Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: March 11, 1992 There's this doctor, see? And he writes plays. Comedies, he says. But the guy who keeps directing them thinks they're tragedies. He's given to melodrama, histrionics and excessive sound effects. It's enough to drive a playwright to .... Yalta . Read More →
By Pat Launer 8/19/03 'Times Flies,' we all complain In city or country, or on 'Eden Lane,' For put-upon husbands, frustrated wives Who can't conceal their 'Private Lives.' 'Mamma Mia!' Where did 'Midsummer' flee?…. Soon it's back to school (but Not for me!!) Local playwright Jack Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 01/05/07 2006 was a political year, a year marked by peaks and valleys, comings and goings, stasis and change. And so it was in the local theater scene. Politics reared its head onstage in pieces old and new. Some plays commented directly on current governmental shenanigans -- such as the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: January 10, 2003 It's 'Springtime for Hitler' and fun-time for San Diego. "The Producers" is here to tickle your funny bone and raise your P.C. hackles. Punch-drunk pot-shots are taken at Jews, blacks, old folks, actors, producers, accountants, even Swedes. If you thought the 1967 movie was lunacy at large, you ain't seen nothin' yet. The inspired insanity of first-time musical theater creator/composer Mel Read More →
PAT LAUNER TIMES OF SAN DIEGO 3/2/15 When men open their closets, they see pants and shirts and shoes. But women see their lives spread out before them; a flood of memories: favorite items worn to unforgettable events, beloved or unwanted gifts, people they were with and the times they had. This is the premise Read More →
PAT LAUNER - TIMES OF SAN DIEGO.COM 9/29/15 “BLUEPRINTS” TELLS FORGOTTEN CIVIL RIGHTS STORY AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE One part inspiration, one part indignation. “Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin” is about the lead-up to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The brilliant ‘prophet for social change,’ he who taught Martin Luther King non-violence, served as Deputy Director and Chief organizer/architect of the March, the biggest protest ever seen in America to date. But more 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