Mildred Pierce-HBO Mini-Series
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 […]
Kate Winslet
Ortlieb
Stand Up If You Want to Be Here/There!
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 […]
Headley, Garcia Swisher, Elliot
Sweet Magnolias
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 […]
Kessler, Morales. Photo by Ian Flanders.
Theatricum Botanicum Scores with The Last, Best Small Town
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 […]
Shahi
Netflix Review:Sex/Life
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 […]
Valenzo, Kester
A Rainbow of Characters Festoon Ophelia’s Jump
One of the joys of any Shakespeare production is the opportunity to apply fully-formed concepts to enhance Shakespeare’s loose dramaturgy. The Claremont-based Ophelia’s Jump enlivens the flood of Shakespearean revivals around […]