Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: November 21, 1991 I don't know if this is a far, far better thing than Ron Campbell has ever done, but I'm sure it's far, far more characters than he's ever played at one time. Almost twenty, to be sort of precise. And if the evening were a little shorter, it'd definitely be the best of Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 14, 1991 We've all seen it, or maybe even had the experience. A match seems to be made in heaven, until the parties leave the close comfort of home and go out into the world. Then things can turn hellish. So it appears to be for director Tom Rudolph and actor Christina Courtenay. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 7, 1991 You like mysteries? Maybe you're a long-time fan of Dashiell Hammett, who pioneered the hard-boiled detective novel. Maybe you're a devotee of those film noir retellings of his "Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man," coming this month to the Broadway stage -- in musical version. But you may not know that Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: October 31, 1991 Lock up your wives and daughters. Elmer Gantry's back. Preachin' the gospel-- and singin' it, too. As seductive and provocative as ever. The new "Elmer" just breezed into the La Jolla Playhouse, with script rewrites being penciled in right up until opening night. A few more cuts and Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: OCTOBER 24, 1991 If you blush easily, turn down the volume. Here comes the play title the newspapers won't print. It's called... "7 Blowjobs," and that may be the most provocative part of the whole thing. Not surprisingly, it comes from Sledgehammer Theatre, San Diego's fringe arts organization that simply thrives on audience shock-appeal. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: OCTOBER 17, 1991 It may be something of an impossible dream, trying to re-create a production 25 years later, with some of the same cast. Kind of like trying to squeeze into your wedding gown a quarter-century after the fact. Even if it fits, it doesn't look quite right. Well, that's sort of the Read More →
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-Pat Launer