Reviews Categories | Reviews | Page 3

“AMERICAN BUFFALO” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre

Views:970

Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/29/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/7/19 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance at 10th Avenue Arts You kind of have to gird your loins for a David Mamet play. In addition to the explosive barrage of profanity and misogyny, and the lame machismo of lunkhead losers, you’re confronted by the underbelly of society at its most desperate and despairing. “American Buffalo” throws in a low-end, doomed swindle, mis-conceived by petty thieves embodying free enterprise in all its cutthroat splendor. Read More →

Monica Parker’s Funny “one-woman-and-a-half Show” Plops Down Onto The North Coast Repertory Theatre Stage

Views:969

3/5/11 PAT LAUNER Plus-sized performance and poignance Patch.com Encinitas Thighs, sighs and comic surprise. That’s another way to look at Monica Parker’s hit show, “Sex, Pies and a Few White Lies.” Her motto, not surprisingly in a performance that focuses on weight issues -- among many other things -- is, “Life is short; Read More →

“pageant” At North Coast Repertory Theatre

Views:969

KPBS AIRDATE: March 15, 2002 It's got taffeta, tears and tiaras. Big hair, hot talent. And beautiful babes. Nope, it isn't "Beehive," but you'd be hard-pressed to tell those gals from these without the proverbial scorecard. In fact, some audience members even do get a scorecard -- to vote on the evening's winner: Miss Glamouresse of 2002. It's wild, it's musical, it's outrageous -- it's "Pageant." Read More →

A Christmas Carol At The San Diego Repertory Theatre & Festival Of Christmas At The Lamb’s Players Theatre

Views:969

KPBS AIRDATE: December 10, 1997 Two decades of holiday entertainment; two San Diego theaters. One keeps reworking a show that’s been a seasonal perennial for 150 years; the other is offering a world premiere that, with a little fixing, could become a new holiday tradition. “A Christmas Carol” and “Festival of Christmas.” Don’t leave the season without ‘em. Read More →

“STRAIGHT” from Loud Fridge Theatre Group

Views:969

Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/28/19 RUN DATES: 7/25/19 - 8/4/19 VENUE: Loud Fridge Theatre Group People like to categorize and dichotomize. Ambiguity is unsettling. But ambiguity abounds in “Straight.” Emily thinks she’s in a monogamous relationship with Ben. She can’t understand why, after five years, he’s still reluctant to move in with her. What she doesn’t know (and for her own sundry reasons, doesn’t probe too hard to find out), is that he’s simultaneously seeing Chris, a young college Read More →

“West Side Story” – Lamb’s Players Theatre

Views:968

Pat Launer, Center Stage on KSDS JAZZ88 June 26, 2015 Anyone who thinks a 58 year-old musical won’t resonate should consult the daily news. There are still street gangs, and violent turf battles. One line in “West Side Story” says it all, chillingly. The hardened New York cop snarls at the Puerto Rican kid: “I’ve got the badge and you’ve got the skin.” Tell me that’s not relevant. Fortunately, love still crosses impossible boundaries and fosters Read More →