Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: May 22, 1996 (MUSIC: “Time and Again”) It’s high time. Time for another world premiere production to start in San Diego and wend its way to Broadway. There’s been an ongoing alternation between the Old Globe and the La Jolla Playhouse. Now, it’s the Globe’s turn. And it’s Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: May 8, 1996 Angry women, dancing men, and an incredibly quippy couple. It’s a wild week in the theatre. The anger shows up in “Confessions of Women from East L.A.” Four actresses tell the stories of nine Latinas, in the latest creation of playwright Josefina López. It’s aptly billed as ‘a work in progress.’ Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 24, 1996 It’s been, as always, an active theater time in San Diego. New companies and venues are cropping up. Offbeat and traditional classics are getting new airings. I’m a sucker for something old, something new. In the old-but-still-vibrant-and-chilling department, there was a terrific series of plays in repertory at San Diego State Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 3, 1996 Mythical, magical, spiritual things often come in threes. Now, Triangularity is attempted by two San Diego theaters, each presenting a trio of plays. In one case, it’s a veritable holy trinity. In the other, three’s a crowd. At Ensemble Arts Theatre, actor Tim West turns director, boldly tackling Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 27, 1996 I have a confession to make. I was not one of the 110,000 San Diegans who attended the 534 performances of “Six Women With Brain Death” over the course of 22 months beginning in 1987. I just avoided it. I’m not a big fan of musical revues, especially ones with silly titles and Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 20, 1996 If I were on the Pulitzer Prize committee, Wendy Wasserstein and her “Heidi Chronicles” never would’ve won. But I wasn’t and she did, and the rest is theater history. She is one of the most acclaimed woman playwrights in America, and that in itself is an accomplishment. She makes people laugh, and that is, 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