Put a Little Drama in your Life
SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL MAY 2013 The San Diego premiere of “Extraordinary Chambers” By PAT LAUNER http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/5142/surviving-genocide-%e2%80%94-or-personal-tragedy/ What do you get when you mix together one Jew, two half-Jews, one Muslim and three Asians? “Extraordinary Chambers.” The play, which premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in 2011, won Read More →
FOR: SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL MAY 2013 The celebrated Green Day musical comes to town By PAT LAUNER http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/5058/jewish-whiz-meets-%e2%80%9camerican-idiot%e2%80%9d/ The knockout, hyperkinetic, multimedia rock musical “American Idiot” is about disaffected Millennials who can’t wait to break out of Suburbia and break away from their parental constraints. But that isn’t at all the story of Read More →
PAT LAUNER FOR: SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL APRIL 2013 The La Jolla Playhouse hosts another site-specific charmer http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/4944/get-out-your-cloak-and-dagger/ Shhhhh . It’s a secret. Nobody knows where it starts or who’s involved. But you’re welcome to be a co-conspirator. Read More →
PAT LAUNER SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL JANUARY 2013 You know he’s a talented composer, pianist, actor and playwright, but did you know he was also Hershey the Happy Homemaker? – even if he’s not in his own home! The Paris/New York/and sometimes San Diego-based Hershey Felder was in a short-term rental in Point Loma, a lovely house Read More →
PAT LAUNER SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL NOVEMBER 2012 You’ve probably seen her at DZ Akin’s (her headshot is prominently displayed at the checkout counter – and she’s got another photo on the wall in the main dining area). Or maybe you’ve watched her onstage, where she’s been performing since she moved to San Diego 53 Read More →
SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL MAY 2012 Okay, fess up. One of your guilty pleasures is Reality TV. Whether it’s food or fashion, catfights, celebs or survival, there’s something appealing and appalling that compels you to keep coming back to these proliferating programs. “I watch some ironically, and some non-ironically,” confesses funny, smart, sardonic playwright Itamar Moses, who’s written 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