Put a Little Drama in your Life
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 →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 04/20/07 Enchanted April means Italian heaven, Dancers are On the Spot with Seven, As we sing Wozzeck’s elegy New Plays spring forth at UCSD. WHISPERS AND Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 04/13/07 The Oresteia’s Treatment is conflated, While a Sailor’s Song is celebrated. Each Hold, Please gal becomes an arch-rival But Renny and Backbone are tales of survival. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 13, 2007 It’s a rare and singular experience, the kind every theaterlover lives for – having a response to a production that’s so visceral, so intense, it literally takes your breath away. This week, I had it twice. Both plays were about life and death. But one focuses on love, and one on war. Small San Diego theaters presenting West coast premieres by Read More →
Pat Launer KPBS-FM Airdate: April 06, 2007 Most women wouldn’t exactly find menopause something to sing about… unless they’re singin ’ the blues. But writer/producer Jeanie Linders thought there was plenty of humor to wring out of The Change. So, gearing her show to her 38 million Baby Boomer comadres , she took two Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 03/30/07 On the Long Christmas Ride to Trovatore Foreign Bodies reveal a harrowing story. THE SHOW: The Long Christmas Ride Home , written in 2003 by 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