Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: March 23, 1994 > It's as bad as you always thought. Your worst fears realized. You can get unspeakable diseases from sitting on public toilet seats. Especially those in public schools. In this way, Anna, a first grade teacher, has contracted the dread, incurable ATS, Acquired Toilet Syndrome. In a desperate, last-ditch effort, she Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 16, 1994 > You wouldn't expect to get many laughs at a play about a woman dying of cancer. But "Joined at the Head" is actually quite funny. You might even say, a little too funny. The playwright, Catherine Butterfield, who's on intimate terms with her subject, seems so hellbent on not over-sentimentalizing it or her characters Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 9, 1994 > Real-life stories can be extremely dramatic. Sometimes, that can make for great theater; sometimes for great melodrama. This week on San Diego stages, you can see both. First, the great one. "A Moon for the Misbegotten" is not usually considered to be one of Eugene O'Neill's best plays, but it certainly Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 2, 1994 > When was the last time you laughed till you cried? Theatrical amendment: When was the last time you laughed till you cried in the theater? Still wiping the tears from my mascara-stained cheeks, I'm here to suggest that you strongly consider making the long trek to L.A. for a theatrical event that may test Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 23, 1994 > (MUSIC, under: "Birthmurder") "Burning Dreams" has been smoldering in the hearts and minds of its talented collaborators for three years. San Diego Repertory Theatre co-director Sam Woodhouse has brought together composer Gina Leishman, writer/co-director Julie Hebert, playwright Octavio Solis and designer Robert Brill for the world premiere of a bilingual Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 16, 1994 > To paraphrase an old Harold Arlen standard, everyone's "got a right to sing the blues." But African-Americans have the blues in their blood. For more than a century, they've known it, lived it, developed it, refined it. Blues songs typically tell of the pain of poverty, the loss of love, and the burden of Read More →
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-Pat Launer