Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 03/03/05 This week’s theater was deliciously rife With dark comedies of domestic strife. Devious dilemmas became acute In ‘Vigil’ and in ‘La Dispute’ But the farcical side of the faithless life Showed in ‘Private Fittings’ and ‘The Allergist’s Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 25, 2005 It’s the world’s only never-ending war, and it’s raging on San Diego stages. Though the weapons are words, the assaults can be vicious. It’s that eternal battle royale, the one between the sexes. The competition is intense, but couched in comedy. The fable, opera and satire span 250 years and three cultures, but their themes are timeless and universal: love, Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/23/05 Women’s place and the price of beauty: In ‘The Waiting Room’ and ‘ Cosi fan Tutte ’ And two haunting JCs from days long gone: ‘Jim Crow’ and the one in ‘Thunder at Dawn.’ WHAT A CROSS Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 18, 2005 Some people know their destiny, almost from birth. And they feel compelled to fulfill it. There’s passion in the pursuit – whether it’s cooking or playing guitar, seeking revenge or establishing a homeland. That passion is palpable in three very different plays – one fiction, one fable, one factual. The truth-tinged invention is “I Just Stopped Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/16/05 Once upon a time, ‘When the World Was Green,’ ‘The Clouds, the Ocean and Everything in Between’ Were visible from “Golda’s Balcony;’ It was just ‘As You Like It,’ for all to see. But something went awry with the Master Plan… Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 11, 2005 It’s February, and love is in the air. Romance ensnares the old and the young, in Elizabethan and modern classics. Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” is all about the seasons of life and youthful love. “The Gin Game,” written by D.L. Coburn in 1976, concerns the search for companionship in the waning years. In both cases, Cupid’s arrow doesn’t strike with bloodless 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