Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: April 22, 2005 At one of San Diego’s smallest theaters, 6th @ Penn, a big, international double-header – a Greek tragedy and an Irish comedy. The classic is Sophocles’ “Antigone” and the contemporary comedy is “A Skull in Connemara,” by acclaimed English/Irish playwright, Martin McDonagh. “Antigone” is considered one of the greatest tragedies ever written, successful from its first Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: June 15, 1994 There's no such place as Ballybeg. It's an imaginary town in Donegal, Ireland, but it bears a striking resemblance to the Glenties of playwright Brian Friel's youth, and it's the setting for most of his plays. In "Dancing at Lughnasa," five unmarried sisters share a poor, cramped home in Ballybeg. The quasi-autobiographical piece won Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 06/02/06 What, you may ask, is The Violet Hour? It’s twilight-time in Old New Yawk When Richard Greenberg’s witty folk Laugh and love and tawk, tawk, tawk. THE SHOW: THE VIOLET Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 7, 1993 > The Theatre in Old Town is moving backward in musical time. Following its return-engagement, wildly successful 33-week run of "Beehive," the 60s musical revue, they've taken down their hair and donned their platform shoes for "The All Night Strut," a musical celebration of the 30s and 40s. Musical revues can be a tricky business, but Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 27, 1993 "The La La La Awards" is an acronymic abbreviation for Latins Anonymous Lifetime Achievement Awards. So the last LA doesn't really stand for anything; somebody must've gotten the L out of there before it all began. Latins Anonymous is a funny, facile comedy group. This is their second show Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: June 8, 1994 The SS Minnow, destined to be shipwrecked on Gilligan's Island, was launched in San Diego. Did you know that? Well, okay, the musical version of the SS Minnow. The Theatre in Old Town is floating the West coast premiere of "Gilligan's Island: The Musical," a newly revised edition of an earlier workshop production that 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