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SUMMER THEATER PREVIEW 2019

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 5/31/19 VENUE: Theaters around San Diego County What’s new in San Diego theater this summer? Nearly everything. There are world premieres everywhere: two at The Old Globe, three at the La Jolla Playhouse, one at the San Diego Rep and one at North Coast Rep. Plus, lots of San Diego premieres. The Globe just opened “Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy,” in which modern-day classics professors and college coeds are confronted by screwball Greek deities Read More →

“pageant” At North Coast Repertory Theatre

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KPBS AIRDATE: March 15, 2002 It's got taffeta, tears and tiaras. Big hair, hot talent. And beautiful babes. Nope, it isn't "Beehive," but you'd be hard-pressed to tell those gals from these without the proverbial scorecard. In fact, some audience members even do get a scorecard -- to vote on the evening's winner: Miss Glamouresse of 2002. It's wild, it's musical, it's outrageous -- it's "Pageant." Read More →

“AMERICAN BUFFALO” at Backyard Renaissance Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/29/19 RUN DATES: 11/14/19 - 12/7/19 VENUE: Backyard Renaissance at 10th Avenue Arts You kind of have to gird your loins for a David Mamet play. In addition to the explosive barrage of profanity and misogyny, and the lame machismo of lunkhead losers, you’re confronted by the underbelly of society at its most desperate and despairing. “American Buffalo” throws in a low-end, doomed swindle, mis-conceived by petty thieves embodying free enterprise in all its cutthroat splendor. Read More →

THE SAN DIEGO THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS (FEB. 2018)

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 2/15/18 https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2018/02/14/ballad-of-emmett-till-takes-top-san-diego-theatrical-honors/ ©2018 PAT LAUNER, San Diego Theater Reviews Read More →

“West Side Story” – Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Pat Launer, Center Stage on KSDS JAZZ88 June 26, 2015 Anyone who thinks a 58 year-old musical won’t resonate should consult the daily news. There are still street gangs, and violent turf battles. One line in “West Side Story” says it all, chillingly. The hardened New York cop snarls at the Puerto Rican kid: “I’ve got the badge and you’ve got the skin.” Tell me that’s not relevant. Fortunately, love still crosses impossible boundaries and fosters Read More →

FALL THEATER PREVIEW 2019

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/9/19 COVERING DATES: 9/19/19 - 12/19/19 Most people think summer is the time for musicals – warm nights, light fare. But San Diego is a hotbed of musical theater year-round. And this fall offers a veritable cornucopia of musical options. In fact, in September alone, there are no fewer than nine high-profile musical productions worthy of your early autumnal planning. Two world premieres come courtesy of our two Tony Award-winning regional theaters. At The Old Globe, Read More →