An experiment: every December go to a traditionalist take on A Christmas Carol put on by a particular theatre company,…
Although Jane Austen is not one of my favorite novelists, she’s far and away #1 on my list when it…
Perhaps no Long Beach theatre company is more unpredictable than its oldest, Long Beach Playhouse. I’ve been reviewing them for…
Dennis Hopper tells of an acting tip he received from James Dean: “Just drink the drink — don’t act drinking.” …
It’s 1995, two years since average, 20-something Agnes (Deva Marie Gregory) lost her nerdy little sister Tilly (Fiona Burrows) and…
Before A Christmas Story, before the classic claymation ofRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, even beforeIt's a Wonderful Life, Charles Dickens’sA Christmas…
There isn’t much life for a 16-year-old orphaned cripple like Billy on the little Irish isle of Inishmaan in 1934.…
My friend just finished coaching a season of rec league basketball for 10-year-olds, kids who can’t maintain a dribble and…
Tone can be a slippery thing. Small differences in interpretation or delivery can determine whether you take your audience where…
At the end of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora leaves her husband and children, putting selfhood above wife-and-motherly “duties.”…