Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: September 12, 2003 Eight gay guys. Three summer weekends. Consider the possibilities. Playwright Terrence McNally did. And so did Diversionary Theatre. The Tony Award-winning “Love! Valour! Compassion!” was a rousing success for them in 1997, and it’s back, better than before, to inaugurate Diversionary’s 10th anniversary season. Some of the cast is intact, and all of the humor. This Read More →
By Pat Launer 09/10/03 They seek him here; they seek him there. They're thoroughly in the dark. But don't you know The Pimpernel is right in Balboa Park! Now the Beehive comes down, Billie's back, and the Graduate is here And a tragic Greek Vox is coming through, loud Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 05, 2003 Two murderous women have taken up residence at Sledgehammer Theatre. Inspired by Greek legend, each of them has a rather warped morality. One is based on the Medea myth about a woman who, spurned by a husband she literally killed to protect, wreaks vengeance by murdering their two young sons. In the ancient account of Phaedra, she was the victim Read More →
By Pat Launer 09/03/03 Poor Charlie Brown; his life's a mess And Phaedra's in extreme distress. Soothe the beasts in dramatic fashion With a touch of Love, Valour and Compassion! If you saw it before or if you missed it, you've just got to see it this time! Terrence McNally Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 29, 2003 A splendid young swan has emerged in a strip mall on El Cajon Blvd. Sean Murray has birthed his new Cygnet Theatre (a cygnet, as you probably know, is a baby swan, and also a sly reference to the Swan Theatre that was Shakespeare's competition), and a beautiful space it is. Not quite tawdry enough for its first inhabitant, the astonishing, gender-bending Read More →
By Pat Launer 8/26/03 'Medea' does drag; 'The Music Man' blows And the 'Children of Eden' are musical pros It's back to School; back to basics, too: From the Greeks to the Garden to 76-skidoo. Flush from his latest local success and comeback -- directing "Sight Unseen" at North Coast Repertory 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