Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: December 09, 2005 How do you like your holiday music? Jazzy, gospel or kid-friendly? There’s a melody waiting in a perennial at a theater near you. For the eighth year, ‘The Grinch’ is at the Globe -- and he’s got a new face. Don’t worry; it’s still green, but the mug behind the fur belongs to Broadway veteran Leo Daignault, who appeared in “Avenue Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 12/02/05 Long-term romance On Golden Pond And The Sum of Us has a filial bond; While Sister has a Christmas proclivity For staging a living, audience Nativity. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 02, 2005 If you didn’t learn your catechism earlier this year, you’re outta luck. While “Late Night Catechism,” which made several hilarious return visits to North Coast Repertory Theatre, was often laugh-yourself-silly, its holiday sequel is a disappointingly dim bulb. Guess you can’t go home again – even on Christmas. “Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 11/25/05 Put your leftover turkey in take-home boxes And don’t forget “The Little Foxes.” And only a few days left in the can For UCSD’s lovely “Arms and the Man. ” Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 25, 2005 Two time-tested classics; two terrific productions. You might think that a 66 year old drama and a 110 year-old comedy would be shopworn and dusty. But “The Little Foxes” and “Arms and the Man” have a great deal of relevance today. One’s about insatiable greed and lust for power. The other’s about personal and political hypocrisy and the idealization Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 18, 2005 There’s a price to be paid for flouting authority or bucking the status quo. But the cost is even greater if you just go along, remain silent, or avoid being true to yourself. In these disquieting times of lemmings and firebrands, this theme is quite pertinently popping up on numerous San Diego stages. There’s the Read More →
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-Pat Launer