Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: JULY 17, 1998 MUSIC: “Take Me Back to Manhattan” Okay, so by now, after all my time on KPBS, you’ve probably figured out that I’m a native Noo Yawkah (Yo! wanna make somethin’ of it??). But I’ve been here for 20 years, and it had been way too long since I Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JULY 15, 1998 It’s 1952, on an old cargo ship somewhere in the Red Sea. A young man is beginning “a great adventure”: a trip away from home, a voyage around the world, a journey to manhood and a writer’s odyssey. Athol Fugard is doing what he does best and often brilliantly Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JULY 1, 1998 Who charms the husk right off of the corn? -- Auntie Mame. Not the singing matron, but the original eccentric, who made her first unforgettable appearance in Patrick Dennis’ 1954 novel of the same name. The book became a hit Broadway play, then an Academy Award-winning movie and later a megamusical. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JUNE 24, 1998 Four inept middle managers on a corporate teambuilding retreat, hit the water when their rowboat hits the rocks, and they’re stranded on an inland island in England’s Lake District. They’re out of the office and way out of their element. Forget the teamwork; panic, anxiety, antipathy and the dissolution of relationships ensue. But Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JUNE 18, 1998 It’s a great time in the theater for women who get what they want. To last week’s discussion of the indomitable Auntie Mame, I’d like to add an unlikely duo: Lettice Duffet and Cinderella. Lettice isn’t particularly green, and she certainly doesn’t wilt easily. She’s a hilariously dramatic, tough-as-nails tour Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: JUNE 17, 1998 Okay, so the ever-provocative New Yorker, Nicky Silver, wrote a play called “My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine.” It had nothing to do with Ernest Borgnine, or his ex-wife Ethel Merman. But when Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd got wind of it, he called his buddy Ernie, and before you know it, Sledgehammer Theatre receives a Read More →
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-Pat Launer