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The play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” got its title from a line in a short Langston Hughes 1951 poem. It begins “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” Six years later, at the age of 27, Lorraine Hansberry wrote the now classic play. It openedContinue reading “A Raisin in the Sun at People’s Light”

William Shakespeare wrote the romantic comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing” over 400 years ago. Since then, it has played around the world and in the 20th century alone, has won numerous awards with some of the most famous actors portraying the roles. Originally written in five short acts, contemporary theaters have been presenting it inContinue reading “Much Ado About Nothing at Lantern Theater Company”

            Before going to a play, we all do a little research to see if it deals with subjects and themes that we like. After all, a theater ticket is expensive. I am privileged to review plays, so I don’t usually know what to expect. In the case of InterAct Theatre, I am always excitedContinue reading “Quixotic Professor Qiu at InterAct Theatre Company”

            “Grace and Glorie” is a play by Tom Ziegler that debuted in 1991. It is about a 90-year-old woman, with cancer who has checked herself out of the hospital and has gone home to die alone in her cottage in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Soon, Gloria, a volunteer hospice worker, with her own issues,Continue reading “Grace & Glorie at Act II Playhouse”

            Mae West, a singer, actress, comedian, and writer, was known more to the public as a sex symbol and free thinker for most of the first half of the 20th century, though she lived until 1980 and continued to write. In 1926, she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the play, “Sex.” Though itContinue reading “The Drag at Ego Po Theater”

            I have many friends of all ages with a diverse set of interests, from going to the Jersey shore to going around the world, from reading to music, from arts to exercise, from movies to sports. Lots of them enjoy many of these activities but I’ve rarely encountered a person who loves both theaterContinue reading “Tommy and Me at People’s Light”

            “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on Broadway in 1948. With music and lyrics by Cole Porter, it was a modern version of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.“  A year after its premier, it won the very first Tony Award for best musical. Despite its popularity around the world for 75 years, I’d never seenContinue reading “Kiss Me, Kate atQuintessence Theatre”

Tony Braithwaite has done it again! Last year’s sold-out run of “Christmas in the Catskills” was so successful that Act II is bringing another installation of the comedy of the 1950’s and 60’s in the Catskill Mountains, to the stage at Act II Playhouse. It was outstanding. Braithwaite is remarkable in portraying so many comedyContinue reading “Christmas in the Catskills 2: A Star is Borscht”

“Othello” was a play first produced in London in 1604 about a powerful Moor living in Venice and married to the beautiful Desdemona. He becomes jealous when the disreputable Iago falsely tells him that his wife is unfaithful. This classic by William Shakespeare runs over 3 hours with 3 intermissions and is still performed allContinue reading “American Moor at Lantern Theater Company”

A National Football League team has just signed a successful running back, Luis Moreno, who had four all star years before being out for a season with a torn ACL. His contract is more than any other running back in NFL history. It is 2016, before the opening of the last preseason football game, andContinue reading “Moreno at InterAct Theatre Company”