Put a Little Drama in your Life
3/4/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Poway The Missoula Children’s Theatre casts 60 young San Diegans in “The Wizard of Oz,” at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. Question: How long does it take to direct 60 kids in a musical theater production? Answer (incredible Read More →
3/7/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Carlsbad Intense Sam Shepard drama gets a great going-over at New Village Arts If you don’t like grunge, violence, depravity and degradation, mixed with a little caustic humor (that is, if Sam Shepard isn’t your cup of dramatic tea), perhaps “Simpatico” isn’t for you. But if you relish sinking your Read More →
3/5/11 PAT LAUNER From LJ Country Day to SD Opera (with a long layover in Germany) Patch.com La Jolla Stephanie Weiss spent most of her childhood in San Diego, attending La Jolla Country Day School from 5th grade through high school. An avid student of piano from age 5, she played Read More →
3/5/11 PAT LAUNER Plus-sized performance and poignance Patch.com Encinitas Thighs, sighs and comic surprise. That’s another way to look at Monica Parker’s hit show, “Sex, Pies and a Few White Lies.” Her motto, not surprisingly in a performance that focuses on weight issues -- among many other things -- is, “Life is short; Read More →
2/22/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Encinitas Dek : Encinitas’ own Intrepid Shakespeare Company presents the rarely-seen history play He’s not the hunchback. And he doesn’t talk about “the winter of our discontent” (though we can all relate to that this year). No, Richard II came several English monarchs before the Read More →
2/14/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com La Jolla La Jolla Playhouse presents the world premiere “road trip musical” Okay, all those who loved the 2006 movie, “Little Miss Sunshine,” raise hands (that would be just about everybody). Well, here comes the musical theater version, having its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse. 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