Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: September 17, 2004 Secret lives and senseless deaths. It's a dark, rich week in San Diego theater. Diversionary Theatre takes us to "Thief River," a small Midwestern town with a strict moral code. Lee Blessing's play ricochets backward and forward in time, from 1948 to 2001. We meet Ray and Gil as teenagers, in their forties Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/15/04 The Remains of the week Were generally bleak: From the man-eating meanie (that Todd-man, Sweeney) To the Midwest sliver Of injustice, Thief River. But the visions weren't all dark and shady I saw Maternal Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 10, 2004 1944. War was raging in Europe. And there was a Battle Royale in Brooklyn -- between two sects of Orthodox Judaism. It becomes a diamond dispute, when Reuven Malter faces off against Danny Saunders in a baseball grudge-match. One of them winds up in the hospital. And thus begins a lifelong, life-changing friendship. Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/08/04 Whatta week of theater, Dios Mio! I saw Intimate Apparel on Antony and Cleo When, As You Like It, they took their pleasure, (Mixed with pain, Measure for Measure). They were the stars, the gifted, The Chosen… Now -- like Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 03, 2004 The climatic conditions and prevailing winds in 1930 Germany were not so different from today. Ambi-sexuality was rampant. Moral decay, debauchery and decadence were all around. And there was a silently creeping, mounting menace, trying to clamp down, steal freedoms and mandate morality. A very scary time, then and now. A perfect time for a "Cabaret." The brilliant, 1966 Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/01/04 A Fritz Blitz fling will reprise in the Spring But Moonlight's Cabaret is relevant today. The word 'Vista' typically has to do with 'vision.' Here, it's a city that should be commended for supporting the arts and backing Moonlight Stage production. But it definitely prefers the short view Read More →
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-Pat Launer