Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: August 23, 1995 A midsummer night’s dream and a midsummer nightmare -- linked by the same Greek myth. The heroic Theseus conquers the Amazons and claims their queen Hippolyta as his bride. Their wedding takes place in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Later, they have a son, Hippolytus, and later still, Read More →
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 →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 13, 1995 This time of year, we get equal doses of the true holiday spirit and the crass commercialism of Christmas. Well, local theaters can also be naughty or nice. There is the real, heartfelt holiday message, and there is the bogus Christmas cash-cow. In the former category is the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 28, 1996 Sometimes a revelation can shake the very foundation of your beliefs. Everything you’ve built your life on can crumble, in the face of one errant patient as in “Forgiving Typhoid Mary,” or one visitation from a dead mother, as in “Raised in Captivity.” Typhoid Mary was a provocateur. An enigmatic figure, whose nickname Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 22, 1996 (MUSIC: “Time and Again”) It’s high time. Time for another world premiere production to start in San Diego and wend its way to Broadway. There’s been an ongoing alternation between the Old Globe and the La Jolla Playhouse. Now, it’s the Globe’s turn. And it’s Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: August 14, 1996 If what goes on at a political convention is theater, why not have what goes on in a theater be a political convention? Besides, “the nation is panting for a major new governing party.” Or so the folks at the Fritz Theatre tell us. And so, we have FritzCON 96 (accent on the Con)-- 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