Put a Little Drama in your Life
Pat Launer TimesofSanDiego.com 4/3/14 Beware the Ives of March! It’s been a great season for playwright David Ives. Last month kicked off with North Coast Repertory Theatre’s hilariously over-the-top, heavily wigged and period-costumed production of “The School for Lies,” Ives’ 2011 verse adaptation of Molière’s 1666 farce, “The Misanthrope.” And March went out like a lion, Ives-wise, with the opening Read More →
By Pat Launer THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL March 2014 He wrote the songs – for America and for “Harmony.” (Actually, he didn’t write “I Write the Songs,” but more on that later). Barry Manilow has sold 80 million albums worldwide. He’s had 35 consecutive Top 40 hits, and five albums on the charts at the same time Read More →
PAT LAUNER 13150 Portofino Drive Del Mar CA 92014 FOR: THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL JANUARY 2014 Literature shaped his life – as a Jew and as a playwright. Aaron Posner grew up in Eugene, Oregon, where there wasn’t a large Jewish community. He had his bar mitzvah at the only local temple, Read More →
Pat Launer, Center Stage on KSDS JAZZ88 at Cygnet Theatre October 4, 2013 It’s a double-header and a double whammy. The pairing of a beloved comic classic, skewering Victorian society, and a head-spinning, occasionally mind-numbing disquisition on history, war, change, politics, memory and art. They overlap ingeniously, since “Travesties,” written in 1974, features lines, scenes and characters from “The Importance of Being Earnest,” created in 1895. Both playwrights were celebrated wits of their time; Read More →
WoW Factor: The Four-day Without Walls Festival at the La Jolla Playhouse by PAT LAUNER The San Diego Jewish Journal September 2013 Wow, is all you can say. The list of performances and presentations for the first site-specific Without Walls ( WoW ) Festival at the La Jolla Read More →
THE SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL JULY 2013 By Pat Launer “The Merchant of Venice” often evokes a knee-jerk reaction in Jews: “Oh no,” they say, “ that’s Shakespeare’s anti-Semitic play.” Well, it’s not that simple. It all depends on how you look at it. The Old Globe’s new artistic director, Barry Edelstein, 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