Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 08/03/04 On my Twelfth Night home, with Suitcase in hand I hit the Ally Way in McDonald-land And saw more of the Actors Fest's sleight-of-hand. It's not hard to understand why classics scholar and feminist Marianne McDonald would be especially attracted to Euripides' "Alcestis." Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 30, 2004 Theater is a gamble. Consider "Breaking Legs" and "Lucky Duck." The 1989 comedy is about the problems inherent in mounting a new play. The world premiere musical is the living, breathing embodiment of those challenges. "Lucky Duck" comes to the Old Globe with an impressive pedigree and a five-year history of development. The concept, book and lyrics Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/28/04 Vacations are great, but they set you back, y'know… So, with the Actors Fest and every other missed show, I've been Breaking Legs to get my (Lucky) Ducks in a row! There's a lot riding on "Lucky Duck" at the Old Globe: a truckload of Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 16, 2004 The audience was game. And the Game was on. But nobody wins in "Monstropoly." The Eveoke Theatre piece is constructed as a board game, and the flexible Lyceum Space is squared off, with the audience seated all around the board. Instead of properties and Utilities for sale, the spaces are more socially relevant elements of our society, from Military Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 09, 2004 Theatergoers, take note. Especially those with good attention spans and those who lived through the '60s. "Continental Divide," David Edgar's epic, two-play cycle, requires patience, careful listening and a penchant for politics. In a broad sense, the plays concern a fictitious gubernatorial election, clearly set in California, and seen from both sides of the Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/07/04 We'll be in Peru by the time this will reach you -- In the Amazon, or atop Machu Picchu. Meanwhile, you can Eveoke yourself; stay on a theater track. We'll see you -- and many shows, no doubt! -- as soon as we get back. Read More →
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-Pat Launer