Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: June 09, 2006 This could’ve been called Wendy Wasserstein Week in San Diego. In tribute to the late, much lamented playwright, who died in January at age 55, staged readings of three Wasserstein plays were presented at North Coast Repertory Theatre, in conjunction with the 13th annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival. Wasserstein was the voice of her Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/09/06 Bright and funny, sweet and meek; This was Wendy Wasserstein week. Three nights of Wendy and her ‘sisters’ And all their (undesirable) Misters. And all Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: June 02, 2006 Time takes its toll in provocative productions at our two Tony Award-winning theaters. The world premiere musical, “Zhivago,” sweeps through Russian history, chronicling the evolution of a country and an irrepressible love. Set in roughly the same timeframe, the early 20th century, “The Violet Hour” examines our unquenchable desire to glimpse the future – and change it. To playwright Richard Greenberg, time Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/02/06 What, you may ask, is The Violet Hour? It’s twilight-time in Old New Yawk When Richard Greenberg’s witty folk Laugh and love and tawk, tawk, tawk. THE SHOW: THE VIOLET Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 26, 2006 As Shakespeare reminded us, “What’s past is prologue.” Two productions based in history force us to re-examine our present. Each is rooted in the acts of a monstrous man. “The Diary of Anne Frank” was set against the backdrop of Hitler’s “Final Solution,” as it made its hideous way into Amsterdam. Lee Atwater is a modern-day fiend, the sinister spinmeister who Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/26/06 What’s Wrong with this Picture ?, you may ask Who wrote those Beard/Bard plays, and why? Young Anne Frank just wants to live While Atwater ’s Fixin ’ to Die. 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