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            A Korean-born woman, Amanda, adopted in the United States by white parents, returns home to Albany to assist her mother after the death of her father.  While cleaning up the house, since the mother wants to move out, Amanda is overwhelmed by memories of her life as a child, many of which deal withContinue reading “Wishing to Grow Up Brightly at Theatre Horizon”

It begins when a young woman comes into the office of a therapist and points a gun at him. The set turns dark for a moment, and we are not sure what is going on. Is it a flashback or maybe a flash forward? We soon see that the woman is a new patient thatContinue reading “Job at Theatre Exile”

“Walden” is a book by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854. It’s about Thoreau’s reflecting on the simple living he enjoyed for two years while he lived in a little cabin beside Walden Pond in Massachusetts. In it, he examines the things about the society in which he lived, including individualism and nature, with self-relianceContinue reading “Walden at InterAct Theatre”

“Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” That’s what I remember from when I read William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” when I was in college a million years ago. It was a prophecy by the three witches while they stirred a potion that was brewing in a cauldron. They had previously prophesied that MacbethContinue reading “Macbeth at Lantern Theater”

“Fire” was a journal developed in 1926 by Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and others to publish the works of “Younger Negro Artists” whose voices went unheard. It dared to present works dealing with homosexuality and prostitution using the more contemporary Black vernacular. It challenged an older Black generation of authors. Even theContinue reading “Fire at Quintessence Theatre”

            “Misery” is a 1987 novel by Stephen King that three years later made it to the silver screen starring Kathy Bates and James Caan, with the screenplay written by William Goldman. A few years later, Goldman and Simon Moore, separately adapted it many times for the stage for productions around the world. Act IIContinue reading “Misery at Act II Playhouse”

What can we expect if we live to the age of 78? As we reflect upon our lives as a parent, a spouse, and a friend, what lies ahead? How do we deal with or merely accept our past? In “The Unexpected 3rd,” Kathryn Grody explores this and so much more in a sincere, yetContinue reading “The Unexpected 3rd at People’s Light”

When I heard there was a play called “Primary Trust,” I figured it was about some sort of financial arrangements that have to do with a will or estate. As I know little about that stuff, I googled it and discovered that the play I was going to see by that name won the PulitzerContinue reading “Primary Trust at Philadelphia Theatre Company”

            Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike by Christopher Durang is a smart comedy that won many awards including the Tony Award for best play in 2013. It revolves around middle-aged single siblings living in the Bucks County country house where they took care of their parents before they died.             Vanya, 57, isContinue reading “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Bristol Riverside Theatre”

            The night before its opening, I received an invitation to go to Souderton, PA to see a play by Deborah Zoe Laufer, “Be Here Now,” at Montgomery Theater. Normally, I wouldn’t respond to such a last-minute invite that is at a theater where I don’t usually review their plays. But I had seen anotherContinue reading “Be Here Now at Montgomery Theater”