Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: May 06, 2005 Luis Valdez saunters back onstage after a two-decade hiatus. It’s Valdez Redux in “Corridos Remix, A Musical Fusion of Ballads Beyond Borders” at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. The music is a multicultural mix of folksong narratives. But the story is pure Valdez. A patriarch is trying to preserve his cultural history -- and keep it in the family. Offstage, Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/05/05 Fantasy and history, narrative and song, In “ Corridos Remix,’ Luis sings along ‘ Alice ’ at the Looking Glass, gamely stepping through, Falls into a rabbit hole at SDSU. The Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 04/28/05 ‘ San Francisco ,’ ‘Words’ and ‘ Rome ’ Brought UCSD’s Play Fest home. And making the weekend even more dramatic: ‘Vanessa’s’ emotions, most operatic! “Vanessa” has Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 22, 2005 At one of San Diego’s smallest theaters, 6th @ Penn, a big, international double-header – a Greek tragedy and an Irish comedy. The classic is Sophocles’ “Antigone” and the contemporary comedy is “A Skull in Connemara,” by acclaimed English/Irish playwright, Martin McDonagh. “Antigone” is considered one of the greatest tragedies ever written, successful from its first Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 04/21/05 International fever strikes again this week We’re having a season both Irish and Greek.. From ‘Antigone’ to ‘The Trojan Women,’ ‘ Connemara ’ to ‘The Clearing,’ our stages are brimmin’. Molière adds La France Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 15, 2005 Credit what you will – the gods, Fate, Spirit or coincidence. But unforeseen, maybe even pre-ordained, events change lives. From mythical to cultural to historical, ethereal things are happening onstage. In Nicholas Wright’s speculative, titillating “Vincent in Brixton,” the hotheaded Vincent van Gogh may foreshadow the impulsive genius of the suicidal, ear-slicing future. 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