Maria Callas was undoubtedly the most influential opera singer of the 20th Century. She had rivals with lovelier tone or more consistent pitch but none of that mattered when she tore […]
Mildred Pierce, the HBO five-part miniseries now streaming on HBO Max, is premised on the 1941 novel of the same title by James M. Cain. This makes twice that Cain’s potboiler has been adapted […]
John Kolvenbach’s new play, produced by Vs. Theatre Co, and Circle X, is a deceptively thoughtful, participatory piece, and at 70 minutes it is also short! As a result, I can […]
Premised on the novels by author Sherryl Woods, Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix series inspired by the romantic and dramatic sensibilities ensconced in the eleven book series that comprise Woods’s various volumes and focus on the joys and tribulations of […]
In The Last, Best Small Town that just opened at Theatricum Botanicum, my own experiences growing up are clarified with uncanny specificity. John Guerra’s elegant rendering of Thornton Wilder’s original “Our Town” reinforces […]
If hot and sexy is what you’re looking for but with a plot line more complex than a pizza delivery dude being seduced in the stereotypical tawdry porn film, then maybe you should […]
