It has been a tradition in my household to start decorating for Christmas on the day after Thanksgiving. My wife likes to put ornaments on the tree to the sound of Christmas music. She also loves classic Christmas movies like Miracle on 34th Street and, especially, It’s a Wonderful Life, the Frank Capra classic that … Continue reading “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Theatre West
Confederates by Suzanne Bradbeer, which won a Silver Medallion in the Moss Hart & Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative, takes advantage of the current political climate to present an intimate drama set in a presidential campaign. Stephanie (Melissa R. Randel), a hard boiled reporter on the cusp of being encouraged to take an honorable … Continue reading “Confederates” at Grove Theater Center
In The Fountain Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s “The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek,” a West Coast premiere, the time is 1981 and the setting is an arid hillside in Mpumalanga Province, Union of South Africa. An old man and a young boy enter onto a dry, dirt-filled stage where stones have been painted in … Continue reading “The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek” at The Fountain Theatre
