” Life was happening to me at an alarming rate and it was not of my making”
Was among the numerous witty and profound quotes that made me laugh and cry at the same time as I sat through 25,000 Post-A New Construction at West of Lenin, an outstanding solo performance by veteran actor Jim Lapan.
Seattle Musical Theatre’s production of “The Who’s Tommy” may not quite be The Who onstage, but anyone — whether you
In 2006, in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, a man walked into a school house and shot ten young girls. The Amish
Imagine a scrumptious high tea complete with scones and strawberries and cream served with a bowl of lima beans. It certainly isn’t to everyone’s taste, but a light frothy repast augmented with some down to earth substance just might work for many. Taproots’ Diana of Dobson’s mixes a whimsical 1908 British drawing-room romantic comedy with a dash of socio-economic commentary, making for a unique evening of theater in Greenwood.
Show Business is not a Disease….That is the Question.
Is the essence of the “plot” of this Vaudeville/Musical, The Grimaldi’s A Musical Ghost Story, by Dane Ballard, which opened Friday night.
What would happen if Don Juan was confused with Faust, and Moliere was exhumed to write it? You would get
Terre Haute by Edmund White opened Friday, May 16 at ACT Theatre on one of their intimate stages. Veteran Director Aaron Levin brings military precision to White’s fictional meeting between the Oklahoma City bomber and a famous ex-patriot social critic. What are their motives? Do they share common ground? White’s script plunges right in and allows answers, and more questions, to surface. The leads are the show and we believe their performances.
If you know or look up the story, there are no surprise endings,
Emperor’s New Clothes
Written by Spike Friedman, Returning to Albert Joseph was a feeble attempt at a post-apocalyptic play, which also had dystopian elements. Although the dialogue was fairly well-written, the structure of the play was so poor that the supposedly profound message fell absolutely flat.
