Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS AIRDATE: October 17, 2003 Meet 'The Boys Next Door.' Barry thinks he's a golf pro. Norman works at a donut shop and eats most of the product. Arnold is sure he can escape all his worries if he moves to Communist Russia. And Lucien is convinced that by carrying big old books, he'll learn to sing the alphabet song. These 'Boys' are really grown Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: June 25, 2004 Robotics. Embryonic research. Sub-sonic sound. Science has firmly implanted itself on San Diego stages -- and the results are often as brilliant as the science itself. Three new plays, three marvelous directors, three outstanding casts. The scientific method is working… and life is good in local theater. This isn't about didactic information exchange. All three plays Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 18, 2005 Boys will be boys. Right now, you can get a bellyful of jerks, weirdos and overgrown adolescents on San Diego stages. The self-proclaimed jerk is in “The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron,” an often-hilarious one-man show about how men are hard-wired for idiocy. A lot of their nasty habits and unconscionable acts toward women are, says engaging actor Miles Stroth, directly Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 11, 2005 Well, the “Jersey Boys” have successfully made the trip back East. The irresistible jukebox musical, about the rise and fall and rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, began as a huge hit at the La Jolla Playhouse last year, directed by Des McAnuff. The megawatt show just opened on Broadway – to a rousing reception from New Yorkers and Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 14, 2006 It’s midsummer in San Diego – a perfect time to come in out of the sun and soak up some classics. The Old Globe’s Shakespeare Festival is in full swing, and it’s got something for everyone: a comedy, a tragedy and a grand and gory mix of the two. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Othello” and for the first time in the Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: March 09, 2007 Two comedies set in the 1880s; two writers, separated by a half-century, paying homage to the plays of the past. One is a bona fide chestnut; the other, a modern warhorse-wannabe. “The Matchmaker,” by Thornton Wilder, is an American classic, begun in 1938, revised in 1955, and ultimately the famous source for the megahit musical, “Hello, Dolly!” 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