Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: June 10, 1992 A woman lies flat on a padded table, center stage. A man bends over her, apparently transfixed. Slowly, he moves his hands up and down the length of her body, not making direct contact, but tracing her outline, carving her image above her in space. This is a Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: AUGUST 12-13, 1992 One guy in drag has droopy boobs, a frumpy dress and roller skates. Another is all in gold lamé, a little two-piece, mini-skirted number -- which he happens to own. A young woman plays a man in sweatpants bulging at the thigh with penis envy. Welcome to the world of "Vampire Lesbians Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: October 7, 1992 Can a politician ever enter the Pearly Gates? Sure: Watergate , Iran -Contragate, and now, "Mastergate." The political satire has just parked its sardonic and corrupt little butt into the North Coast Repertory Theatre. Penned by Larry Gelbart -- the M*A*S*H-man -- it's a silly Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 25, 1992 For no apparent reason, there are eight actors in "The Dresser," a comic drama by British playwright Ronald Harwood. It's really a two-person piece. There's the title character, Norman , and there's Sir, the fading actor-manager at the helm of a crumbling Shakespearean company. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 3, 1993 Relationships aren't easy. Just ask Wallace Shawn and David Mamet. Not that they're having one together, but a small cast, one act play by each is running uptown on Sixth Avenue and downtown on Seventh. These pieces aren't about good relationships, mind you. Certainly not enviable ones, especially if Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 31, 1993 “Lady Be Good” is the kind of show that makes you really appreciate what "Oklahoma" did for musical theatre. Before that 1943 groundbreaker, musicals -- that uniquely American theater form -- were mainly just an excuse for a few good songs and a funny guy... a kind of vaudeville revue loosely tied together with a 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