Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: August 05, 2005 Shakespeare believed that summer was for lighter comedies and winter for darker concerns. He even says so in “The Winter’s Tale”: “A sad tale’s best for winter,” young Mamilius tells his mother, the Queen. But the Bard’s penultimate creation really defies description. The tragic first half, set in Sicilia, is dark and brooding. A wildly jealous King falsely accuses Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/29/05 ‘So Here’s the Thing’: It’s ‘Confession’ time: Gay and straight, absurd and sublime. Musical, ecstatic, dramatic, chagrined: Like ‘Moonlight and Magnolias,’ it’s soon Gone With the Wind. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: June 17, 2005 Maggie, the sultry kitten turned cat, feels like she’s on a hot tin roof, just trying to hang on. Her good-looking, good-for-nothing, former athlete husband won’t sleep with her. He’s becoming an alcoholic. She has no children. And his Big Daddy is dying. Everyone in this explosive Southern family is scrambling for the 28,000-acre plantation in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 12/08/04 In serious contrast to the holiday confections: “ Guantánamo ” and its political reflections. But fear not: seasonal fare is headed to ya ’ From Dickens to Handel’s Hallelujah. The San Diego Read More →
Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/30/16 Politically, 2016 was an unprecedented year. It’s hard for theaters to react to immediate events, since productions and seasons are planned long in advance. But a handful of new works, including “The Bitter Game” and “Miss You Like Hell” at the La Jolla Playhouse, and “Manifest Destinitis” at the San Diego Rep, spoke to issues of immigration and the killing of African American men. In the most directly political act, the Playhouse brought Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/10/17 RUN DATES: 2/4/17 - 3/12/17 VENUE: The Old Globe What is the mark of a true genius? Originality. Creativity. Natural ability. And the perfect medium for expressing those unique qualities. The name Einstein has come to be synonymous with Genius. But in the artistic realm, no one would deny Picasso that moniker. Now, Schmendiman – well, he’s another story. And then, there’s that hip-swiveling Visitor from the future. Steven Martin imagined a meeting of these minds 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