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PREVIEW: What is “INDECENT” to you? A New Play Confronts a Jewish Tragedy

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PAT LAUNER - THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL NOVEMBER 2015 It seemed like a typical night on Broadway, 1923. But all hell was about to break loose. The vice squad not only closed down the production of “God of Vengeance,” they arrested the producer and 12 actors, and booked them on obscenity charges. It was a travesty, and it dogged the writer, Sholem Asch, for the rest of his life. His play had a profound effect on another Read More →

PREVIEW: Stepping Out Onto “Golda’s Balcony”

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PAT LAUNER - THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL Feature: “Golda’s Balcony” OCTOBER 2015 She may have looked like a Yiddishe Mama, but she was a tough-as-nails leader and the indomitable Mother of a nation. That would be Golda Meir and the State of Israel. Golda’s story is expansive and impressive, and a small part of it is depicted in the 2003 stage-play, “Golda’s Balcony,” by William Gibson. Golda was born in 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine, the daughter of a poor Read More →

In high Diva mode: “Master Class” at ion theatre

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RUN DATES: 9/30/15 - 10/17/15 VENUE: ion theatre You’re invited to a “Master Class” given by a true musical diva. But you wouldn’t want to be a student participant; you might get your head cut off or your heart ripped out. Maria Callas was called La Divina. Though she was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of 20th century, her tempestuous personality and scandal-riven relationships (with rivals, and with Aristotle Onassis) were as famous as her Read More →

Moxie Theatre Whips Up “Orange Julius”

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RUN DATES: 9/30/15 - 10/18/15 VENUE: Moxie Theatre Orange Julius is a sweet, frothy drink. It’s also one particular Vietnam veteran, a victim of exposure to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange. And one more thing. “Orange Julius” is Basil Kreimendahl’s episodic memory play, which was developed at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference in 2012, became part of the La Jolla Playhouse’s DNA New Works Series, and is now having its world premiere at Moxie Theatre. Nut is looking back on Read More →

“Blueprints To Freedom” – La Jolla Playhouse

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PAT LAUNER - TIMES OF SAN DIEGO.COM 9/29/15 “BLUEPRINTS” TELLS FORGOTTEN CIVIL RIGHTS STORY AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE One part inspiration, one part indignation. “Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin” is about the lead-up to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The brilliant ‘prophet for social change,’ he who taught Martin Luther King non-violence, served as Deputy Director and Chief organizer/architect of the March, the biggest protest ever seen in America to date. But more Read More →

“Hello, Dolly!” – Welk Resort Theatre

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RUN DATES: 9/25/15 - 11/15/15 VENUE: Welk Resort Theatre You probably know a busybody or two – but maybe not a “professional meddler.” Dolly Levi loves to arrange things, as she sings, “like furniture and daffodils… and lives.” She doesn’t come around that often. So if you’ve missed her, say “Hello, Dolly!” at the Welk Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Ray Limon, the production bears some of the look, feel and moves of the Broadway original. The pared-down cast of Read More →