Put a Little Drama in your Life
Lemon Grove 11/21/10 Patch.com Dek: Local resident Jason Heil performs in “Plaid Tidings: A Special Holiday Edition of ‘Forever Plaid’” at the Old Globe Remember plaid? That would be “Forever Plaid.” Well, the musical comedy phenom, cash-cow and cottage industry is back. A paean to tight-harmony guy groups, “Forever Plaid,” conceived/directed by Stuart Ross, premiered Read More →
La Jolla 11/17/10 Patch.com Dek: New plays, new musicals, new adaptations coming in 2011 The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse has announced the first four shows of its ambitious 2011-2012 season, which include two world premieres, a fresh adaptation of a classic and the latest creation of Culture Clash. Plus two not-yet-announced new musicals. And the world premiere Read More →
PAT LAUNER Patch.com Encinitas 11/16/10 Pointing Fingers and Naming Names Intrepid Theatre Company teams up with Moxie Theatre to present the Arthur Miller classic, “The Crucible” A crucible is a vessel that doesn’t melt easily, even at very high temperatures. Metaphorically, it’s come to mean a severe test or trial. In Read More →
Pat Launer Patch.com Encinitas 10/17/10 Title: A patchwork of African American history “Gee’s Ben d” tells the heartfelt story of three generations of quilters Some people write their pain in poetry. Some paint; some pen songs. But in Gee’s Ben d , Alabama , Read More →
La Jolla 10/17/10 Patch.com Dek: “Gee’s Bend” tells the heartfelt story of three generations of quilters Some people write their pain in poetry. Some paint; some pen songs. But in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, lives are stitched into quilts. Using scraps from old shirts and rags, generations of slave descendents on this isolated former plantation piece together their past. The Read More →
PAT LAUNER 10/17/10 Playhouse gets ‘Ruined’ The La Jolla Playhouse presents the searing, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Liesl Tommy has been traveling back to Africa . Literally and figuratively. The actor-turned-director was raised in a black township of Capetown , South Africa . Last year, 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