Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/09/05 There’s romance afoot for youth and age, Onstage, they tweak it, ham it or mike it. Love, this month, is all the rage: In The Gin Game, Radio Days and As You Like It. The Forest Read More →
“CURTAIN CALLS” By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/02/05 Whatta week! visits from Die Fledermaus, Romeo, Juliet and others: Barbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell and the Karamazov Brothers. And a trip to NTC, a blossoming culture center, for sure, And the tsunami benefit, Artists Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 28, 2005 It’s the playwright’s first time at bat – at least on the subject of baseball. He steps up to the plate and whacks one right outta the park. Richard Greenberg has written some fascinating, thought-provoking plays, like “Three Days of Rain” and “The Dazzle.” But his baseball play, “Take Me Out,” put him in a whole new league. This comic drama won Read More →
"CURTAIN CALLS" By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 01/26/05 A wild week of theater - what a range! -- From the pedestrian to the nude to the downright strange. Adolescent angst brings us high school again And there’s Mapplethorpe, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 21, 2005 Unbridled passion, unchecked emotion, and uncovered secrets. It’s an uncommonly fine week for dramas, old and new. First, the classic. Renaissance Theatre has done it again – unearthed a wonderful old chestnut and made it burst forth with life. This time, founder/director George Flint has chosen “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck’s heartbreaking tale of Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 01/19/05 A super-wild weekend that exceeded five plays And on TV, Candide , Malashock — and the Pattés. There were Mice and Men, and Wrinkles galore, The Playwrights Project and Burn This, and more: 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