Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: August 30, 2002 Love of others, love of self…. How much do you indulge or subordinate your own needs for the ones you love? In wildly different ways, this question courses though two world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse. "When Grace Comes In" is quiet and introspective, emotional repression described in internal monologues. "Wintertime" is rowdy, randy and emotive. It feels Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 23, 2002 Here's a spectator sport that doesn't make you scream yourself hoarse -- though it may make you laugh yourself silly. It's TheatreSports, the improvisational comedy that adds team competition and audience participation to the theatrical exercise. In this activity, you're not just an onlooker; your ideas grease the wheels of the game. And 'game' would be Read More →
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times August 22, 2002 The La Jolla Playhouse has definitely veered off the straight and narrow path. The first two productions of their experimental Page To Stage project are decidedly gay-friendly, and coincidentally, they have strikingly similar titles: "I Am My Own Wife" (about a German transvestite) and "I Think I Like Girls" (about growing up lesbian in America). This Read More →
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times August 22, 2002 Arthur Miller never really goes out of style (though he may shift in and out of popularity), because his plays deal primarily with morality and social conscience. Preachy or not, we need him now, more than ever. "All My Sons" was Miller's first successful play. When it premiered in 1947, it foreshadowed his later, greater masterwork, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 16, 2002 Step right up and meet 'The Amazing Francis Hardy,' "Faith Healer" extraordinaire. But be forewarned: his act may be more destructive than restorative. In Irish playwright Brian Friel's 1979 drama, "Faith Healer," it's never quite clear if Frank is a savior or a charlatan, but his story seems to symbolize the artist's fragile dependence on the accident of talent. Any Read More →
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times August 15, 2002 If you like your entertainment interactive, you'll love TheatreSports. The comedy troupe is part of an international organization based on the storytelling style of Keith Johnstone, author of "Impro," one of the best-selling books ever published on improvisation. Johnstone's approach focuses on improvisational narrative through games. San Diego TheatreSports has been in town, on and off, Read More →
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-Pat Launer