Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: March 3, 1993 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant are shed over another woman. In this stage version of the 1972 film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Petra is a fashion designer who becomes obsessed with a young model. When the German film had its American premiere, there was a negative outcry from radical segments Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 24, 1993 Playwright Edward Albee, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, seems like a realist but he's really a fabulist. His scathing dialogue, lacerating wit and incendiary character conflicts are placed in believable settings. But surreal surprises always lurk behind a curtain. And the sarcasm fairly oozes onto the stage. The dying woman in "The Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 17, 1993 The city of Singapore makes you think 'rice.' "The Song of Singapore" makes you think 'corn.' And the West Coast premiere of this spoofy musical, at the Theatre in Old Town, really milks the corn, to mix a metaphor. The setting is a seedy waterfront cafe, 1941. There's Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 10, 1993 > A critic can get pretty jaded. We see lots of plays, sometimes four or five a week. Some are unwatchable; some are mediocre, and some make you remember why you keep doing this in the first place. "Redwood Curtain" is one of those plays, one that touched me at a very Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 3, 1993 Relationships aren't easy. Just ask Wallace Shawn and David Mamet. Not that they're having one together, but a small cast, one act play by each is running uptown on Sixth Avenue and downtown on Seventh. These pieces aren't about good relationships, mind you. Certainly not enviable ones, especially if Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 27, 1993 "The La La La Awards" is an acronymic abbreviation for Latins Anonymous Lifetime Achievement Awards. So the last LA doesn't really stand for anything; somebody must've gotten the L out of there before it all began. Latins Anonymous is a funny, facile comedy group. This is their second show Read More →
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-Pat Launer