Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: October 08, 2004 You think crowns are only for kings and queens? Well, when you put on a show-stopping chapeau, you feel like royalty. And among African American women, those crowning glories are a way to honor the past, rise above the present and show hope in the future. It's a matter of pride and devotion -- and it requires what they Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 10/06/04 In four consecutive days, What is the likely chance Of seeing a comedy, drama, and musical, Plus the Symphony and Dance? It you got it, flaunt it. And the San Diego Rep has got it. "Crowns" is a foot-stompin', roof-raisin' Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: October 01, 2004 "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is all about turning tables -- from the roulette wheel of the French Riviera to the competitive con-games of the protagonists, to the dizzying scenery that rolls in, out, up and down throughout the show. The Old Globe's Broadway-bound world premiere musical adaptation of the 1988 film may tickle your funnybone more than touch your heart Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/29/04 It was a week of dramatic hopes and fears And three -- just count 'em! -- world premieres! Scoundrels and Brooklyn Boys satisfy. Theater can surely feel Cool as We Fly! Give them what they want. That's the opening number Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 24, 2004 Two potent plays from earlier times resonate strongly with our own. "A Raisin in the Sun" was a groundbreaker in 1959, when it dramatized the racism and housing discrimination leveled at a working-class African American family in Chicago. Lee Blessing's "Two Rooms," which was commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse in 1988, was inspired by the Beirut hostage crisis, Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/22/04 This week was a fairly mathematical one: 2 Rooms, 3 Oranges and a Raisin in the Sun. In his poem, "A Dream Deferred," Langston Hughes wondered whether dreams forgotten or postponed "dry up like a raisin in the sun… or …explode." And that's 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