Put a Little Drama in your Life
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 19, 2008 Okay, had about enough of the treacly sweet stuff this holiday season -- in stores, in songs and on local stages? How about a nice dysfunctional family that’ll make yours seem positively normal? Meet Joel, whose Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 12, 2008 A clash of ‘Carols.’ A skirmish of Scrooges. Ole Ebenezer is back – on two San Diego stages. Actually, he’s all over town. There are no fewer than four incarnations of the perennial Dickens classic at Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 5, 2008 You’ve got your basic fairy tale elements: an unhappy Princess, a bachelor Prince, an overbearing mother. A contest, a pea. Hans Christian Andersen personified… with an African twist. It’s all set in fantasy kingdoms on the Dark Continent . And what’s under the mattress isn’t Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2008 ‘ Tis the season to be silly. Times are tough, the news just keeps getting worse; you might as well escape completely. And have I got the shows for you! Remember “ Xanadu ,” the movie? That 1980 classic that Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 21, 2008 History usually goes by in a blur; as soon as it’s gone, it’s forgotten. But when it’s humanized and personalized, we appreciate it more and understand it far better. And that’s just what theater does best. It takes some of the most significant, sometimes Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2008 “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” makes me think about the election. Of course, these days, everything makes me think about the election. But one of the great ironies of this year’s history-making day was that, just as one oppressed group was breaking down barriers, another was being denied Read More →