Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in Gay and Lesbian Times July 15, 2002 "A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER" Set in a New York City police station, "A Prayer for My Daughter" would seem to be about the grilling of two gay, junkie murder suspects by two crusty cops. But it's really about what it means to be a man. And how men deal with emotion and relationships -- with each other Read More →
Published in In Theater Trained as an actor, acclaimed as a director, Sheldon Epps has been able to maintain his balance in straddling the worlds of theater and television. In 1983, he conceived ”Blues in the Night” (which starred Leslie Uggams on Broadway, Della Reese and Eartha Kitt on tour). The revue was nominated for a Best Musical Tony and two Olivier Read More →
PAT LAUNER, CENTER STAGE ON KSDS-FM RUN DATES: 11/8/15 - 12/6/15 VENUE: Moxie Theatre Not so elementary, this Watson. Madeleine George’s comic drama, “The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence,” is a complex, overlapping, time-hopping contemplation of relationship and communication: real vs. fictional and human vs. technological. It’s all about control and submission, holding on and letting go; seeking perfection and learning to accept something less. The play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. George, whose equally thought-provoking Read More →
Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN Thursday, August 20, 2009 Spy vs. Spy THE SHOW: “Alfred Hitch cock’s The 39 Steps,” Tony Award-winning, four-person comic adaptation of the film, in a co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre, at the La Jolla Playhouse How many Read More →
Pat Launer on San Diego Theater By Pat Launer , SDNN March 11, 2010 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-10/things-to-do/theater-things-to-do/ring-round-the-moon-plus-more-theater-reviews-news THE SHOW: “ Ring Round the Moon , ” a French satire, at Moonlight Stage Productions Here’s your official “Invitation to the Castle,” which Read More →
PAT LAUNER Patch.com Coronado 12/9/10 Dramatic Fun For the Whole Family Lamb’s Players Theatre’s 33rd “Festival of Christmas” delivers the goods There are many traditions this time of year – and one of the most reliably enjoyable is Lamb’s Players Theatre’s Festival of Christmas. Thirty-three years, 14 scripts, a never-ending array of Christmas songs 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