: 5/30/19 - 6/30/19 VENUE: The Old Globe The drama of identity politics Read the full review here.http://www.jazz88.org/CenterStage/ Read More →
“MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL” at the Welk Resort Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/24/19 RUN DATES: 3/15/19 - 6/9/19 VENUE: Welk Resort Theatre Sometimes, a good play gets a lousy production. Sometimes, the music overpowers the singers or the set overwhelms the action. And sometimes, the performances outshine everything else. Such is the case with “Menopause the Musical” at the Welk Resort Theatre. Twelve years ago, when I first saw the show, I thought the jokes and lyrics were lame, though they riffed on some great songs from Read More →
“SIGNIFICANT OTHER” at Diversionary Theatre
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/10/19 RUN DATES: 5/23/19 - 6/23/19 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre Love isn't always the answer 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