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HUANG YI AND KUKA

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RUN DATES: 10/15/15 VENUE: UC SAN DIEGO, ARTPOWER If your taste runs to performance that’s outside the box, this has been a bountiful week in San Diego – particularly on the UCSD campus. Last weekend was the 2nd La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls (WoW) Festival, a 3-day cornucopia of 22 intriguing, often exciting, site-specific events. Many pieces were outdoors and immersive, engaging or interacting with the audience. And then, on September 14, along came “Huang Yi & Kuka,” courtesy Read More →

“HAY FEVER” and “THE VORTEX” – Cygnet Theatre

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PAT LAUNER posted at TimesofSanDiego.com RUN DATES: 9/23/15-11/8/15 VENUE: Cygnet Theatre Cygnet Theatre is calling its repertory pairing of two Noël Coward plays its “Coward Yin and Yang.” The plays themselves are disparate – but so are the productions. In the opening-day double bill, “Hay Fever” came first, though it post-dated “The Vortex” by a year (1925, 1924). “Hay Fever” is quintessential Coward, an arch comedy of bad manners. As bubbly and sparkling as champagne, the show floats airlessly Read More →

“THE WEIR” – New Village Arts

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PAT LAUNER, CENTER STAGE ON KSDS-FM RUN DATES: 10/2/15 - 11/1/15 VENUE: New Village Arts You don’t have to be from a backwoods, rural hamlet to drink yourself silly in Ireland. But in the unnamed village in Conor McPherson’s breakout 1997 play, “The Weir,” there isn’t much else to do. So the regulars, a cluster of single men, come together for a wee bit of camaraderie, to share a few pints and a short one, that is, a side Read More →

“SLEUTH” – Scripps Ranch Theatre

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PAT LAUNER posted at TimesofSanDiego.com RUN DATES: 9/11/15 - 10/11/15 VENUE: Scripps Ranch Theatre The great thing about Anthony Shaffer’s intellectual cat-and-mouse game, “Sleuth,” is that it’s so intricately and exquisitely plotted, even if you’ve seen it before (not too too recently), you can experience the shocks and surprises all over again. In the interest of not spoiling the fun for anyone, all that can be said is that the multi-layered puzzler is set in an English country house Read More →

“MY MANANA COMES” – San Diego Repertory Theatre

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PAT LAUNER, CENTER STAGE ON KSDS-FM RUN DATES: 10/1-15 - 10/25/15 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre Did you ever think about what happens after your busboy disappears behind that swinging door? “My Mañana Comes” by Elizabeth Irwin, shows you the ‘back of house’ of a posh New York restaurant, where there’s the usual conflict and somewhat controlled chaos, not to mention the hopes and aspirations of the minimum wage employees, several of them illegal immigrants. There’s Peter, the African Read More →

“IN YOUR ARMS” – The Old Globe

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PAT LAUNER, CENTER STAGE ON KSDS-FM RUN DATES: 9/16/15 - 10/25/15 VENUE: The Old GlobE Dance musicals are tricky. Some, like “Contact” or “Movin’ Out,” have won Tony Awards. But many just don’t fly. Now, The Old Globe, which didn’t have great luck in 2006 with “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” is trying again, with the world premiere, “In Your Arms.” The 100-minute show was conceived, directed and choreographed by Christopher Gatelli, who won a Tony for “Newsies.” Read More →