Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 30, 2010 Well, here’s a dramatic dilemma. Folks all over the country – including New York – know that San Diego is a theater town. But most San Diegans don’t know it. We have two Tony Award-winning theaters – the La Jolla Read More →

Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 24, 2010 It’s Christmastime in Coronado, one of the most festive and celebrational local communities. And Lamb’s Players Theatre is one of the city’s main attractions this time of year. The ensemble-based company has a long-standing tradition of presenting two holiday shows. And if you’re tired of carols and Read More →

December 2010 Dear, Dear Sandy, I want you to know that I’m not wearing black –I think you’d like that. But I AM wearing black lace underwear; I think you’d REALLY like that. I need to grab whatever amusement I can get right now… It’s been such a hard week for all of us. And Read More →

Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 17, 2010 If you love musicals, you’ll love this musical. “The Drowsy Chaperone” is a parody of every musical theater trope in the business – the structure, the type of songs, the stock characters; they’re all there. But it takes the whole thing Read More →

Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 AIRDATE: DECEMBER 10, 2010 Dig out your old bowtie and prom dress; Plaid and Taffeta are making a comeback this season. In a timewarp to the 1950s, girl and guy vocal quartets are tearing up local stages, as The Taffetas and the Plaids. Read More →