Giving Voice
The United States has produced a mighty amount of profound playwrights — among them Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman — but the American bard who is […]
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Hillbilly Elegy
JD Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy has been turned into a Netflix movie directed by Ron Howard, the competent — but too eager to satisfy the mainstream moviegoer — auteur of such popular films as Splash and Apollo 13, both starring […]
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The Reagans
“Make America Great Again,” piles of supposed proposals suggesting a formative policy agenda, right-wing Christians in the spotlight pushing hard for a thinner line between church and state, calls for government deregulation, a […]
Meet the Unsung Heroes of Impro Theatre
Impro Theatre Unscripted series represents one of the most ambitious theatre companies presently entering the online environment with entertainment. Since I’ve already experienced a number of fledgling offerings on Zoom, one […]
From Top: Phillip J. Lewis, Erin Anne Williams, Alex Dabestani and Matthew Floyd Miller. PHOTO by Mike Bradecich.
Daisy: A Chilling Reminder from the Past
Of Daisy, his chillingly prescient political play, Sean Devine says, “The [Daisy] commercial played only once. And we’re still talking about it.” I venture to say, we’re now living it. I hope you’re sitting […]
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Daisy
Canadian playwright Sean Devine’s 2016 play Daisy is now in production at Long Beach’s International City Theatre; it’s a virtual production that can be accessed online at https://www.virtualvenuetheatricals.com/internationalcitytheatre. Though the first televised political […]