Put a Little Drama in your Life
1/11/11 A comical, musical, dramatic duet Patch.com Encinitas By Pat Launer So, did you realize your youthful dreams and fantasies? Did your life fulfill all your expectations? It didn’t for Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, Canadian piano prodigies who thought they’d have world-class professional music careers. But things didn’t work out as planned. They were forced to realize Read More →
1/10/11 Big Sky, Big Tragedy, Big Learning Experience Patch.com Coronado By Pat Launer It was bittersweet to revisit “The Laramie Project” at Coronado School for the Arts. While the play is powerful and the well-executed production is extremely well done, the story it tells is horrific and its Read More →
December 2010 Dear, Dear Sandy , I want you to know that I’m not wearing black –I think you’d like that. But I AM wearing black lace underwear; I think you’d REALLY like that. I need to grab whatever amusement I can get right now… It’s been such a hard week for all of us. And like everyone else, I’ve been flooded Read More →
PAT LAUNER Patch.com Coronado 12/9/10 Dramatic Fun For the Whole Family Lamb’s Players Theatre’s 33rd “Festival of Christmas” delivers the goods There are many traditions this time of year – and one of the most reliably enjoyable is Lamb’s Players Theatre’s Festival of Christmas. Thirty-three years, 14 scripts, a never-ending array of Christmas songs Read More →
PAT LAUNER Patch.com Carlsbad 12/6/10 Behind the scenes with Santa’s Elf At New Village Arts Theatre, “The Santaland Diaries” is an acid-laced holiday treat Ever seen a 6’2” elf? Well, you haven’t met Crumpet (Daren Scott), who spent one less-than-merry Christmas working at Macy’s Herald Square Read More →
Encinitas 11/22/10 Patch.com Dek: Encinitas-based Prodigy is dedicated to developing young talent If you’ve got a singing, dancing or acting prodigy at home, Prodigy has something for you. Prodigy Kids Performing Arts, the brainchild of Encinitas resident Caryn Hall, opened its doors in September, with a prodigious slate of classes for youth age 0 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