SUMMER THEATER PREVIEW 2019
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/31/19 RUN DATES: Summer 2019 VENUE: Theaters all over San Diego New work all over town Read the full review here.http://www.jazz88.org/CenterStage/ Read More →
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Pat Launer
Put a Little Drama in your Life
Reviews
“HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH” at Diversionary Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/12/19 RUN DATES: 3/21/19 - 5/5/19 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre Poor Hedwig. Born Hansel in East Berlin, a city, like himself, split in two, he was abandoned by his American G.I. father and neglected by his Hitler-loving Teutonic mother. An American soldier promised him a new life – if he’d put on a wig and become a wife. So, he left something of himself behind, and the botched surgery also left a little something -– the Read More →
“ALL IN THE TIMING” at North Coast Repertory Theatre
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/19/19 RUN DATES: 4/10/19 - 5/5/19 VENUE: North Coast Repertory Theatre In theater, it’s said that “Timing is everything.” Or, as acclaimed playwright David Ives put it in his title, it’s “All in the Timing.” To prove the point, North Coast Repertory Theatre artistic director David Ellenstein has assembled a crackerjack cast of comic virtuosos. In the late 1980s, Ives began to create a series of playlets that go together as a sextet, enacted by a Read More →
“THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS” at New Village Arts
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Aired on KSDS-FM on 4/26/19 RUN DATES: 4/10/19 - 5/5/19 VENUE: New Village Arts The premise demands a bit of the frenetic. “The Servant of Two Masters” says it all. One man, trying to minister to the needs of two patrons, both staying in the same inn, traveling with identical suitcases, awaiting an important letter that will seal their nuptial machinations. And you can imagine the rest: a bucketload of puns, pratfalls, slapstick, audience interaction, women playing men, men Read More →
“GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER” at Casual Company
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/22/19 RUN DATES: 4/5/19 - 4/28/19 VENUE: Casual Company Sam Shepard, King of the Wild Frontier. The late, much-admired actor/writer/director spent his playwriting life debunking the myths of the Old West – and creating a mythos of his own. “Geography of a Horse Dreamer,” a brief early play, was written during the years Shepard spent in London (1971-1974), when he was dreaming of his own “lost” geography, the Good Old U.S. of A. -- warts and Read More →
“POOR YELLA REDNECKS” at South Coast Rep
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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 4/9/19 RUN DATES: 3/30/19 - 4/24/19 VENUE: South Coast Rep Vietnam was a sore spot in American history. “Vietgone” was a bright spot in theater creativity. Now, along comes its sequel, “Poor Yella Rednecks,” having its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Once again, the playwright (actually Qui Nguyen, but onstage, an actorly stand-in for him) introduces the piece and promises that these characters are all completely fictional. But then he goes on 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