Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/09/04 Mendel and STARs and Mothers to cry for, And the TONYs were really something to die for! They gave us the vapours, they went to our head -- They sent us, swooning, to Sofa (or Bed). Whatta night! We scored BIG Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/02/04 On one stage, there's too much gay goings-on; On another, the brilliant seducer, Don Juan, Whose play and production, as dramatic art Ignite the mind and touch the heart. Dine out on "Don Juan." A sumptuous feast for the theater gourmet. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 28, 2004 In these days of Big Box stores and one-stop shopping, theater has also jumped on the get-it-all-in-one-place bandwagon. The Fritz just opened a new dinner-theater at 6th Avenue Bistro downtown, and Lamb's is about to inaugurate an attached restaurant and after-theater café. Since we're coming up on summertime, at both places, musical fare is the menu du jour. Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/26/04 'Twas a musical weekend When all over town Old chestnuts re-heated By groups of renown Were sailing the Pacific and saying "I Do!" While Oliver asked for 'Some more!' -- right on cue. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 21, 2004 Springtime in New York is Tony season. Last week, I caught three musical nominees, all groundbreakers in form or content. "Assassins" concerns presidential killers. "Caroline, or Change" features a singing washing machine, and "Avenue Q" has 'full puppet nudity.' The one with the strongest San Diego connections is "Assassins." The dark but often funny musical was Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 05/18/04 New Yorkers -- direct, abrupt, non-phonies, Are fun on Broadway in this time pre-Tonys! A time for musicals, and memories to keep Kushner's shallow and the Puppets are deep?!! And "Assassins," with its San Diego connections Is one of Broadway's richest 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