Put a Little Drama in your Life
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 December 30, 2011 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Theatrically speaking, there were some serious clunkers in 2011 – even at our flagship, Tony Award-winning theaters. But there were also some unusual and unforgettable highlights -- Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 December 23, 2011 If this holiday season is about caring and community, Lamb’s Players’ Festival of Christmas has it all wrapped up – and tied with a big red bow. Amid the superb singing and tight, terrific harmonies, this year there are two very special extras: Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 December 16, 2011 I’m dreaming of a beige Christmas. Bland is the color of “Some Lovers,” the new Burt Bacharach/Steven Sater musical premiering at the Old Globe. Both creators kept insisting that it was not a Christmas show, and it wasn’t a Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 December 9, 2011 He’s risen, he’s revealed, and he’s back in San Diego -- just in time for his birthday. “Jesus Christ Superstar,” in the acclaimed Stratford Festival revival, helmed by La Jolla Playhouse director emeritus Des McAnuff , is making a brief Read More →
PAT LAUNER SAN DIEGO JEWISH JOURNAL DECEMBER 2011 Feature: Broadway Pops Suggested Title: The Virtues of a Virtuoso: The San Diego Symphony brings back violin luminary Itzhak Perlman http://sdjewishjournal.com/site/3120/raise-the-curtain/ At age 3, he taught himself to play on a toy fiddle. He had perfect pitch, precocious Read More →
Center Stage with Pat Launer on KSDS JAZZ88 December 2, 2011 Well, what’s a misfit to do? Socially or ethnically inappropriate? Just create a new world – or a new you. That’s what transpires in two local productions: “ Ragnarok ” and “Learn to be Latina.” “ Ragnarok ” is Read More →