Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: November 30, 1994 > There's an overwhelming sense of depressing, institutional green. Beat-up green metal lockers; slime-green wall tiles and a dingy green, black and dirty-white Kentile floor. Add a chalkboard, a fridge, a few weathered chairs, graffiti-marred walls outside, and you've got the perfect Teacher's Lounge, courtesy of the New York City public schools. Of course, I Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 23, 1994 MUSIC, under: Title song The real star of the Broadway-bound Des McAnuff revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" isn't Matthew Broderick. It isn't even the memorable Frank Loesser score. The show is stolen by its technical brilliance. McAnuff gathered Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 16, 1994 One of the major journeys of a lifetime is a search for identity, Usually, the quest begins in adolescence. Nowhere is this more clear than in the Program X offerings of Plays by Young Writers '94. Two eighteen year-old winners of the tenth annual statewide competition grapple with their place in society. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 9, 1994 In "The Last Yankee," Arthur Miller drops all sorts of bombs all over the stage; then he runs away. Big Issues explode, but no one stays around to pick up the pieces or attempt to put them together. As he nears 80, maybe the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is trying to cram everything into every new work. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 3, 1994 The peacock screams, all right. And so does everyone else. But this is Sledgehammer Theatre, being true to its name. Their latest venture is a bit off their well-trod path. It's not their first world premiere, but it is their first play by a woman and about a woman. Artistic Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: October 26, 1994 > Two young men, searching for a little meaning in their lives. One is a sort of '60s Everyman. The other is the son of an 8th century monarch. One makes a musical journey; the other, a satirical one. Both end up in monumental compromise. The Read More →
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-Pat Launer