Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: December 17, 2004 Minds and actions tend to get a bit twisted at holiday time. You want warped? Have I got two for you! You can spend an evening with the screwy but frighteningly dysfunctional family of “Kimberly Akimbo” – or you can atone for your seasonal sins at “Late Nite Catechism.” Both shows are making return visits to Read More →
Patch.com Encinitas PREVIEW - 1/30/12 By Pat Launer Posted on 1/31/12 http://encinitas.patch.com/articles/new-theater-new-homebase-new-view-of-the-price-of-honesty/media_attachments/edit Dek : Intrepid Shakespeare Company launches its third season with “An Enemy of the People,” in the state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center at San Dieguito Academy The Bible says ‘The Truth will set you free.’ But not always. Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 8/11/19 RUN DATES: 8/2/19 - 9/1/19 VENUE: OnStage Playhouse The employees at the Hobby Lobby in Boise are a damaged lot, each seeking something just out of reach. The foul-mouthed manager Pauline (terrific, tough-as-nails Holly Stephenson) is trying to create order from chaos, maintaining social/business rituals and a stringent work hierarchy in a minimum wage, ultra-controlling corporate environment. Leroy (excellent, knife-edge Markuz Rodriguez) is a frustrated, angry, aggressive guy trying to shock people out of complacency Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/17/19 RUN DATES: 6/12/19 - 6/29/19 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions You want a big, brash Broadway musical? Boy, can Moonlight Stage Productions deliver. The company opens its 39th season with a boffo, brassy, bawdy hit: “Mel Brooks’ The Producers.” Using the outrageous, ab-fab Broadway sets and costumes, and re-creating the original direction and choreography (both Tony award-winners for Susan Stroman), the production values simply can’t be beat. Larry Raben, who directs and stars, played Leo Bloom Read More →
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 21, 2003 No, it's not those kinds of cocks. But there's enough symbolism in the play to include that, too. The titular birds and their various attributes comprise the running theme of this new play by Texan Amparo Garcia. In the face of attack, the choice (claws or wings) is Fight or Flight. And so it is in this crazy Tex-Mex family, where a visit from Mom has wrought Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/30/19 RUN DATES: 7/17/19 - 8/3/19 VENUE: Moonlight Stage Productions You gotta love a brainy, bookish young heroine. She may take guff for her smarts—ridicule, bullying—but she always winds up with a top-shelf ending. For instance, Belle gets her Beast-turned-Prince and Matilda gets a loving home. In “Matilda, the Musical,” the protagonist is not only brilliant; she has superpowers, though less than the film version exhibits. The stage offers different possibilities, cleverly executed at Moonlight 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