Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 03/24/06 Comedy, tragedy and everything between: A Nerd, a seamstress and an opera queen. Intimate Apparel’s tale subtly unfolds; Emotions are Wagnerian in Twilight of the Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 11/10/06 Son of a Bush ! A Patriot takes a fall; And a gal gets her Quince after all. The Glass Menagerie has somber lights And I Hate Hamlet Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 07/13/07 Human Rights abuses – much pain, little pleasure Offset by a glorious Measure for Measure. And if puppets, sex and laughs are for you, Take a brisk walk down Avenue Q. Read More →
Pat Launer, Center Stage on KSDS JAZZ88 September 4, 2015 Nobody makes it through life unscarred. But Violet wears her wounds more prominently than the rest of us. A native of rural North Carolina, she was facially disfigured by a wayward axe blade at the age of 12. Taunted and rebuffed all her life, she’s become tough, insightful and resilient. Her faith, her father and her late mother’s Bible have helped her survive. Now an adult, Violet Read More →
PAT LAUNER - posted at TimesofSanDiego.com RUN DATES: 12/16/15-1/3/16 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse In these-fear-filled, xenophobic times, here’s a show that’s the perfect tonic. Irving Berlin came to America in 1893, at the age of 5, after he and his family had watched the Cossacks burn down their entire Russian village. He was so poor that when he left his Lower East Side home to make his own way, at age 14, he slept on stoops or a park Read More →
Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 3/21/16 RUN DATES: 3/17/16 -4/2/16 VENUE: Tenth Avenue Theatre Call it a midlife crisis. Or a moral quandary. But William Maledon, “The Prince of Hangmen,” is having doubts. It’s 1895, and after 90 hangings, he’s ready to hang it up, and put the past behind him. But his narcissistic, manipulative wife, Millie, is in no way ready to give up the spotlight her husband’s career affords her. Some people claim fame any way they 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