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“RAIN” at The Old Globe

“RAIN” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/8/16 RUN DATES: 3/24/16 - 5/1/16 VENUE: The Old Globe In adapting a piece of literature, there’s an obligation to maintain the spirit of the original. W. Somerset Maugham’s riveting 1921 short story, “Rain” (originally titled “Miss Thompson”), has certainly provided fertile ground for adapters: three films, and an aborted musical, called “Sadie Thompson,” created in 1944 with Ethel Merman in mind. Now, along come composer/lyricist Michael John La Chiusa and librettist Sybille Pearson, with a Read More →

Sdnn: Artist Of The Month Feature On Darko Tresnjak

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SDNN: Artist of the Month Feature on DARKO TRESNJAK By Pat Launer 6/29/09 The Lighter Side of Darko: Old Globe Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak Dance and puppets, theater, opera and masks. Darko Tresnjak’s path hasn’t been your typical American director’s. But then, he’s not typical. And he wasn’t Read More →

Read Reviews Of: “the 39 Steps,” “phantom”

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Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, August 20, 2009 Spy vs. Spy THE SHOW: “Alfred Hitch cock’s The 39 Steps,” Tony Award-winning, four-person comic adaptation of the film, in a co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre, at the La Jolla Playhouse How many Read More →

Read Reviews Of: “i’m Not Rappaport ” And “cats”

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Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, September 17, 2009 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-09-16/things-to-do/pat-launer-on-san-diego-theater-rappaport Messing with Mortality THE SHOW: “I’m Not Rappaport ,” winner of the 1985 Tony Award for Best Play, presented by Scripps Ranch Theatre “Growing Read More →

Read Reviews Of: “ Boston Marriage,” “parade”

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Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, November 12, 2009 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-11-11/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/parade-boston-marriage-theater-reviews-and-news Dastardly Dixie THE SHOW: “Parade,” a 1998 musical, at the Mark Taper Forum It was 1913. Leo Frank was a Northeastern, Jewish intellectual living Read More →

Saints And Sinners

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Pat Launer on San Diego Theater TEASER:   “Judas Iscariot” onstage PLUS, What’s coming up on San Diego theater in 2010 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-01-07/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/2010-theater-preview-plus-judas-iscariot-review-news By Pat Launer , SDNN January 7, 2010 THE SHOW: “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” a 2005 trial drama/comedy/fantasy by Stephen Adly Read More →