Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: March 4, 1992 The world is not a very promising place for women, in the eyes of Cajun playwright Julie Hebert. They're either reined in by a man, by society, by their color or by some powerful self-imposed constraints. They've got, metaphorically speaking, a bucketful of problems. Hebert's Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 26, 1992 I've always thought that "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" was August Wilson's most powerful play. And although playwrights, like parents, rarely like to compare their creations, I recently read that Wilson admitted it was his favorite, too. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Wilson is chronicling the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 19, 1992 One thought kept running through my mind, all during the female "Odd Couple" -- why'd you do it, Neil? The original male version, which opened in 1965, became Neil Simon's most popular play, spawning a movie and a TV spinoff, endless reruns and a million laughs. So why, twenty years later, did Simon feel Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 19, 1992 Berlin , 1950. A man sits in a darkened room, alone with his nightmares and his fantasies. He has numbers on his arm, puppets all over the place and a very vivid imagination. He refuses to believe the war is over. He hasn't ventured out of his bleak Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: February 5, 1992 I might go so far as to call it "Les Liaisons Merveilleuses." Every time the spunky Moonlight Amphitheatre takes a risk, it gets a high return on its investment. This production is luscious, and beautifully done. It's a familiar story of the corruption of money and power, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 29, 1992 Here comes a little acoustic quiz. Ready? See if you can identify this sound. (CLACKER SOUND) Give up? It's a slapstick. The real source of the term, two flat pieces of wood that make a loud slapping sound when they're hit against something, Read More →
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-Pat Launer