“curtain Calls” #193
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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/18/07 Talking With BODIES, while cleverly rhyming, Why, Beckett, you know, it’s Al l in the Timing. LINGUISTIC ACROBATICS THE SHOW: Al l in the Timing, Read More →
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Pat Launer
Put a Little Drama in your Life
Reviews
“the Full Monty” San Diego Musical Theatre At The Birch North Park Theatre
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KPBS Airdate: 05/11/07 If you think it’s gutsy to go ‘The Full Monty,’ it takes even more cojones to start up a brand new musical theater company. And this week, we get exposed to both at once. The new company is called the San Diego Musical Theatre, and it’s helmed by executive directors Gary and Erin Lewis -- Read More →
“curtain Calls ” # 192
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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/11/07 While the Monty guys are busy undressin ’ Josephine gets a Piano Lesson. TAKIN ’ OFF … BY TAKIN ’ IT OFF THE SHOW: The Read More →
“two Trains Running” At The Old Globe
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KPBS Airdate: 05/04/07 There are “Two Trains Running” at the Old Globe, and you should get on board. The production is historically significant for two reasons. First of all, it’s set in the late 1960s, which was a time of great upheaval in the country. With a war going on, and the Civil Rights movement stumbling, the country was in the throes of a racial Read More →
“curtain Calls ” # 191
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By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/04/07 There are Two Trains Running To Freedom NY Where, Under the Elms, desires uncork. TAKE THE A TRAIN THE SHOW: Two Trains Running , Read More →
“wit” At North Coast Repertory Theatre / “how I Learned To Drive” At Lynx Performance
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KPBS Airdate: April 27, 2007 Two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, with rather innocuous, even light-hearted titles. But though there are a few laughs, make no mistake – these are deep explorations of dark themes. “How I Learned to Drive” is about incestuous pedophilia and “Wit” journeys to the end of the line with a woman dying of ovarian cancer. But the subtext says so 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