Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/26/05 The Blitz is into Week #3 And the Penn’s got ‘Bloody Poetry,’ ‘Invention’s’ filled with Oxford romancers While ‘The Lady’ thinks she has all the answers. Oxford Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 19, 2005 It’s hard to say which is more astonishing – the plot or the performance. Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a real-life East German transvestite who survived, on her own terms, through the Nazi and communist regimes. She and scores of other characters are brilliantly portrayed by Jefferson Mays, a graduate of UCSD, for whom the role in “I Am My Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/19/05 There’s family feuding and lovers’ strife In the Fritz Blitz and ‘ Verona ’ life, But that’s nothing like being one’s own ‘Wife.’ It was the most frustrating moment of my professional life. Seeing a performance of the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 12, 2005 Summertime is a great time to check out some fresh new names and faces on local stages. Right now, you have two golden opportunities. One is the Fritz Blitz of New Plays by California Playwrights. And the other is the recently-formed California Youth Conservatory Theatre. The CYC—a little confusing, since we already have a CCT and a CYT – Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/12/05 Theater entertains us in so many ways: From a musical ‘ Zhivago ’ to a host of New Plays, From ‘Ragtime’s’ tale of American strife To the comic mayhem of the ‘Allergist’s Wife.’ Let’s face Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 05, 2005 Shakespeare believed that summer was for lighter comedies and winter for darker concerns. He even says so in “The Winter’s Tale”: “A sad tale’s best for winter,” young Mamilius tells his mother, the Queen. But the Bard’s penultimate creation really defies description. The tragic first half, set in Sicilia, is dark and brooding. A wildly jealous King falsely accuses 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