Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/22/05 ‘For Reasons that Remain Unclear,’ ‘The Merchant‘ ‘ …met a Woodcutter’ here And while asking for more, ‘Oliver’ Twist Glimpsed ‘The Accidental Death of an Anarchist.’ Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 03/17/06 Tab was a gay-boy Synge did The Playboy Lotsa hanky-panky ‘ tween Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 11/03/06 The great and near-great are steppin’ out; It’s a Crucible for them, no Doubt, That Hedda Gabler and M. Chopin, Are each a Rocky Horror fan. Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/06/07 My 200th column! It’s hard to believe Too many productions to even conceive! This week offered a giddy brew: Hamlet, Nest, Annie and Arcadia , too! Read More →
Pat Launer, Center Stage on KSDS JAZZ88 August 28, 2015 Fasten your seatbelts. It’s a bumpy ride: an intergalactic space flight that is a mishmash mashup of B-level 1950s sci fi, The Bard and 1960s music. Sounds wacky, right? It is. And not always in a good way. At New Village Arts, “Return to the Forbidden Planet” has a far better cast and production than it deserves. This jukebox musical spoof, created by playwright Bob Carlton, Read More →
Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/5/16 RUN DATES: 8/2/16 - 8/7/16 VENUE: Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” takes you on a heart-rending journey. It’s the story of one woman’s evolution from awkward Brooklyn songwriting wannabe to singing superstar. But it’s also the tale of two working partnerships and marriages: one that succeeds, one that doesn’t. And it’s a chronicle of the music styles and clothes of the 1960s and ‘70s. Carole Klein, who became 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