Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/05/05 It’s a perfect mid-summer for a Winter’s Tale, Star-crossed lovers or a Rapechild’s travail. Tragedy is the common thread; But of the Current Nobody, nought can be said. Shakespeare’s penultimate play, Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/29/05 ‘So Here’s the Thing’: It’s ‘Confession’ time: Gay and straight, absurd and sublime. Musical, ecstatic, dramatic, chagrined: Like ‘Moonlight and Magnolias,’ it’s soon Gone With the Wind. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 29, 2005 It’s all about constriction, liberation and self-expression. In “Confessions of a Mormon Boy,” a Salt Lake City son, constrained by heritage and church, struggles to come out of the closet. A painful personal journey leads to honesty, identity and redemption. In “Moonlight and Magnolias,” three men are locked in an office. The result of their tortuous incarceration is… “Gone With the Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/22/05 ‘For Reasons that Remain Unclear,’ ‘The Merchant‘ ‘ …met a Woodcutter’ here And while asking for more, ‘Oliver’ Twist Glimpsed ‘The Accidental Death of an Anarchist.’ Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 22, 2005 Here’s a dramatic question: Is the victim of abuse obligated to offer mercy and forgiveness? It’s a difficult choice, especially if the wounds refuse to heal. In excellent productions of a classic and a modern play, the audience is discomforted, unnerved and emotionally drained as the protagonists equivocate in their moment of truth – and power. In Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/15/05 Quite a varied theatrical feast: Two Shakespeares , a satire, a Beauty and a Beast. And if you’re not turned on to these escapades, Go see ‘Evita’ or ‘The Maids.’ Something 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