Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times October 04, 2002 'Working -- Everybody's doing it!' screams the promotional material. But it isn't for everybody. The musical revue, based on the book of interviews by Pulitzer Prize-winning social historian Studs Terkel, is a vocalization of vocations, a series of reflections of the American wage-earner. The show opened on Broadway in 1978 and ran for only 25 performances, Read More →
FOR: SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL MAY 2013 The celebrated Green Day musical comes to town By PAT LAUNER http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/5058/jewish-whiz-meets-%e2%80%9camerican-idiot%e2%80%9d/ The knockout, hyperkinetic, multimedia rock musical “American Idiot” is about disaffected Millennials who can’t wait to break out of Suburbia and break away from their parental constraints. But that isn’t at all the story of Read More →
Pat Launer : Spotlight on Theater Things go horribly wrong for diehard cheerleaders and obsessive stamp collectors By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, April 16, 2009 GOING POSTAL THE SHOW: “ Mauritius ,” the San Diego Read More →
Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, October 15, 2009 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-14/things-to-do/pat-launer-on-san-diego-theater-desire-woolf MINI-REVIEWS: “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later,” “Distracted” American Gothic THE SHOW: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?, ” a drama by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Read More →
Pat Launer on San Diego Theater Mini Reviews of: “ ReEntry ,” “Seven Against Thebes ” … and local theater news By Pat Launer , SDNN May 27, 2010 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-05-26/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/pat-launer-theater-things-to-do-things-to-do/bengal-tiger-roars-in-la-seven-against-thebes-at-ucsd http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-05-27/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/behind-the-gates-spotlights-religious-extremism FOR THURSDAY, 5/27 Caged THE PLAY: “ Ben gal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo ,” a tragic-comic drama by Rajiv Joseph, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles It’s the most talked-about post-Iraq play of the decade. “ Read More →
2/9/11 PAT LAUNER Patch.com Encinitas and Carlsbad Two local performers relish their roles in a Southern California premiere A dissolute hippie goes head-to-head with an ambitious immigrant. Nope, it’s not the daily news. It’s “Superior Donuts,” the latest play by Chicago-based, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts, having its 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