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How Franchot Tone Directed – and Lived – Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’
Franchot Tone's long-lost 1957 film of Chekhov's great drama helps reveal deep parallels between the actor/director and the Russian playwright.
Read More »The Ice Bucket Challenge Should Dry Up
So while the Ice Bucket Challenge is a great idea, we need more people doing what Charlie Sheen has done (that is without question one sentence I never thought I would ever write).
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘I’ll Say She Is,’ ‘Lost’ Marx Brothers Musical
Not seen for 90 years, a zany Marx Brothers' 1924 Broadway musical is reconstructed for the stage.
Read More »Charity Milers Feeding Children in the Philippines
See how simply exercising with the Charity Miles app helps feed children a world away in the Philippines.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘Felicitas’ by Libby Skala
The third in Libby Skala's trilogy of solo shows dramatizing her own family history engages our emotions while respecting our intelligence and leaving us feeling uplifted.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘Over’ by Dave Chapman
Breaking up is hard to do – in more ways than one.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe Festival): ‘Life Without Parole’ by Warren Doody
Battered wife Helen Broker has been convicted of murdering her husband though she claims she was defending herself. Her story along with the testimony of other abused women who killed their spouses is the subject of this stunning play which uncovers the answer why women stay with such men and how they eventually search for freedom and a new identity.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Moon Over Buffalo’
Ken Ludwig's enduring farce receives a sparkling and laugh-filled production at the Grove Theatre Center in Burbank.
Read More »An Open Letter to the Suicidal and the Disease of Depression (R.I.P. Robin Williams)
Robin Williams's comedy was part of my recovery. I watched until I could recite his jokes by heart. His death is especially hurtful because it was his comedy I often returned to for relief
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