Documentarian Rachel Boynton has crafted an informational film titled Civil War (Or, Who Do WeThink We Are). A starting point for this probing documentary (now airing on cable television’s MSNBC) is that the American […]
In Canadian Daniel MacIvor’s short play (70 min), The Soldier Dreams, David, the central character (played variously by Ethan Niven and David Shofner), lies in a coma. He is dying, we […]
Dave Chappelle is a cerebral comic. His act is as bold and at times as profane as anything Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, or Eddie Murphy have ever presented. Nevertheless, Chappelle offers profundity in a manner […]
Recording artist Loretta Lynn, the country music icon, had a motion picture made based on her life. It was titled A Coal Miner’s Daughter. The famed actor Richard Burton’s biography could be called A […]
“Comedy is acting out optimism.” — Robin Williams What’s so funny? Good question. Think of it this way; humor is a sort of enriching discovery and can be mined from the most unexpected […]
Closely Related Keys Closely Related Keys, Wendy Graf’s eerily relevant play about the US’s involvement in Iraq and its devastating influences on family members unfolds at International City Theatre. The circumstances feel […]
