Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: August 18, 2006 Summer is an especially good time to take the kids to the theater. They can relish staying out late, sitting under the stars, and if perchance, sleep begins to overtake them, they’re already wrapped in a blanket. But two current shows should enthrall them: a beloved musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” and one of the world’s greatest ghost stories that spark Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 11, 2006 How do you like your comedy – verbal or visual? Of course, you don’t have to choose – though your brain may. Brilliant Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner once described how the left, analytical side of the brain is better at processing linguistic humor, and the right side of the brain is best with visual, physical humor. Cleverly throwing the Marx Brothers Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/04/06 The Actors Al liance has duly impressed With their Wicked best in last week’s Fest And When Pigs Fly for social climbing The skill and finesse is Al l in the Timing. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 04, 2006 Competitive women; it’s not always a pretty picture. But sisters or friends, onstage, they all wind up loving each other in the end. In the mega-hit musical “Wicked,” two very different girls grow up to be witches… one ‘good,’ one not-so-good. But in terms of humanity, humility and compassion, the Good and the Wicked got their monikers mixed up – Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/28/06 Fest Actors and Sisters Rosensweig swear That Hip Hop is virtually everywhere. THE SHOW: THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, the late Wendy Wasserstein’s 1992 play that’s a kind of riff on Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 28, 2006 The hills are alive… with the sound of very familiar music. You might be tempted to sing along. But try to restrain yourself. The onstage talent has it covered. Nearly a ½-century old, “The Sound of Music” is filled with household favorites, including “Do Re Mi,” “My Favorite Things,” and ”Climb Ev’ry Mountain.” Lamb’s Players Theatre’s “American Rhythm” is 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