Mary Shelley has captured the imagination of artists everywhere since publishing her novel "Frankenstein" in 1818. The novel has spawned books, plays, cartoons, movies, other... Continue Reading
So, how is Tom Lehrer holding up these days? Not the man himself, he's 86 and living in California, but his songs, those hilarious exemplars... Continue Reading
"Jacob and Sons," a song early in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat," would have been an apt title for the production... Continue Reading
Family relationships can get so intense and so heart-wrenching that they are hard to watch. There are few places outside a family where love and... Continue Reading
"Driving Miss Daisy" by Alfred Uhry can seem like a simple play. It needs three actors, three set pieces, and few costume changes. The script... Continue Reading
Name a main character Ulysses and unless he's a Civil War general, you've got "The Odyssey" on your mind. The Ulysses in "Annapurna" hasn't done... Continue Reading
By Carolyn Hayes Harmer With a title as uplifting as "Buried Child," the viewer might presume (correctly) that bleak times are ahead. But the mechanism... Continue Reading
Excalibur. No, that isn't it. Exuberance. Yes, that's the word for The Encore Musical Theatre's production of "Spamalot." In Thalia V. Schramm's staging, the Monty... Continue Reading
The Great Escape Stage Company is taking on a complicated musical with "Grey Gardens." "Grey Gardens" centers around two real people, though the autobiographical elements... Continue Reading