Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2000 Life is what you make of it. Some people sit around in bars telling tales of chances taken, opportunities missed. Some try to create their own reality by writing or acting. Some respond to misfortune with subdued intensity, shouldering their burden and moving quietly on; others rail and rage in their grief and pain. Read More →
SUBMISSION DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2000 I am Woman, hear me roar. Hear me scream. Watch me turn the Oresteia on its ear… and then throw bloody tampons at Apollo. The most amusing estrogen alliance since Kathy and Mo is back: playwright Kelly Stuart and director Kirsten Brandt. Together, they take no prisoners -- unless they're male. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 11, 2000 If you wanna compete you gotta stay on your feet you gotta tell the tale, you gotta whoop, you gotta wail, you gotta rap, rhyme, rant, jam, Slam. Hot damn. A couple of years ago, Thomas W. Jones conceived, created and directed "Slam," the funk musical revue now at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Read More →
SUBMISSION DATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2000 The buildup was enormous: Olivier Awards in London, acclaim in New York…and 60 minutes of setup in the first part of the intermissionless play. Huge expectation for a major climactic moment. Unfortunately, the piece doesn't really deliver. Conor McPherson's talky 1997 drama has some poetic language, a few ghostly tales, and a bevy of Irishmen hanging around a Read More →
SUBMISSION DATE: February 9, 2000 What are the ingredients for a delicious evening of theater? Credible performances, well directed. Evocative set, moody lighting, gorgeous costumes. They're all there at Lamb's Players Theatre. There's only one problem. It's much ado about nothing. Jean Anouilh's 1950 "Ring Round the Moon" is an airy trifle that doesn't merit such Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2000 Scene Excerpt: Mother Showman The Venus Hottentot. A real South African woman, living at the turn of the 19th century, lured away from her homeland with the promise of fame and fortune, massively exploited because of her prominent posterior. Scene Excerpt: Negro Resurrectionist Read More →
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-Pat Launer