Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: May 27, 2005 A woman who desperately wants a man – and a man who desperately wants to be a woman. Gender takes center stage in two plays with fascinating premises and excellent performances. In “Viburnum,” the most acclaimed production of last year’s Fritz Blitz of New Plays by California Playwrights, we meet Verne, the spinster who’s got Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/26/05 Humorous, serious, raucous or formal, Are we all, in some fashion, “Looking for Normal ?” And when, if we’re lucky, we find love that’s right Don’t we, like “ Viburnums ,” incline toward the light? Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 20, 2005 Mismatched couples meet class consciousness and social commentary in George Bernard Shaw’s loquacious but amusing “Misalliance.” The play was a flop when it opened in London, shortly after it was written in 1910, but it made a big splash on this side of the pond when it premiered in New York in 1953. Still, it’s a talky, sometimes prolix Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/19/05 From Simon to deSade , Shaw to Puccini, New plays and old, and everything in- betweeny . Artists and socialists, prisoners and loonies Comedy and drama and operatic tuneys . When George Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 13, 2005 “O” is an ‘Oh my God!’ experience. The Cirque du Soleil production at the Bellagio Hotel is nothing short of breathtaking. Though I’m not a fan of Las Vegas , or circuses, or even Cirque du Soleil, I found the show absolutely mesmerizing. The technical aspects alone are head-spinning. Consider this: the Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/12/05 One day in Vegas, giving talks at a meeting; It’s not my Nirvana; our time there was fleeting, But there’s always a moment to squeeze in a show, Especially when the production is “O.” And before we headed to Zion Nat’l Park, 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