Theater

There's a bit of the voyeur in all of us, isn't there? A draw to those certain pieces of literature that offer a glimpse into someone else's private tragedy or sorrow. Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play gives the audience more than a glimpse--its characters break down the human condition blatantly, emphatically and simply. I could touch their pain and feel the tension. I wanted to move the few feet from my seat onto the set of the Kidder family living room and…

Stone Soup Theatre announces The Double (XX) Fest, a festival of plays written and directed exclusively by women, April 7 - April 24th. And no, get your head out of the gutter. I said DOUBLE X (XX) as in DNA, chromosomes & all that.  I did not say triple X,  cheeky monkey.  The (XX) Fest continues in the tradition of the now-defunct Mae West Fest, which ran for nearly a decade.  But the (XX) Fest goes a step further. It's a…

Here's my quick thumbs-up versus thumbs-down rundown for Green Lake's Bathhouse Theater's current production of "The Happy Ones": Ah, Southern California in the '70.  Even if I wasn't there, I watched it on The Brady Bunch and that was the life The soundtrack to The Big Chill is my favorite Fun-lovin', outspoken leading lady in tall leather boots?  Groovy! Not at all happy.  Sad.  Too, too sad I have no nostalgia for the '70's.  The '70's are over-rated Eh, California -…