Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/16/05 Once upon a time, ‘When the World Was Green,’ ‘The Clouds, the Ocean and Everything in Between’ Were visible from “Golda’s Balcony;’ It was just ‘As You Like It,’ for all to see. But something went awry with the Master Plan… Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 10/07/05 ‘The Prince of L.A.’ is thoroughly rhymed And SDSU’s been ‘Nickel and Dimed ,’ Suspense is what ‘Dancing with Demons’ has, While ‘Dear Ella’ teems with all that jazz. Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/02/06 What, you may ask, is The Violet Hour? It’s twilight-time in Old New Yawk When Richard Greenberg’s witty folk Laugh and love and tawk, tawk, tawk. THE SHOW: THE VIOLET Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 02/02/07 It must have been written in the stars To spend the week with two different Czars! Both Tevye and Boris had Russian fear, While Tennessee viewed things Cloudy and Clear. And whaddaya know? I developed a yen Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 09/21/07 It’s surely The Shape of Things to come: Knockout readings that leave us numb, From writers like Wilson and LaBute , And Ragtime, too, is historically astute. Read More →
PAT LAUNER - TIMES OF SAN DIEGO.COM 9/29/15 “BLUEPRINTS” TELLS FORGOTTEN CIVIL RIGHTS STORY AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE One part inspiration, one part indignation. “Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin” is about the lead-up to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The brilliant ‘prophet for social change,’ he who taught Martin Luther King non-violence, served as Deputy Director and Chief organizer/architect of the March, the biggest protest ever seen in America to date. But more 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