Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: October 18, 1995 A beauty, a beast and a sorcerer. Treachery and revenge. Two disparate classics, with surprising elements in common. Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Both are getting a fresh perspective in Coronado . At Lamb’s Read More →
THEATRE REVIEW: “ANGELS IN AMERICA Parts I & II” at the Spreckels Theatre KPBS AIRDATE: October 11, 1995 This isn’t just a theatrical event -- it’s a dramatic necessity. Call it ‘the play of the millennium.’ Anyone who considers himself a theater buff, anyone who Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: October 4, 1995 (MUSIC, under and up: “PASS ON OVER”) God is everywhere, especially at the La Jolla Playhouse. Invoked on both stages, he’s elusive in the soul-searching one-man play, “An Almost Holy Picture.” But he’s an omnipresent, gospel-singing boss-man in Randy Newman’s satirical Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 27, 1995 A new addition to the theater scene is always a cause for celebration. Right now, we can really whoop it up, to trumpet three high-profile world premieres and a tiny, fledgling theater company. On the large scale, there’s Stephen Sondheim’s comedy thriller, “The Doctor is Out,” Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 20, 1995 It’s not really about determining whodunit. It’s more about deciding if the killer is gonna get away with it. Brilliant composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, he of the arch phrase, the arcane lyric, the often-less-than-hummable melody, is also a consummate puzzle-master. In “The Doctor is Out,” co-written with George Furth, his collaborator Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: September 13, 1995 The question is: Who’s Going to Do it to Whom? Whether you like your mysteries murderous or erotic, your comedy high or low, you’ll be able to satisfy your penchant for puzzlers on local stages. On the high end of the humor scale, there’s “A Little Night Music” at 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