Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times February 27, 2003 Splendor is in the eye of the beholder. As she tells us in her director's notes, Karen Carpenter first read it just after 9/11 and couldn't get it out of her mind. Even when you're sitting there watching it, it's often hard to keep the play in mind (without losing track). There are many disturbing Read More →
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times February 27, 2003 Splendor is in the eye of the beholder. As she tells us in her director's notes, Karen Carpenter first read it just after 9/11 and couldn't get it out of her mind. Even when you're sitting there watching it, it's often hard to keep the play in mind (without losing track). There are many Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 21, 2003 There's something disturbing afoot in "Splendour." In Abi Morgan's new play, currently having its American premiere at the Globe Theatres, a great deal is bubbling under the surface. We see four women, trapped in a palace, in a country, under governmental control. We learn a bit about them, in jagged pieces, snippets of dialogue and subtext, inner monologue and superficial pleasantries. In Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 14, 2003 It's a big week for mammoth undertakings of political proportion. UCSD has tackled Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part I," still one of the most brilliant pieces of theater of the late 20th century. Under the direction of MFA student Meredith McDonough, they've infused it with a decidedly post-Enron esthetic; it still cuts chillingly to the bone. And choreographer Gina Angelique just Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 9, 2003 It's a good time for small-town stories. One Southern, one mid-Western, two plays tell harrowing tales of the personal cost of war -- whether it be the so-called Civil conflict or the Vietnam conflagration. The battles were separated by a century, but these women are alive now, strong survivors of domestic violence who struck back and reclaimed their lives. Both plays Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 31, 2003 It has all the makings of Greek tragedy. A mighty man with more than a touch of hubris, helps to bring about his own downfall and destruction. The year was 1895. London. Oscar Wilde was on top of his game -- a wealthy, renowned dandy, novelist, poet and playwright. It was the year he wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest." Read More →
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-Pat Launer